नारी

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

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit नारी (nārī).

Pronunciation

(Delhi) IPA^(key): /nɑː.ɾiː/, [näː.ɾiː]

Noun

नारी • (nārī) f (Urdu spelling ناری)

woman
wife

Declension

Declension of *नारी* (fem ī-stem)
	singular	plural
direct	नारी nārī	नारियाँ nāriyā̃
oblique	नारी nārī	नारियों nāriyõ
vocative	नारी nārī	नारियो nāriyo

Synonyms

औरत (aurat)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

নাৰী (Assamese script)
ᬦᬵᬭᬷ (Balinese script)
নারী (Bengali script)
𑰡𑰯𑰨𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀦𑀸𑀭𑀻 (Brahmi script)
နာရီ (Burmese script)
નારી (Gujarati script)
ਨਾਰੀ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌨𑌾𑌰𑍀 (Grantha script)
ꦤꦴꦫꦷ (Javanese script)
𑂢𑂰𑂩𑂲 (Kaithi script)
ನಾರೀ (Kannada script)
នារី (Khmer script)
ນາຣີ (Lao script)
നാരീ (Malayalam script)
ᠨᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡵᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
𑘡𑘰𑘨𑘲 (Modi script)
ᠨᠠᢗᠷᠢᠢ (Mongolian script)
𑧁𑧑𑧈𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
𑐣𑐵𑐬𑐷 (Newa script)
ନାରୀ (Odia script)
ꢥꢵꢬꢷ (Saurashtra script)
𑆤𑆳𑆫𑆵 (Sharada script)
𑖡𑖯𑖨𑖱 (Siddham script)
නාරී (Sinhalese script)
𑩯𑩛𑩼𑩑𑩛 (Soyombo script)
𑚝𑚭𑚤𑚯 (Takri script)
நாரீ (Tamil script)
నారీ (Telugu script)
นารี (Thai script)
ནཱ་རཱི (Tibetan script)
𑒢𑒰𑒩𑒲 (Tirhuta script)
𑨝𑨊𑨫𑨁𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /nɑ́ː.ɾiː/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /n̪ɑː.ɾiː/

Noun

नारी • (nā́rī) stem, f

woman, wife
- c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.92.3:
  अर्च॑न्ति॒ नारी॑र् अ॒पसो॒ न वि॒ष्टिभिः॑ समा॒नेन॒ योज॑ने॒ना प॑रा॒वतः॑।
  इषं॒ वह॑न्तीः सु॒कृते॑ सु॒दान॑वे॒ विश्वेदह॒ यज॑मानाय सुन्व॒ते॥
  árcanti nā́rīr apáso ná viṣṭíbhiḥ samānéna yójanenā́ parāvátaḥ.
  íṣaṃ váhantīḥ sukṛ́te sudā́nave víśvédáha yájamānāya sunvaté.
  They sing their song like women active in their tasks, along their common path hither from far away, bringing refreshment to the liberal devotee, yea, all things to the worshipper who pours the juice.
female or any object regarded as feminine

Declension

Feminine ī-stem declension of नारी
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	नारी (nā́rī)	नार्यौ (nā́ryau) नारी¹ (nā́rī¹)	नार्यः (nā́ryaḥ) नारीः¹ (nā́rīḥ¹)
accusative	नारीम् (nā́rīm)	नार्यौ (nā́ryau) नारी¹ (nā́rī¹)	नारीः (nā́rīḥ)
instrumental	नार्या (nā́ryā)	नारीभ्याम् (nā́rībhyām)	नारीभिः (nā́rībhiḥ)
dative	नार्यै (nā́ryai)	नारीभ्याम् (nā́rībhyām)	नारीभ्यः (nā́rībhyaḥ)
ablative	नार्याः (nā́ryāḥ) नार्यै² (nā́ryai²)	नारीभ्याम् (nā́rībhyām)	नारीभ्यः (nā́rībhyaḥ)
genitive	नार्याः (nā́ryāḥ) नार्यै² (nā́ryai²)	नार्योः (nā́ryoḥ)	नारीणाम् (nā́rīṇām)
locative	नार्याम् (nā́ryām)	नार्योः (nā́ryoḥ)	नारीषु (nā́rīṣu)
vocative	नारि (nā́ri)	नार्यौ (nā́ryau) नारी¹ (nā́rī¹)	नार्यः (nā́ryaḥ) नारीः¹ (nā́rīḥ¹)

¹Vedic
²Brāhmaṇas

Descendants

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)