From *Hnā́ (“man”) + *-riH.
*Hnā́riH f
- woman
- Synonym: *stríH
- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *Hnā́riH
- Sanskrit: नारी (nā́rī) (see there for further descendants)
- → Classical Persian: ناری (nārī, “(Indian) woman”)
- Proto-Iranian: *Hnā́riH
- Avestan: 𐬥𐬁𐬌𐬭𐬍 (nāirī, “woman”)
- Khotanese: [script needed] (nārä, “wife”)
- ⇒ Proto-Iranian: *Hnā́rikah
- Avestan: 𐬥𐬁𐬌𐬭𐬌𐬐𐬀 (nāirika, “woman”)
- Middle Persian: (/nārīg/, “wife; woman; lady”)
- Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (nʾlyk'), [Book Pahlavi needed] (nʾylyk')
- Classical Persian: ناری (nārī, “woman; fairy”)
- Kurdish:
- Central Kurdish: ناری (narî, “dear; graceful girl ; shy girl; a famous name for women”)
- Northern Kurdish: narîn (dear; graceful girl) (>*īg > *ī >*īn)