نامرد

Persian

Etymology

From ناـ (nâ-, “un-”) +‎ مرد (mard, “man, masculine”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [nɑː.maɾð]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [nɑː.mäɹd̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [nɑː.mäɹd̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [nɑː.mäɹd̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [nɔː.mäɹd̪̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [nɒː.mæɹd̪̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [nɔ.mäɹd̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	nāmard
Dari reading?	nāmard
Iranian reading?	nâmard
Tajik reading?	nomard

Adjective

Dari	نامرد
Iranian Persian
Tajik	номард

نامرد • (nâmard) (comparative نامردتَر (nâmard-tar), superlative نامردتَرین (nâmard-tarin))

1. cowardly, unmanly, dastardly
   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 90:

     هر که بی‌‌باکی کند در راه دوست
     ره زن مردان شد و نامرد اوست

     har ki bē-bākī kunad dar rāh-i dōst
     rah zan mardān šud u nāmard ō-st

     Any one behaving with irreverence in the path of the Friend
     is a brigand who robs men, and he is no man.

Descendants

• → Armenian: նամարդ (namard)
• → Azerbaijani: namərd
• → Georgian: ნამარდი (namardi)
• → Hindi: नामर्द (nāmard)
• → Ottoman Turkish: نامرد (namerd)
  • Turkish: namert
• → Urdu: نامَرْد (nāmard)
• → Uyghur: نامەرت (namert)

References

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “نامرد”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian نَامَرْد (nāmard). By surface analysis, ناـ (nā-, “not”) +‎ مَرْد (mard, “man, masculine”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /nɑː.məɾd̪/

Adjective

نامَرْد • (nāmard) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling नामर्द)

1. impotent (incapable of reproducing)

   Synonym: نَپُنْسَک (napunsak)

2. cowardly, unmanly

   Synonyms: کَائَر (kāyar), ڈَرْپوک (ḍarpok)

Derived terms

• نامَرْدی (nāmardī)

Noun

نامَرْد • (nāmard) m (Hindi spelling नामर्द)

1. an impotent person

   Synonym: نَپُنْسَک (napunsak)

2. a coward

   Synonym: کَائَر (kāyar)

Declension

Declension of نامرد
	singular	plural
direct	نامَرْد (nāmard)	نامَرْد (nāmard)
oblique	نامَرْد (nāmard)	نامَرْدوں (nāmardõ)
vocative	نامَرْد (nāmard)	نامَرْدو (nāmardo)

Further reading

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