नामर्द

Hindi

Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *ne

Proto-Indo-Iranian *náder.

Persian ناـ

Proto-Indo-European *mer-der.

Proto-Indo-Iranian *mártyas

Old Persian 𐎶𐎼𐎫𐎡𐎹 (m-r-t-i-y)

Persian مرد

Classical Persian نَامَرْد (nāmard)bor.

Hindi नामर्द (nāmard)

Borrowed from Classical Persian نَامَرْد (nāmard). By surface analysis, ना- (nā-) +‎ मर्द (mard).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /nɑː.məɾd̪/, [näː.mɐɾd̪]

Adjective

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

1. impotent (incapable of reproducing)

   Synonym: नपुंसक (napunsak)

2. cowardly, unmanly

   Synonyms: कायर (kāyar), डरपोक (ḍarpok)

Derived terms

• नामर्दगी (nāmardagī)
• नामर्दी (nāmardī)

 

Noun

नामर्द • (nāmard) m (Urdu spelling نامَرْد)

1. an impotent person

   Synonym: नपुंसक (napunsak)

2. a coward

   Synonym: कायर (kāyar)

   नामर्द कहीं का! ― nāmard kahī̃ kā! ― That coward!

   • 2000, Bhagwan Singh, शुभ्रा‎^[1], Vani Prakashan, →ISBN, page 36:

     अगर आत्महत्या का जी करता है तो कर डालो। इस जिंदगी में कुछ रखा नहीं है। यह नामर्दों के लिए नहीं है।

     agar ātmahatyā kā jī kartā hai to kar ḍālo. is jindgī mẽ kuch rakhā nahī̃ hai. yah nāmardõ ke lie nahī̃ hai.

     If you feel like committing suicide then do it. There is nothing in life. It is not for cowards.

Declension

Declension of नामर्द (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	नामर्द nāmard	नामर्द nāmard
oblique	नामर्द nāmard	नामर्दों nāmardõ
vocative	नामर्द nāmard	नामर्दो nāmardo

Further reading

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “नामर्द”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 2588
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “549”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• “नामर्द”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.