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Persian
Etymology
From ناـ (nâ-, “un-”) + مرد (mard, “man, masculine”).
Pronunciation
Readings
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Classical reading?
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nāmard
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Dari reading?
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nāmard
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Iranian reading?
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nâmard
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Tajik reading?
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nomard
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Adjective
Dari
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نامرد
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Iranian Persian
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Tajik
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номард
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نامرد • (nâmard) (comparative نامردتَر (nâmard-tar), superlative نامردتَرین (nâmard-tarin))
- cowardly, unmanly, dastardly
References
Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “نامرد”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian نَامَرْد (nāmard). By surface analysis, ناـ (nā-, “not”) + مَرْد (mard, “man, masculine”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
نامَرْد • (nāmard) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling नामर्द)
- impotent (incapable of reproducing)
- Synonym: نَپُنْسَک (napunsak)
- cowardly, unmanly
- Synonyms: کَائَر (kāyar), ڈَرْپوک (ḍarpok)
Derived terms
Noun
نامَرْد • (nāmard) m (Hindi spelling नामर्द)
- an impotent person
- Synonym: نَپُنْسَک (napunsak)
- a coward
- Synonym: کَائَر (kāyar)
Declension
Declension of نامرد
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singular
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plural
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direct
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نامَرْد (nāmard)
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نامَرْد (nāmard)
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oblique
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نامَرْد (nāmard)
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نامَرْدوں (nāmardõ)
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vocative
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نامَرْد (nāmard)
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نامَرْدو (nāmardo)
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Further reading
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “nā”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 631
- “نامرد”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.