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Hindi
Etymology
Old Persian 𐎶𐎼𐎫𐎡𐎹 (m-r-t-i-y) Hindi नामर्द (nāmard)
Borrowed from Classical Persian نَامَرْد (nāmard). By surface analysis, ना- (nā-) + मर्द (mard).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /nɑː.məɾd̪/,
Adjective
नामर्द • (nāmard) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling نامَرْد)
- impotent (incapable of reproducing)
- Synonym: नपुंसक (napunsak)
- cowardly, unmanly
- Synonyms: कायर (kāyar), डरपोक (ḍarpok)
Derived terms
Noun
नामर्द • (nāmard) m (Urdu spelling نامَرْد)
- an impotent person
- Synonym: नपुंसक (napunsak)
- a coward
- Synonym: कायर (kāyar)
- नामर्द कहीं का! ― nāmard kahī̃ kā! ― That coward!
2000, Bhagwan Singh, शुभ्रा, Vani Prakashan, →ISBN, page 36:अगर आत्महत्या का जी करता है तो कर डालो। इस जिंदगी में कुछ रखा नहीं है। यह नामर्दों के लिए नहीं है।- agar ātmahatyā kā jī kartā hai to kar ḍālo. is jindgī mẽ kuch rakhā nahī̃ hai. yah nāmardõ ke lie nahī̃ hai.
- If you feel like committing suicide then do it. There is nothing in life. It is not for cowards.
Declension
Declension of नामर्द (masc cons-stem)
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singular
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plural
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नामर्द
nāmard
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नामर्द
nāmard
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| oblique
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नामर्द
nāmard
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नामर्दों
nāmardõ
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| vocative
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नामर्द
nāmard
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नामर्दो
nāmardo
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Further reading
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “नामर्द”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi : Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 2588
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “549”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- “नामर्द”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.