नृ

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hnā́ (“man”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂nḗr (“man”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬥𐬀𐬭 (nar), Old Armenian այր (ayr), Ancient Greek ἀνήρ (anḗr), Persian نر (nar).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /nŕ̩/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /n̪r̩/

नृ • (nṛ́) stem, m

1. a man

   Synonym: पुंस् (puṃs)

   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 4.41.3:

     इन्द्रा॑ ह॒ रत्नं॒ वरु॑णा॒ धेष्ठे॒त्था नृभ्य॑: शशमा॒नेभ्य॒स्ता।
     यदी॒ सखा॑या स॒ख्याय॒ सोमै॑: सु॒तेभि॑: सुप्र॒यसा॑ मा॒दयै॑ते॥

     índrā ha rátnaṃ váruṇā dhéṣṭhetthā́ nṛ́bhya: śaśamānébhyastā́.
     yádī sákhāyā sakhyā́ya sómai: sutébhi: suprayásā mādáyaite.

     Indra and Varuṇa are most liberal givers of treasure to the men who toil to serve them, when they, as Friends inclined to friendship, honoured with dainty food, delight in flowing Soma.

2. hero
3. (chiefly in the plural) mankind, people
4. (grammar) masculine word
5. the pin or gnomon of a sundial
6. (chess) a chess piece

• Monier Williams (1899) “नृ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 567, 568.