नीर

See also: नारी, नारा, नरों, नर, and नरो

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit नीर (nīra).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /niːɾ/
• Rhymes: -iːɾ

Noun

नीर • (nīr) m (Urdu spelling نیر)

1. neera
2. (rare) water

Declension

Declension of नीर (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	नीर nīr	नीर nīr
oblique	नीर nīr	नीरों nīrõ
vocative	नीर nīr	नीरो nīro

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• nīra (Latin script)
• 𑀦𑀻𑀭 (Brahmi script)
• নীর (Bengali script)
• නීර (Sinhalese script)
• နီရ or နဳရ or ၼီရ (Burmese script)
• นีร or นีระ (Thai script)
• ᨶᩦᩁ (Tai Tham script)
• ນີຣ or ນີຣະ (Lao script)
• នីរ (Khmer script)
• 𑄚𑄩𑄢 (Chakma script)

Noun

नीर n

1. Devanagari script form of nīra

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• নীৰ (Assamese script)
• ᬦᬷᬭ (Balinese script)
• নীর (Bengali script)
• 𑰡𑰱𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀦𑀻𑀭 (Brahmi script)
• နီရ (Burmese script)
• નીર (Gujarati script)
• ਨੀਰ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌨𑍀𑌰 (Grantha script)
• ꦤꦷꦫ (Javanese script)
• 𑂢𑂲𑂩 (Kaithi script)
• ನೀರ (Kannada script)
• នីរ (Khmer script)
• ນີຣ (Lao script)
• നീര (Malayalam script)
• ᠨᡳᡳᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘡𑘲𑘨 (Modi script)
• ᠨᠢᠢᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧁𑧓𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐣𑐷𑐬 (Newa script)
• ନୀର (Odia script)
• ꢥꢷꢬ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆤𑆵𑆫 (Sharada script)
• 𑖡𑖱𑖨 (Siddham script)
• නීර (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩯𑩑𑩛𑩼 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚝𑚯𑚤 (Takri script)
• நீர (Tamil script)
• నీర (Telugu script)
• นีร (Thai script)
• ནཱི་ར (Tibetan script)
• 𑒢𑒲𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨝𑨁𑨊𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Borrowed from Dravidian, ultimately from Proto-Dravidian *nīr.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /niː.ɾɐ́/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈn̪iː.ɾɐ/

Noun

नीर • (nīrá) stem, n

1. water

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:जल

2. juice, liquor
3. name of a teacher

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of नीर
Nom. sg.	नीरम् (nīram)
Gen. sg.	नीरस्य (nīrasya)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	नीरम् (nīram)	नीरे (nīre)	नीराणि (nīrāṇi)
Vocative	नीर (nīra)	नीरे (nīre)	नीराणि (nīrāṇi)
Accusative	नीरम् (nīram)	नीरे (nīre)	नीराणि (nīrāṇi)
Instrumental	नीरेण (nīreṇa)	नीराभ्याम् (nīrābhyām)	नीरैः (nīraiḥ)
Dative	नीराय (nīrāya)	नीराभ्याम् (nīrābhyām)	नीरेभ्यः (nīrebhyaḥ)
Ablative	नीरात् (nīrāt)	नीराभ्याम् (nīrābhyām)	नीरेभ्यः (nīrebhyaḥ)
Genitive	नीरस्य (nīrasya)	नीरयोः (nīrayoḥ)	नीराणाम् (nīrāṇām)
Locative	नीरे (nīre)	नीरयोः (nīrayoḥ)	नीरेषु (nīreṣu)

Descendants

• → Hindi: नीर (nīr)
• → Lao: ນິຣະ (ni ra)
• Marathi: नीरा (nīrā)
  • → English: neera
• Pali: nīra
• → Thai: นิร (ní-rá)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “नीर”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 566.