نامردی

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian نَامَرْدِی (nāmardī). By surface analysis, نامَرْد (nāmard, “impotent”) +‎ ـی (-ī).

Pronunciation

Noun

نامَرْدی • (nāmardī) f (Hindi spelling नामर्दी)

  1. impotence
  2. cowardice, unmanliness

Declension

Declension of نامردی
singular
direct نامَرْدی (nāmardī)
oblique نامَرْدی (nāmardī)
vocative نامَرْدی (nāmardī)

Further reading

  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “nā”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 631
  • “نامردی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
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