As a deity name
Name 777 of the Narasimha Sahasranāma — Brahmanda Purana / Narasimha Purana, as taught by Sages to Assembly of Devotees
Name 584 of the Rama Sahasranāma — Padma Purana / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 730 of the Rama Sahasranāma — Padma Purana / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 723 of the Shiva Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Sage Tandi to Sage Upamanyu
As a Hindi name
नर · nar · s.m.
A man, a male — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1128
नर · nar · s.m.
(Old H.) = nagar, q.v. (cf. nayar, ner) — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1128
नर · noun · masculine
विष्णु · शिव । महावेद · अर्जुन — Śabdasāgara
नर · adj
जो (प्राणी) पुरुष जाति का हो । मादा का उलटा — Śabdasāgara
नर · masculine
man, male
नर · masculine
male, masculine
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi नर — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit नर (nára).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
nara m. (cf. nṛ) a man, a male, a person (pl. men, people), TS. &c. &c.
husband, Mn. ix, 76
a Hindi word of Persian origin; it is not Sanskrit — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Classical Persian نر (nar). Cognate with Sanskrit नर (nara).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a man or piece at chess or draughts &c.
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Dictionary citations
nara m. (cf. nṛ) a man, a male, a person (pl. men, people), TS. &c. &c.
husband, Mn. ix, 76
hero, VarBṛS. iv, 31; Bālar. viii, 56
a man or piece at chess or draughts &c., L.
the pin or gnomon of a sun-dial, Sūryas. (cf. -yantra)
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