# नर
## Hindi
### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /nəɾ/, [nɐɾ]

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Sanskrit नर (nára).

#### Noun

नर • (nar) m (Urdu spelling نر)
* man, male

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Classical Persian نر (nar). Cognate with Sanskrit नर (nara).

#### Adjective

नर • (nar) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling نر)
* male, masculine

### References

* McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “नर”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

## Marathi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit नर (nara).

### Adjective

नर • (nar)
* male, masculine

### Noun

नर • (nar) m
* man, male (especially in organisms)
    Antonym: मादी (mādī) (by gender)

#### Declension
### References

* Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “नर”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
* Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “नर”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
* Shridhar Ganesh Vaze (1911) “नर”, in The Aryabhusan School Dictionary, Poona: Arya-Bhushan Press

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* nara (Latin script)
* 𑀦𑀭 (Brahmi script)
* নর (Bengali script)
* නර (Sinhalese script)
* နရ or ၼရ (Burmese script)
* นร or นะระ (Thai script)
* ᨶᩁ (Tai Tham script)
* ນຣ or ນະຣະ (Lao script)
* នរ (Khmer script)
* 𑄚𑄢 (Chakma script)

### Noun

नर m
* man (generic), person
* man (adult human male)

#### Declension
## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* নৰ (Assamese script)
* ᬦᬭ (Balinese script)
* নর (Bengali script)
* 𑰡𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀦𑀭 (Brahmi script)
* နရ (Burmese script)
* નર (Gujarati script)
* ਨਰ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌨𑌰 (Grantha script)
* ꦤꦫ (Javanese script)
* 𑂢𑂩 (Kaithi script)
* ನರ (Kannada script)
* នរ (Khmer script)
* ນຣ (Lao script)
* നര (Malayalam script)
* ᠨᠠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘡𑘨 (Modi script)
* ᠨᠠᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧁𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐣𑐬 (Newa script)
* ନର (Odia script)
* ꢥꢬ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆤𑆫 (Sharada script)
* 𑖡𑖨 (Siddham script)
* නර (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩯𑩼 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚝𑚤 (Takri script)
* நர (Tamil script)
* నర (Telugu script)
* นร (Thai script)
* ན་ར (Tibetan script)
* 𑒢𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨝𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

Adapted to the regular a-stem declension from earlier r-stem noun नृ (nṛ́), which is inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hnā́, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hnā́, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂nḗr. Cognate with Ancient Greek ἀνήρ (anḗr), Persian نر (nar), Old Armenian այր (ayr).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /nɐ́.ɾɐ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /n̪ɐ.ɾɐ/

### Noun

नर • (nára) stem, m
* a human, a person, a man (generic)
** c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.154.5:तद॑स्य प्रि॒यम॒भि पाथो॑ अश्यां॒ नरो॒ यत्र॑ देव॒यवो॒ मद॑न्ति। उ॒रु॒क्र॒मस्य॒ स हि बन्धु॑रि॒त्था विष्णोः॑ प॒दे प॑र॒मे मध्व॒ उत्सः॑॥tádasya priyámabhí pā́tho aśyāṃ náro yátra devayávo mádanti. urukramásya sá hí bándhuritthā́ víṣṇoḥ padé paramé mádhva útsaḥ.Might I reach that dear cattle-pen of his, where men seeking the gods find elation, for exactly that is the bond to the wide-striding one: the wellspring of mead in the highest step of Viṣṇu.
* a male person
* a husband
* a hero
* a man or piece at chess or draughts
* the pin or gnomon of a sun-dial
* the primeval Man or eternal Spirit pervading the universe

#### Declension

* ¹Vedic

#### Descendants

* Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀡𑀭 (ṇara)
* Pali: nara
** → Khmer: នរ (nɔɔ)
** → Thai: นร (nɔɔ-rá-)
* → Hindi: नर (nar)
* → Urdu: نر
* → Old Javanese: nara
** → Balinese: ᬦᬭ (nara)
** → Indonesian: nara, nara-
* → Marathi: नर (nar)
* → Kannada: ನರ (nara)
* → Telugu: నరుడు (naruḍu)
* → Malayalam: നരൻ (naraṉ)
* → Bengali: নর (nor)

### References

* “न॑र” in Carl Cappeller, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary: Based upon the St. Petersburg Lexicons, Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, 1891, →OCLC, page 262, column 1.
* Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “नर”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, page 137
* Monier Williams (1899) “नर”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 528, column 3.
* Horace Hayman Wilson, A dictionary in Sanscrit and English, 2nd ed., Calcutta: Education Press, Circular Road, 1832, page 455
* Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “nara”, in Pali-English Dictionary, London: Chipstead