نامرد

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Persian

Etymology

    From ناـ (nâ-, “un-”) +‎ مرد (mard, “man, masculine”).

    Pronunciation

     

    Readings
    Classical reading? nāmard
    Dari reading? nāmard
    Iranian reading? nâmard
    Tajik reading? nomard

    Adjective

    Dari نامرد
    Iranian Persian
    Tajik номард

    نامرد • (nâmard) (comparative نامردتَر, superlative نامردتَرین)

    1. cowardly, unmanly, dastardly
      • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی , volume I, verse 90:
        هر که بی‌‌باکی کند در راه دوست
        ره زن مردان شد و نامرد اوست
        har ki bē-bākī kunad dar rāh-i dōst
        rah zan mardān šud u nāmard ō-st
        Any one behaving with irreverence in the path of the Friend
        is a brigand who robs men, and he is no man.

    Descendants

    References

    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)

    1. impotent (incapable of reproducing)
      Synonym: نَپُنْسَک (napunsak)
    2. cowardly, unmanly
      Synonyms: کَائَر (kāyar), ڈَرْپوک (ḍarpok)

    Derived terms

    Noun

    نامَرْد • (nāmard) m (Hindi spelling नामर्द)

    1. an impotent person
      Synonym: نَپُنْسَک (napunsak)
    2. a coward
      Synonym: کَائَر (kāyar)

    Declension

    Declension of نامرد
    singular plural
    direct نامَرْد (nāmard) نامَرْد (nāmard)
    oblique نامَرْد (nāmard) نامَرْدوں (nāmardõ)
    vocative نامَرْد (nāmard) نامَرْدو (nāmardo)

    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, 2025.
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