नीर

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

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit नीर (nīra).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

नीर • (nīr) m (Urdu spelling نیر)

1. neera
2. (rare) water

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Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• 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

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Sanskrit

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Dravidian *nīr.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

नीर • (nīrá) stem, n

1. water.
2. juice, liquor.
3. name of a teacher.

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of नीर
Nom. sg.	नीरम् (nīram)
Gen. sg.	नीरस्य (nīrasya)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	नीरम् (nīram)	नीरे (nīre)	नीराणि (nīrāṇi)
Vocative	नीर (nīra)	नीरे (nīre)	नीराणि (nīrāṇi)
Accusative	नीरम् (nīram)	नीरे (nīre)	नीराणि (nīrāṇi)
Instrumental	नीरेण (nīreṇa)	नीराभ्याम् (nīrābhyām)	नीरैः (nīraiḥ)
Dative	नीराय (nīrāya)	नीराभ्याम् (nīrābhyām)	नीरेभ्यः (nīrebhyaḥ)
Ablative	नीरात् (nīrāt)	नीराभ्याम् (nīrābhyām)	नीरेभ्यः (nīrebhyaḥ)
Genitive	नीरस्य (nīrasya)	नीरयोः (nīrayoḥ)	नीराणाम् (nīrāṇām)
Locative	नीरे (nīre)	नीरयोः (nīrayoḥ)	नीरेषु (nīreṣu)

Descendants

• Hindi: नीर (nīr)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “नीर”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 566.