न्यारा
Hindi
Alternative forms
- नियारा (niyārā) – dated
Etymology
From Sanskrit *अन्याकार (anyākāra, “different”), from अन्य (anyá, “other”) + आकार (ākāra, “form, shape”). Cognate with Punjabi ਨਿਆਰਾ (niārā), Gujarati ન્યારું (nyārũ), Marathi न्यारा (nyārā), Oriya ନିଆରା (niara).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /njɑː.ɾɑː/
Adjective
न्यारा • (nyārā)
- separate, distinct
- 1857, “जंग-ए-आज़ादी के शहीदों को सलाम”:
- कतनी क़दीम कितना नईम, सब दुनिया से न्यारा
- katnī qadīm kitnā naīm, sab duniyā se nyārā
- How ancient, how delightful, separate from the whole world.
- Synonyms: अलग (alag), जुदा (judā)
-
- distant, far, remote
- unusual, strange
Declension
Declension of न्यारा | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Masculine | Feminine | ||||
Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | ||
Direct | न्यारा nyārā | न्यारे nyāre | न्यारी nyārī | न्यारी nyārī | |
Oblique | न्यारे nyāre | न्यारे nyāre | न्यारी nyārī | न्यारी nyārī | |
Vocative | न्यारे nyāre | न्यारे nyāre | न्यारी nyārī | न्यारी nyārī | |
Derived terms
- वारा-न्यारा (vārā-nyārā)
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “न्यारा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “anyākāra (404)”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press