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)

1. woman
2. 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): /ˈn̪ɑː.ɾiː/

Noun

नारी • (nā́rī) stem, f

1. woman, wife
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.92.3:

     अर्च॑न्ति॒ नारी॑र् अ॒पसो॒ न वि॒ष्टिभि॑: समा॒नेन॒ योज॑ने॒ना प॑रा॒वत॑:।
     इषं॒ वह॑न्तीः सु॒कृते॑ सु॒दान॑वे॒ विश्वेदह॒ यज॑मानाय सुन्व॒ते॥

     árcanti nā́rīr apáso ná viṣṭíbhi: samānéna yójanenā́ parāváta:.
     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.

2. female or any object regarded as feminine

Declension

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

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)