As a deity name
Name 529 of the Gayatri Sahasranāma — Devi Bhagavata Purana, as taught by Sages
Name 215 of the Lakshmi Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana / Sanat Kumara Samhita, as taught by Sages Sanatkumara and Devotees
As a Hindi name
नारी · noun · feminine
स्त्री । औरत · तीन गुरु वर्णों की एक वृत्ति । जैसे—माधो ने । दी तारी । गोपों की । है नारी — Śabdasāgara
नारी · noun · feminine
पानी के किनीरे रहनेवाली एक चिड़िया जिसके पैर ललाई लिए भूरे होते हैं । पीठ और पूँछ भी भूरी होती है — Śabdasāgara
नारी · nārī · s.f.
A woman, a female; a wife — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1113
नारी · nārī · s.f.
(dialec.) = nāṛī, and nālī, qq.v — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1113
नारी · feminine
woman; wife
Cited formation "नारी" is ना- + री: री means "सखियों के लिये संबोधन । अरी । एरी", and the prefix ना- forms without. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §5(2) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "नारी" is नार + -ई: नार means "a woman", and the suffix -ई forms abstract nouns (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(14) — cited from the extracted rule table
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi नारी — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Learned borrowing from Sanskrit नारी (nārī). Doublet of नार (nār).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
nārī (ī), f., see nārī
nārī f. (of ˚ra, q.v.) a woman, a wife (in older language also nāri), RV. &c. &c.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a woman, a wife (in older language also nāri), &c. &c.
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (7)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "nārī" is the nominative dual of "nāri" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "nārī" is the feminine form of "nāra" — the same word with the feminine ending, recorded by the dictionary's own gender marker on that entry.
M3 · meaning shifts "nāra" is derived from "nār" with the aṇ/añ suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
nār Vṛddhi form of nṛ in comp.
nāra mf(ī)n. (fr. nara) relating to or proceeding from men, human, mortal, Mn.; Kāv.
spiritual (?), W.
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Dictionary citations
nārī (ī), f., see nārī
nārī f. (of ˚ra, q.v.) a woman, a wife (in older language also nāri), RV. &c. &c.
a female or any object regarded as feminine, VS.; TĀr.
sacrifice, Naigh.
N. of a daughter of Meru, BhP.
nāri f. = nārī below.
nāra mf(ī)n. (fr. nara) relating to or proceeding from men, human, mortal, Mn.; Kāv.
spiritual (?), W.
nār Vṛddhi form of nṛ in comp.
Alternative readings
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