нары

Kabardian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish نار (nâr).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [naːrə]

Noun

нары • (narə)

  1. pomegranate

Russian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈnarɨ]

Etymology 1

Uncertain. Cognate with Ukrainian на́ри (náry), Polish nary.

Noun

на́ры • (náry) f inan pl (genitive нар, plural only)

  1. plank bed (often used in prisons), bunk
  2. (metonymic, colloquial) prison, jail
    На Кана́рах — лу́чше, чем на на́рах. ― Na Kanárax — lúčše, čem na nárax. ― It's better to retire and leave the country than go to prison. (literally, “It's better to be on the Canaries than in prison.”)
Declension
Declension of на́ры (inan pl-only fem-form hard-stem accent-a) 
plural
nominative на́ры
náry
genitive на́р
nár
dative на́рам
náram
accusative на́ры
náry
instrumental на́рами
nárami
prepositional на́рах
nárax
Descendants
  • ⇒ Buryat: наар (naar)
  • → Yakut: наара (naara)

Etymology 2

Noun

на́ры • (náry) m anim pl

  1. nominative plural of нар (nar)

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “нары”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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