nart

See also: nárt, närt, and Nart

English

Alternative forms

• Nard

Etymology

From a North Caucasian source (see West Circassian нарт (nart) and Ossetian нарт (nart)), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂nḗr ("man, hero").

Noun

nart (plural narts)

1. (mythology) Any of a race of giant heroes in the folklore of the peoples of the North Caucasus (notably the Circassians, Ossetians, Abkhazians, and Vainakhs).

Translations

hero of North Caucasian folklore

• Abkhaz: нарт (nartʼ)
• Armenian: նարտ (hy) (nart)
• Chechen: нарт (nart)
• Circassian:

  East Circassian: нарт (nart)

  West Circassian: нарт (nart)

• Georgian: ნარტი (narṭi)
• Ossetian: нарт (nart)
• Russian: нарт (ru) m (nart)

Middle English

Contraction

nart

1. Contraction of ne art
   • 1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Seconde Nonnes Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], [London]: […] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], 1542, →OCLC:

     Teere lakkyth no thyng to thyn vtter Iyen / That thow nart blynd / for thyng that we seen alle / That is a stoon that men may wel espyen.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

References

• “nart”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnart/
• Rhymes: -art
• Syllabification: nart

Noun

nart

1. genitive plural of narta

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish نارق (nark).

Noun

nart n (plural narturi)

1. (obsolete) maximum value for the tax on a product

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	nart	nartul	narturi	narturile
genitive-dative	nart	nartului	narturi	narturilor
vocative	nartule		narturilor

References

• nart in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from West Circassian нарт (nart).

Proper noun

nart

1. (mythology) Any of a race of giant heroes in the folklore of the peoples of the North Caucasus (notably the Circassians, Ossetians, Abkhazians, and Vainakhs).
   • Çerkes Nart Öyküleri, KAFDAV

     Nartlar Çerkeslerin ve diğer birçok Kafkas halkının çok eski destan kahramanlarıdır.