𑀡𑀭

Prakrit

Alternative forms

• 𑀡𑀮 (ṇala), 𑀦𑀮 (nala) — Māgadhī, 𑀦𑀭 (nara)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit नर (nára). Cognate with Pali nara, Gandhari 𐨣𐨪 (nara).

Noun

𑀡𑀭 (ṇara) m (Devanagari णर, Kannada ಣರ) (Māhārāṣṭrī, Śaurasenī)

1. man, male human

   Synonyms: 𑀫𑀡𑀼𑀲𑁆𑀲 (maṇussa), 𑀧𑀼𑀭𑀺𑀲 (purisa)

Declension

Maharastri declension of 𑀡𑀭 (masculine)
	singular	plural
Nominative	𑀡𑀭𑁄 (ṇaro)	𑀡𑀭𑀸 (ṇarā)
Accusative	𑀡𑀭𑀁 (ṇaraṃ)	𑀡𑀭𑁂 (ṇare) or 𑀡𑀭𑀸 (ṇarā)
Instrumental	𑀡𑀭𑁂𑀡 (ṇareṇa) or 𑀡𑀭𑁂𑀡𑀁 (ṇareṇaṃ)	𑀡𑀭𑁂𑀳𑀺 (ṇarehi) or 𑀡𑀭𑁂𑀳𑀺𑀁 (ṇarehiṃ)
Dative	𑀡𑀭𑀸𑀅 (ṇarāa)	—
Ablative	𑀡𑀭𑀸𑀑 (ṇarāo) or 𑀡𑀭𑀸𑀉 (ṇarāu) or 𑀡𑀭𑀸 (ṇarā) or 𑀡𑀭𑀸𑀳𑀺 (ṇarāhi) or 𑀡𑀭𑀸𑀳𑀺𑀁𑀢𑁄 (ṇarāhiṃto)	—
Genitive	𑀡𑀭𑀲𑁆𑀲 (ṇarassa)	𑀡𑀭𑀸𑀡 (ṇarāṇa) or 𑀡𑀭𑀸𑀡𑀁 (ṇarāṇaṃ)
Locative	𑀡𑀭𑀫𑁆𑀫𑀺 (ṇarammi) or 𑀡𑀭𑁂 (ṇare)	𑀡𑀭𑁂𑀲𑀼 (ṇaresu) or 𑀡𑀭𑁂𑀲𑀼𑀁 (ṇaresuṃ)
Vocative	𑀡𑀭 (ṇara) or 𑀡𑀭𑀸 (ṇarā)	𑀡𑀭𑀸 (ṇarā)

Descendants

• Hindustani: nar

  Hindi: नर

  Urdu: نَر (nar)

References

• Sir Ramakrishna Gopal Bhandarkar, Narayan Bapuji Utgikar (1929) “णर”, in Wilson Philological Lectures [on Sanskrit and the Derived Languages], Poona, India: Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, →OCLC, page 621
• Sheth, Hargovind Das T[rikamcand] (1923–1928) “णर”, in पाइअ-सद्द-महण्णवो [pāia-sadda-mahaṇṇavo, Ocean of Prakrit words] (in Hindi), Calcutta: [Published by the Author], page 381.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ṇara”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 401
• Pischel, Richard, Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 255