नामर्द
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Hindi
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Classical Persian نامرد (nā-mard). By surface analysis, ना- (nā-) + मर्द (mard).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]नामर्द • (nāmard) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling نامَرْد)
- impotent (incapable of reproducing)
- Synonym: नपुंसक (napunsak)
- cowardly, unmanly
Derived terms
[edit]Noun
[edit]नामर्द • (nāmard) m (Urdu spelling نامَرْد)
- an impotent person
- Synonym: नपुंसक (napunsak)
- a coward
- Synonym: कायर (kāyar)
- नामर्द कहीं का! ― nāmard kahī̃ kā! ― That coward!
- 2000, Bhagwan Singh, शुभ्रा[1], Vani Prakashan, →ISBN, page 36:
- अगर आत्महत्या का जी करता है तो कर डालो। इस जिंदगी में कुछ रखा नहीं है। यह नामर्दों के लिए नहीं है।
- agar ātmahatyā kā jī kartā hai to kar ḍālo. is jindgī mẽ kuch rakhā nahī̃ hai. yah nāmardõ ke lie nahī̃ hai.
- If you feel like committing suicide then do it. There is nothing in life. It is not for cowards.
Declension
[edit]Declension of नामर्द (masc cons-stem)
Further reading
[edit]- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “नामर्द”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 2588
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “नामर्द”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 549
- “नामर्द”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
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