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Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- নাৰি (Assamese script)
- ᬦᬵᬭᬶ (Balinese script)
- নারি (Bengali script)
- 𑰡𑰯𑰨𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀦𑀸𑀭𑀺 (Brahmi script)
- နာရိ (Burmese script)
- નારિ (Gujarati script)
- ਨਾਰਿ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌨𑌾𑌰𑌿 (Grantha script)
- ꦤꦴꦫꦶ (Javanese script)
- 𑂢𑂰𑂩𑂱 (Kaithi script)
- ನಾರಿ (Kannada script)
- នារិ (Khmer script)
- ນາຣິ (Lao script)
- നാരി (Malayalam script)
- ᠨᠠ᠊ᠠᡵᡳ (Manchu script)
- 𑘡𑘰𑘨𑘱 (Modi script)
- ᠨᠠᢗᠷᠢ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧁𑧑𑧈𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐣𑐵𑐬𑐶 (Newa script)
- ନାରି (Odia script)
- ꢥꢵꢬꢶ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆤𑆳𑆫𑆴 (Sharada script)
- 𑖡𑖯𑖨𑖰 (Siddham script)
- නාරි (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩯𑩛𑩼𑩑 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚝𑚭𑚤𑚮 (Takri script)
- நாரி (Tamil script)
- నారి (Telugu script)
- นาริ (Thai script)
- ནཱ་རི (Tibetan script)
- 𑒢𑒰𑒩𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨝𑨊𑨫𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
A rare, dialectal alternative form of नारी (nā́rī), attested in the Middle Vedic period. Similar alteration in vowel length is also observed in नप्ती (naptī́) ~ नप्ति (naptí) and रात्रि (rā́tri) ~ रात्री (rā́trī). The presence of such alteration in other languages (see नप्ति (napti)) suggests that this vowel shortening was not innovated by Sanskrit but rather inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian and Proto-Indo-Europenan. This term goes back to Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hnā́riš, which was a dialectal variant of the more widely used *Hnā́riH. See नारी (nā́rī) for cognates.
Pronunciation
Noun
नारि • (nā́ri) stem, f
- (Vedic) Alternative form of नारी (nārī); a woman
c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE,
Ṛgveda 1.43.6:
- शं नः॑ कर॒त्यर्व॑ते सु॒गं मे॒षाय॑ मे॒ष्ये॑ ।
नृभ्यो॒ नारि॑भ्यो॒ गवे॑ ॥- śáṃ naḥ karatyárvate sugáṃ meṣā́ya meṣyé.
nṛ́bhyo nā́ribhyo gáve. - May he (Rudra) grant health to our steeds, wellbeing to our rams and ewes,
To men, to women, and to the cows.
c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE,
Ṛgveda 10.86.11:
- इ॒न्द्रा॒णीमा॒सु नारि॑षु सु॒भगा॑म॒हम॑श्रवम् ।
न॒ह्य॑स्या अप॒रं च॒न ज॒रसा॒ मर॑ते॒ पति॒र्विश्व॑स्मा॒दिन्द्र॒ उत्त॑रः ॥- indrāṇī́māsú nā́riṣu subhágāmahámaśravam.
nahyàsyā aparáṃ caná jarásā márate pátirvíśvasmādíndra úttaraḥ. - So I have heard Indrāṇī being called most fortunate among these women,
For never shall her Consort die in future time through length of days. Supreme is Indra overall.
Declension