नरगिस

Hindi

Alternative forms

• नर्गिस (nargis)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian نرگس (nargis), from Middle Persian [script needed] (nlgs /⁠nargis⁠/), from Ancient Greek νάρκισσος (nárkissos).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /nəɾ.ɡɪs/, [nɐɾ.ɡɪs]

Noun

नरगिस • (nargis) m (Urdu spelling نرگس)

1. Narcissus (genus of plant and its flower, the daffodil)
2. (poetic) the eye of a beloved

Declension

Declension of नरगिस (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	नरगिस nargis	नरगिस nargis
oblique	नरगिस nargis	नरगिसों nargisõ
vocative	नरगिस nargis	नरगिसो nargiso

Proper noun

नरगिस • (nargis) f (Urdu spelling نرگس)

1. a female given name, Nargis, from Persian

Declension

Declension of नरगिस (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	नरगिस nargis	नरगिसें nargisẽ
oblique	नरगिस nargis	नरगिसों nargisõ
vocative	नरगिस nargis	नरगिसो nargiso

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “नरगिस”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press