नर

See also: नीर, नारी, नारा, नरों, नरो, and Appendix:Variations of "nar"

Hindi

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /nəɾ/, [nɐɾ]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Sanskrit नर (nára).

Noun

नर • (nar) m (Urdu spelling نر)

1. man, male

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Persian نر (nar).

Adjective

1. male, masculine

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “नर”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

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Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• nara (Latin script)
• 𑀦𑀭 (Brahmi script)
• নর (Bengali script)
• නර (Sinhalese script)
• နရ or ၼရ (Burmese script)
• นร or นะระ (Thai script)
• ᨶᩁ (Tai Tham script)
• ນຣ or ນະຣະ (Lao script)
• នរ (Khmer script)
• 𑄚𑄢 (Chakma script)

Noun

नर m

1. man

Declension

Declension table of "नर" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	नरो (naro)	नरा (narā)
Accusative (second)	नरं (naraṃ)	नरे (nare)
Instrumental (third)	नरेन (narena)	नरेहि (narehi) or नरेभि (narebhi)
Dative (fourth)	नरस्स (narassa) or नराय (narāya) or नरत्थं (naratthaṃ)	नरानं (narānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	नरस्मा (narasmā) or नरम्हा (naramhā) or नरा (narā)	नरेहि (narehi) or नरेभि (narebhi)
Genitive (sixth)	नरस्स (narassa)	नरानं (narānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	नरस्मिं (narasmiṃ) or नरम्हि (naramhi) or नरे (nare)	नरेसु (naresu)
Vocative (calling)	नर (nara)	नरा (narā)

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Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• নৰ (Assamese script)
• ᬦᬭ (Balinese script)
• নর (Bengali script)
• 𑰡𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀦𑀭 (Brahmi script)
• နရ (Burmese script)
• નર (Gujarati script)
• ਨਰ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌨𑌰 (Grantha script)
• ꦤꦫ (Javanese script)
• 𑂢𑂩 (Kaithi script)
• ನರ (Kannada script)
• នរ (Khmer script)
• ນຣ (Lao script)
• നര (Malayalam script)
• ᠨᠠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘡𑘨 (Modi script)
• ᠨᠠᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧁𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐣𑐬 (Newa script)
• ନର (Odia script)
• ꢥꢬ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆤𑆫 (Sharada script)
• 𑖡𑖨 (Siddham script)
• නර (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩯𑩼 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚝𑚤 (Takri script)
• நர (Tamil script)
• నర (Telugu script)
• นร (Thai script)
• ན་ར (Tibetan script)
• 𑒢𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨝𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hnáras, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hnáras, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂nḗr. Cognate with Ancient Greek ἀνήρ (anḗr), Persian نر (nar), Old Armenian այր (ayr).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /nɐ́.ɾɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈn̪ɐ.ɾɐ/

Noun

नर • (nára) stem, m

1. a human, a person
2. a male person
3. a husband
4. a hero
5. a man or piece at chess or draughts
6. the pin or gnomon of a sun-dial
7. the primeval Man or eternal Spirit pervading the universe

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of नर (nára)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	नरः náraḥ	नरौ / नरा¹ nárau / nárā¹	नराः / नरासः¹ nárāḥ / nárāsaḥ¹
Vocative	नर nára	नरौ / नरा¹ nárau / nárā¹	नराः / नरासः¹ nárāḥ / nárāsaḥ¹
Accusative	नरम् náram	नरौ / नरा¹ nárau / nárā¹	नरान् nárān
Instrumental	नरेण náreṇa	नराभ्याम् nárābhyām	नरैः / नरेभिः¹ náraiḥ / nárebhiḥ¹
Dative	नराय nárāya	नराभ्याम् nárābhyām	नरेभ्यः nárebhyaḥ
Ablative	नरात् nárāt	नराभ्याम् nárābhyām	नरेभ्यः nárebhyaḥ
Genitive	नरस्य nárasya	नरयोः nárayoḥ	नराणाम् nárāṇām
Locative	नरे náre	नरयोः nárayoḥ	नरेषु náreṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Balinese: ᬦᬭ (nara)
• Pali: nara
  • → Khmer: នរ (nɔɔ)
  • → Thai: นร (nɔɔ-rá-)
• → Hindi: नर (nar)
• Indonesian: nara
• → Marathi: नर (nar)
• → Kannada: ನರ (nara)
• ⇒ Telugu: నరుడు (naruḍu)

References

• “न॑र” in Carl Cappeller, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary: Based upon the St. Petersburg Lexicons, Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, 1891, →OCLC, page 262, column 1.
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “नर”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, page 137
• Monier Williams (1899) “नर”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 528, column 3.
• Horace Hayman Wilson, A dictionary in Sanscrit and English, 2nd ed., Calcutta: Education Press, Circular Road, 1832, page 455