nāgara

See also: Appendix:Variations of "nagara"

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• 𑀦𑀸𑀕𑀭 (Brahmi script)
• नागर (Devanagari script)
• নাগর (Bengali script)
• නාගර (Sinhalese script)
• နာဂရ or ၼႃၷရ (Burmese script)
• นาคร or นาคะระ (Thai script)
• ᨶᩣᨣᩁ (Tai Tham script)
• ນາຄຣ or ນາຄະຣະ (Lao script)
• នាគរ (Khmer script)
• 𑄚𑄂𑄉𑄢 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit नागर (nāgara); related to nagara. Cognate with Prakrit 𑀡𑀸𑀬𑀭 (ṇāyara).

Noun

nāgara m

1. citizen

Declension

Declension table of "nāgara" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	nāgaro	nāgarā
Accusative (second)	nāgaraṃ	nāgare
Instrumental (third)	nāgarena	nāgarehi or nāgarebhi
Dative (fourth)	nāgarassa or nāgarāya or nāgaratthaṃ	nāgarānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	nāgarasmā or nāgaramhā or nāgarā	nāgarehi or nāgarebhi
Genitive (sixth)	nāgarassa	nāgarānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	nāgarasmiṃ or nāgaramhi or nāgare	nāgaresu
Vocative (calling)	nāgara	nāgarā

References

• Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “nāgara”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead, page 349
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “nāgara”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 404