نیر

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit नीर (nīra).

Pronunciation

Noun

نِیر • (nīr) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਨੀਰ)

  1. river
  2. water
    Synonyms: آب (āb), پاݨی (pāṇī), جَل (jal)
  3. (poetic, figuratively) tear
    Synonym: اَتّھرُو (atthrū)
  4. (figuratively) liquor

Declension
Declension of نیر
dir. sg. نِیر (nīr)
dir. pl. نِیر (nīr)
singular plural
direct نِیر (nīr) نِیر (nīr)
oblique نِیر (nīr) نِیراں (nīrāṉ)
vocative نِیرا (nīrā) نِیرو (nīro)
ablative نِیروں (nīroṉ) —
locative نِیرے (nīre) نِیرِیں (nīrīṉ)
instrumental نِیرے (nīre) نِیرِیں (nīrīṉ)

Further reading
  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “نِیر”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
  • “ਨੀਰ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit नीर (nīra).

Pronunciation

Noun

نِیر • (nīr) m (Hindi spelling नीर)

  1. (rustic) water
    Synonyms: آب (āb), پانی (pānī), جَل (jal)
  2. (poetic, figuratively) tear
    Synonym: آنْسُو (ānsū)

Declension
Declension of نیر
singular plural
direct نِیر ({{{2}}}) نِیر ({{{2}}})
oblique نِیر ({{{2}}}) نِیروں ({{{2}}}ō̃)
vocative نِیر ({{{2}}}) نِیرو ({{{2}}}ō)

Further reading
  • “نیر”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “نیر”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “نير”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
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