नीर

See also: नारी, नारा, नरों, नर, and नरो

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit नीर (nīra).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /niːɾ/
• Rhymes: -iːɾ

Noun

नीर • (nīr) m (Urdu spelling نیر)

1. neera
2. (rare) water

Declension

Declension of नीर (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	नीर nīr	नीर nīr
oblique	नीर nīr	नीरों nīrõ
vocative	नीर nīr	नीरो nīro

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• nīra (Latin script)
• 𑀦𑀻𑀭 (Brahmi script)
• নীর (Bengali script)
• නීර (Sinhalese script)
• နီရ or နဳရ or ၼီရ (Burmese script)
• นีร or นีระ (Thai script)
• ᨶᩦᩁ (Tai Tham script)
• ນີຣ or ນີຣະ (Lao script)
• នីរ (Khmer script)
• 𑄚𑄩𑄢 (Chakma script)

Noun

नीर n

1. Devanagari script form of nīra

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• নীৰ (Assamese script)
• ᬦᬷᬭ (Balinese script)
• নীর (Bengali script)
• 𑰡𑰱𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀦𑀻𑀭 (Brahmi script)
• နီရ (Burmese script)
• નીર (Gujarati script)
• ਨੀਰ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌨𑍀𑌰 (Grantha script)
• ꦤꦷꦫ (Javanese script)
• 𑂢𑂲𑂩 (Kaithi script)
• ನೀರ (Kannada script)
• នីរ (Khmer script)
• ນີຣ (Lao script)
• നീര (Malayalam script)
• ᠨᡳᡳᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘡𑘲𑘨 (Modi script)
• ᠨᠢᠢᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧁𑧓𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐣𑐷𑐬 (Newa script)
• ନୀର (Odia script)
• ꢥꢷꢬ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆤𑆵𑆫 (Sharada script)
• 𑖡𑖱𑖨 (Siddham script)
• නීර (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩯𑩑𑩛𑩼 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚝𑚯𑚤 (Takri script)
• நீர (Tamil script)
• నీర (Telugu script)
• นีร (Thai script)
• ནཱི་ར (Tibetan script)
• 𑒢𑒲𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨝𑨁𑨊𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Borrowed from Dravidian, ultimately from Proto-Dravidian *nīr.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /niː.ɾɐ́/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /n̪iː.ɾɐ/

Noun

नी॒र • (nīrá) stem, n

1. water

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:जल

2. juice, liquor
3. name of a teacher

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of नी॒र

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	नी॒रम् (nīrám)	नी॒रे (nīré)	नी॒राणि॑ (nīrā́ṇi) नी॒रा¹ (nīrā́¹)
accusative	नी॒रम् (nīrám)	नी॒रे (nīré)	नी॒राणि॑ (nīrā́ṇi) नी॒रा¹ (nīrā́¹)
instrumental	नी॒रेण॑ (nīréṇa)	नी॒राभ्या॑म् (nīrā́bhyām)	नी॒रैः (nīráiḥ) नी॒रेभिः॑¹ (nīrébhiḥ¹)
dative	नी॒राय॑ (nīrā́ya)	नी॒राभ्या॑म् (nīrā́bhyām)	नी॒रेभ्यः॑ (nīrébhyaḥ)
ablative	नी॒रात् (nīrā́t)	नी॒राभ्या॑म् (nīrā́bhyām)	नी॒रेभ्यः॑ (nīrébhyaḥ)
genitive	नी॒रस्य॑ (nīrásya)	नी॒रयोः॑ (nīráyoḥ)	नी॒राणा॑म् (nīrā́ṇām)
locative	नी॒रे (nīré)	नी॒रयोः॑ (nīráyoḥ)	नी॒रेषु॑ (nīréṣu)
vocative	नीर॑ (nī́ra)	नीरे॑ (nī́re)	नीरा॑णि (nī́rāṇi) नीरा॑¹ (nī́rā¹)

• ¹Vedic

Descendants

• → Hindi: नीर (nīr)
• → Lao: ນິຣະ (ni ra)
• Marathi: नीरा (nīrā)
  • → English: neera
• Pali: nīra
• → Thai: นิร (ní-rá-)

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “नीर”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 566, column 1.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), “nīra-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 50-1
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “nīrá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 425