# नारायण
## Hindi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit नारायण (nārāyaṇa).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /nɑː.ɾɑː.jəɳ/, [näː.ɾäː.jɐ̃ɳ]

### Proper noun

नारायण • (nārāyaṇ) m
* (Hinduism) Narayana, the god Vishnu
    हे नारायण ― he nārāyaṇ ― O Narayana!

#### Declension
## Marathi
### Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit नारायण (nārāyaṇa), through Old Marathi 𑘡𑘰𑘨𑘰𑘧𑘜 (nārāyaṇa).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /na.ɾa.jəɳ/

### Proper noun

नारायण • (nārāyaṇ) m
* (Hinduism) Narayana; an epithet of Lord Vishnu or Krishna
* a male given name, Narayan, from Sanskrit

#### References

* Shridhar Ganesh Vaze (1911) “नारायण”, in The Aryabhusan School Dictionary, Poona: Arya-Bhushan Press

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* নাৰায়ণ (Assamese script)
* ᬦᬵᬭᬵᬬᬡ (Balinese script)
* নারায়ণ (Bengali script)
* 𑰡𑰯𑰨𑰯𑰧𑰜 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀦𑀸𑀭𑀸𑀬𑀡 (Brahmi script)
* နာရာယဏ (Burmese script)
* નારાયણ (Gujarati script)
* ਨਾਰਾਯਣ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌨𑌾𑌰𑌾𑌯𑌣 (Grantha script)
* ꦤꦴꦫꦴꦪꦟ (Javanese script)
* 𑂢𑂰𑂩𑂰𑂨𑂝 (Kaithi script)
* ನಾರಾಯಣ (Kannada script)
* នារាយណ (Khmer script)
* ນາຣາຍຓ (Lao script)
* നാരായണ (Malayalam script)
* ᠨᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡵᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠶᠠᢏᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘡𑘰𑘨𑘰𑘧𑘜 (Modi script)
* ᠨᠠᢗᠷᠠᢗᠶ᠋ᠠᢏᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧁𑧑𑧈𑧑𑧇𑦼 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐣𑐵𑐬𑐵𑐫𑐞 (Newa script)
* ନାରାଯଣ (Odia script)
* ꢥꢵꢬꢵꢫꢠ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆤𑆳𑆫𑆳𑆪𑆟 (Sharada script)
* 𑖡𑖯𑖨𑖯𑖧𑖜 (Siddham script)
* නාරායණ (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩯𑩛𑩼𑩛𑩻𑩪 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚝𑚭𑚤𑚭𑚣𑚘 (Takri script)
* நாராயண (Tamil script)
* నారాయణ (Telugu script)
* นารายณ (Thai script)
* ནཱ་རཱ་ཡ་ཎ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒢𑒰𑒩𑒰𑒨𑒝 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨝𑨊𑨫𑨊𑨪𑨘 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

Vṛddhi derivative of नर (nara, “the primeval Man or eternal Spirit”) + अयन (ayana).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /nɑː.ɾɑː.jɐ.ɳɐ́/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /n̪ɑː.ɾɑː.jɐ.ɳɐ/

### Proper noun

नारायण • (Nārāyaṇá) stem, m
* the son of the original Man; an epithet of Vishnu or Krishna - Narayana
* the purusha-hymn
* (as a synonym of Vishnu) Name of the 2nd month
* a mystical name of the letter 'ā'
* in classical literature, the name of several men and commentators

#### Declension

* ¹Vedic

#### Descendants

* Balinese: ᬦᬵᬭᬵᬬᬡ, Narayana
* → Bengali: নারায়ণ (naraẏon)
* → Gujarati: નારાયણ (nārāyaṇ)
* → Hindi: नारायण (nārāyaṇ)
* → Khmer: នារាយណ៍ (néaréayn៍)
* → Kannada: ನಾರಾಯಣ (nārāyaṇa)
* → Malayalam: നാരായണൻ (nārāyaṇaṉ)
* → Middle Chinese: 那羅延 (MC na la yen) (Possibly via Prakrit)
** → Japanese: 那羅延天 (Naraen-ten)
* → Nepali: नारायण (nārāyaṇ)
* → Odia: ନାରାୟଣ (nārāyaṇa)
* → Old Marathi: 𑘡𑘰𑘨𑘰𑘧𑘜 (nārāyaṇa)
** Marathi: नारायण (nārāyaṇ)
* → Sindhi: नाराइणु / نارائِڻُ (nārāiṇu)
* → Punjabi: ਨਾਰੈਣ (nāraiṇ)
* → Sinhalese: නාරායන (nārāyana)
* → Tamil: நாராயணன் (nārāyaṇaṉ)
* → Telugu: నారాయణ (nārāyaṇa)
* → Thai: นารายณ์ (naa-raai)

### Noun

नारायण • (nārāyaṇa) stem, n
* name of the ground on the banks of the Ganges for a distance of 4 cubits from the water
* a particular medicinal powder
* a medical oil expressed from various plants

#### Declension

* ¹Vedic

### Adjective

नारायण • (nārāyaṇa) stem
* of or pertaining to Narayana or Krishna

#### Declension

* ¹Vedic
* ¹Vedic
* ²Brāhmaṇas
* ¹Vedic

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “नारायण”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 536, column 3.