नारी

See also: नीर, नारा, नरों, नर, and नरो

Hindi

Borrowed from Sanskrit नारी (nā́rī).

नारी • (nārī) f (Urdu spelling ناری)

Declension of नारी (fem ī-stem)

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hnā́riH (“woman”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬥𐬁𐬌𐬭𐬍 (nāⁱrī, “woman”), Middle Persian n'(y)lyk' (nārīg, “woman, lady wife”).

नारी • (nā́rī) stem, f

woman, wife
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.92.3:
  अर्चन्ति नारीर् अपसो न विष्टिभिः समानेन योजनेना परावतः
  arcanti nārīr apaso na viṣṭibhiḥ samānena yojanenā parāvataḥ
  They sing their song like women active in their tasks, along their common path hither from far away
female or any object regarded as feminine

Feminine ī-stem declension of नारी (nā́rī)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	नारी nā́rī	नार्यौ / नारी¹ nā́ryau / nā́rī¹	नार्यः / नारीः¹ nā́ryaḥ / nā́rīḥ¹
Vocative	नारि nā́ri	नार्यौ / नारी¹ nā́ryau / nā́rī¹	नार्यः / नारीः¹ nā́ryaḥ / nā́rīḥ¹
Accusative	नारीम् nā́rīm	नार्यौ / नारी¹ nā́ryau / nā́rī¹	नारीः nā́rīḥ
Instrumental	नार्या nā́ryā	नारीभ्याम् nā́rībhyām	नारीभिः nā́rībhiḥ
Dative	नार्यै nā́ryai	नारीभ्याम् nā́rībhyām	नारीभ्यः nā́rībhyaḥ
Ablative	नार्याः / नार्यै² nā́ryāḥ / nā́ryai²	नारीभ्याम् nā́rībhyām	नारीभ्यः nā́rībhyaḥ
Genitive	नार्याः / नार्यै² nā́ryāḥ / nā́ryai²	नार्योः nā́ryoḥ	नारीणाम् nā́rīṇām
Locative	नार्याम् nā́ryām	नार्योः nā́ryoḥ	नारीषु nā́rīṣu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Brāhmaṇas

Pali: nārī
Prakrit: 𑀡𑀸𑀭𑀻 (ṇārī)
- Hindi: नार (nār)
- Punjabi: ਨਾਰ (nār)
- Sindhi: ناريِ (nāri)
→ Bengali: নারী (nari)
→ Hindi: नारी (nārī)
→ Kannada: ನಾರಿ (nāri)
→ Malayalam: നാരി (nāri)
→ Punjabi: ਨਾਰੀ (nārī, “female”)
→ Tamil: நாரி (nāri)
→ Telugu: నారి (nāri)
→ Thai: นารี (naa-rii)

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