"नगर" meaning in Sanskrit

See नगर in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /nɐ́.ɡɐ.ɾɐ/ [Vedic], /n̪ɐ.ɡɐ.ɾɐ/ [Classical-Sanskrit]
Etymology: Tedesco derives the word from a dissimilating Prakritization of an unattested compound *नृगर (*nṛgará, “gathering of men”), from नृ (nṛ) + *गर (*gara), the latter related to ग्राम (grāma, “village”) and Ancient Greek ᾰ̓γορᾱ́ (ăgorā́, “assembly”) (although Mayrhofer doubts Tedesco's derivation and considers the word to be borrowed from Dravidian to Indo-Aryan). It is likely the ultimate source of similar words in Dravidian; compare Old Tamil 𑀦𑀓𑀭𑁆 (nakar, “house, palace, temple, city”), Telugu నగరు (nagaru, “palace”). Southworth derives the word from Proto-South Dravidian *nakar. Etymology templates: {{compound|sa|नृ|*गर}} नृ (nṛ) + *गर (*gara), {{cog|grc|ᾰ̓γορᾱ́|t=assembly}} Ancient Greek ᾰ̓γορᾱ́ (ăgorā́, “assembly”), {{bor|sa|dra}} Dravidian, {{cog|oty|𑀦𑀓𑀭𑁆|t=house, palace, temple, city}} Old Tamil 𑀦𑀓𑀭𑁆 (nakar, “house, palace, temple, city”), {{cog|te|నగరు|t=palace}} Telugu నగరు (nagaru, “palace”) Head templates: {{sa-noun|g=n|tr=nágara or nagará}} नगर • (nágara or nagará) stem, n Inflection templates: {{sa-decl-noun-n|nágara}}, {{sa-decl-noun-n|nagará}} Forms: नगर stem or [canonical, neuter], nágara [romanization], nagará [romanization], no-table-tags [table-tags], नगरम् [nominative, singular], नगरे [dual, nominative], नगराणि [nominative, plural], नगरा1 [nominative, plural], नगरम् [accusative, singular], नगरे [accusative, dual], नगराणि [accusative, plural], नगरा1 [accusative, plural], नगरेण [instrumental, singular], नगराभ्याम् [dual, instrumental], नगरैः [instrumental, plural], नगरेभिः1 [instrumental, plural], नगराय [dative, singular], नगराभ्याम् [dative, dual], नगरेभ्यः [dative, plural], नगरात् [ablative, singular], नगराभ्याम् [ablative, dual], नगरेभ्यः [ablative, plural], नगरस्य [genitive, singular], नगरयोः [dual, genitive], नगराणाम् [genitive, plural], नगरे [locative, singular], नगरयोः [dual, locative], नगरेषु [locative, plural], नगर [singular, vocative], नगरे [dual, vocative], नगराणि [plural, vocative], नगरा1 [plural, vocative], no-table-tags [table-tags], नगरम् [nominative, singular], नगरे [dual, nominative], नगराणि [nominative, plural], नगरा1 [nominative, plural], नगरम् [accusative, singular], नगरे [accusative, dual], नगराणि [accusative, plural], नगरा1 [accusative, plural], नगरेण [instrumental, singular], नगराभ्याम् [dual, instrumental], नगरैः [instrumental, plural], नगरेभिः1 [instrumental, plural], नगराय [dative, singular], नगराभ्याम् [dative, dual], नगरेभ्यः [dative, plural], नगरात् [ablative, singular], नगराभ्याम् [ablative, dual], नगरेभ्यः [ablative, plural], नगरस्य [genitive, singular], नगरयोः [dual, genitive], नगराणाम् [genitive, plural], नगरे [locative, singular], नगरयोः [dual, locative], नगरेषु [locative, plural], नगर [singular, vocative], नगरे [dual, vocative], नगराणि [plural, vocative], नगरा1 [plural, vocative]
  1. town, city Derived forms: नागर (nāgara)
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      "word": "នគរ"
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      "lang": "Lao",
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      "word": "ນະຄອນ"
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      "lang_code": "khb",
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          "roman": "nagari",
          "word": "ꦤꦒꦫꦶ"
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          "lang_code": "jv",
          "roman": "negara",
          "word": "ꦤꦼꦒꦫ"
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          "lang_code": "jv",
          "roman": "negari",
          "word": "ꦤꦼꦒꦫꦶ"
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          "lang_code": "ban",
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      "word": "நகரம்"
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      "word": "นคร"
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        "borrowed"
      ],
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      "word": "نگر"
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      "name": "compound"
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        "table-tags"
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        "singular"
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        "plural"
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        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "नगराणि",
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        "plural"
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        "plural"
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
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      "form": "नगराभ्याम्",
      "roman": "nágarābhyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "instrumental"
      ]
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      "roman": "nágaraiḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "नगरेभिः1",
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        "plural"
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        "singular"
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        "dual"
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      "form": "नगरेभ्यः",
      "roman": "nágarebhyaḥ",
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      "tags": [
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        "plural"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
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    {
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        "dual"
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        "plural"
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        "singular"
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      "tags": [
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        "plural"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "plural"
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    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "vocative"
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        "vocative"
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      "form": "नगराणि",
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      "source": "declension",
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      "source": "declension",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
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        "nominative"
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      "form": "नगराणि",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
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    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
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    {
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        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "नगराणि",
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        "plural"
      ]
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    {
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      "source": "declension",
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        "plural"
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    {
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      "tags": [
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        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "नगराभ्याम्",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "instrumental"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "नगरैः",
      "roman": "nagaráiḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "नगरेभिः1",
      "roman": "nagarébhiḥ1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "नगराय",
      "roman": "nagarā́ya",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "नगराभ्याम्",
      "roman": "nagarā́bhyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "नगरेभ्यः",
      "roman": "nagarébhyaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "नगरात्",
      "roman": "nagarā́t",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "नगराभ्याम्",
      "roman": "nagarā́bhyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "नगरेभ्यः",
      "roman": "nagarébhyaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "नगरस्य",
      "roman": "nagarásya",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "नगरयोः",
      "roman": "nagaráyoḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "नगराणाम्",
      "roman": "nagarā́ṇām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "नगरे",
      "roman": "nagaré",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "नगरयोः",
      "roman": "nagaráyoḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "locative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "नगरेषु",
      "roman": "nagaréṣu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "नगर",
      "roman": "nágara",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "नगरे",
      "roman": "nágare",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "नगराणि",
      "roman": "nágarāṇi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "नगरा1",
      "roman": "nágarā1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "g": "n",
        "tr": "nágara or nagará"
      },
      "expansion": "नगर • (nágara or nagará) stem, n",
      "name": "sa-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nágara"
      },
      "name": "sa-decl-noun-n"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nagará"
      },
      "name": "sa-decl-noun-n"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "sa",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Assamese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 6 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sanskrit links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "roman": "nāgara",
          "word": "नागर"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "english": "2002 translation by K. M. K. Murthy\nEven giving my son to her as a slave would have been better. By that Rama would have at least stayed in the house by doing the work entrusted by her and roaming about in the city, asking alms.",
          "ref": "c. 500 BCE – 100 BCE, Rāmāyaṇa 2.43.4",
          "roman": "kāma kāraḥ varam dātum api dāsam mama ātmajam.",
          "text": "अथ स्म नगरे रामः चरन् भैक्षम् गृहे वसेत् ।\nकाम कारः वरम् दातुम् अपि दासम् मम आत्मजम् ॥\natha sma nagare rāmaḥ caran bhaikṣam gṛhe vaset.",
          "translation": "2002 translation by K. M. K. Murthy\nEven giving my son to her as a slave would have been better. By that Rama would have at least stayed in the house by doing the work entrusted by her and roaming about in the city, asking alms."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "town, city"
      ],
      "id": "en-नगर-sa-noun-ZCEWfNGR",
      "links": [
        [
          "town",
          "town"
        ],
        [
          "city",
          "city"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/nɐ́.ɡɐ.ɾɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Vedic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/n̪ɐ.ɡɐ.ɾɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Sanskrit"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "नगर"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "nāgara",
      "word": "नागर"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "lang": "Gujarati",
              "lang_code": "gu",
              "roman": "ner",
              "word": "નેર"
            }
          ],
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          "lang_code": "inc-ogu",
          "roman": "nayara",
          "word": "नयर"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "lang_code": "hi",
          "roman": "-ner",
          "word": "-नेर"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Sauraseni Prakrit",
      "lang_code": "pra",
      "roman": "ṇayara",
      "word": "𑀡𑀬𑀭"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Assamese",
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      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "nôgôr",
      "word": "নগৰ"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "lang_code": "bn",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "nogor",
      "word": "নগর"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "lang_code": "my",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "na.guir",
      "word": "နဂိုရ်"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "lang_code": "my",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "na.ga.ra.",
      "word": "နဂရ"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Chakma",
      "lang_code": "ccp",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "nagar",
      "word": "𑄚𑄧𑄉𑄧𑄢𑄴"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Dhivehi",
      "lang_code": "dv",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "nagaru",
      "word": "ނަގަރު"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Gujarati",
      "lang_code": "gu",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "nagar",
      "word": "નગર"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "lang_code": "hi",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "nagar",
      "word": "नगर"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "lang_code": "km",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "nɔɔnɔkɔɔ",
      "word": "នគរ"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Kannada",
      "lang_code": "kn",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "nagara",
      "word": "ನಗರ"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Lao",
      "lang_code": "lo",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "na khǭn",
      "word": "ນະຄອນ"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Lü",
      "lang_code": "khb",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "nkoan",
      "word": "ᦓᦅᦸᧃ"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Lü",
      "lang_code": "khb",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "nkl",
      "word": "ᦓᦅᦟ"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "lang_code": "ml",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "nagaraṁ",
      "word": "നഗരം"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "lang": "English",
              "lang_code": "en",
              "raw_tags": [
                "borrowed"
              ],
              "word": "negara"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "lang_code": "id",
          "word": "negara"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Malay",
      "lang_code": "ms",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "نݢارا",
      "word": "negara"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "lang_code": "mr",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "nagar",
      "word": "नगर"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Nepali",
      "lang_code": "ne",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "nagar",
      "word": "नगर"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Newar",
      "lang_code": "new",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "nagara",
      "word": "नगर"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Odia",
      "lang_code": "or",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "nagara",
      "word": "ନଗର"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Old Gujarati",
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      "raw_tags": [
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      ],
      "roman": "nagara",
      "word": "नगर"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Javanese",
          "lang_code": "jv",
          "roman": "nagara",
          "word": "ꦤꦒꦫ"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Javanese",
          "lang_code": "jv",
          "roman": "nagari",
          "word": "ꦤꦒꦫꦶ"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Javanese",
          "lang_code": "jv",
          "roman": "negara",
          "word": "ꦤꦼꦒꦫ"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Javanese",
          "lang_code": "jv",
          "roman": "negari",
          "word": "ꦤꦼꦒꦫꦶ"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Balinese",
          "lang_code": "ban",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "negara"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Old Javanese",
      "lang_code": "kaw",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "nagara"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Pali",
      "lang_code": "pi",
      "word": "nagara"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Punjabi",
      "lang_code": "pa",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "nagar",
      "word": "ਨਗਰ"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Sinhalese",
      "lang_code": "si",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "nagaraya",
      "word": "නගරය"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Sylheti",
      "lang_code": "syl",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "nogor",
      "word": "ꠘꠉꠞ"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "lang_code": "ta",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "nakaram",
      "word": "நகரம்"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "lang_code": "te",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "nagaramu",
      "word": "నగరము"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Thai",
      "lang_code": "th",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "ná-kɔɔn",
      "word": "นคร"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "lang_code": "ur",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "nagar",
      "word": "نگر"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "नृ",
        "3": "*गर"
      },
      "expansion": "नृ (nṛ) + *गर (*gara)",
      "name": "compound"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ᾰ̓γορᾱ́",
        "t": "assembly"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek ᾰ̓γορᾱ́ (ăgorā́, “assembly”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "dra"
      },
      "expansion": "Dravidian",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "oty",
        "2": "𑀦𑀓𑀭𑁆",
        "t": "house, palace, temple, city"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Tamil 𑀦𑀓𑀭𑁆 (nakar, “house, palace, temple, city”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "te",
        "2": "నగరు",
        "t": "palace"
      },
      "expansion": "Telugu నగరు (nagaru, “palace”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Tedesco derives the word from a dissimilating Prakritization of an unattested compound *नृगर (*nṛgará, “gathering of men”), from नृ (nṛ) + *गर (*gara), the latter related to ग्राम (grāma, “village”) and Ancient Greek ᾰ̓γορᾱ́ (ăgorā́, “assembly”) (although Mayrhofer doubts Tedesco's derivation and considers the word to be borrowed from Dravidian to Indo-Aryan). It is likely the ultimate source of similar words in Dravidian; compare Old Tamil 𑀦𑀓𑀭𑁆 (nakar, “house, palace, temple, city”), Telugu నగరు (nagaru, “palace”). Southworth derives the word from Proto-South Dravidian *nakar.",
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    {
      "form": "नगर stem or",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nágara",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nagará",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sa-decl-noun-n",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "नगरम्",
      "roman": "nágaram",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "नगरे",
      "roman": "nágare",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "नगराणि",
      "roman": "nágarāṇi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "नगरा1",
      "roman": "nágarā1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "नगरम्",
      "roman": "nágaram",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "नगरे",
      "roman": "nágare",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "नगराणि",
      "roman": "nágarāṇi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "नगरा1",
      "roman": "nágarā1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "नगरेण",
      "roman": "nágareṇa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "नगराभ्याम्",
      "roman": "nágarābhyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "instrumental"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "नगरैः",
      "roman": "nágaraiḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "नगरेभिः1",
      "roman": "nágarebhiḥ1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "नगराय",
      "roman": "nágarāya",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "नगराभ्याम्",
      "roman": "nágarābhyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "नगरेभ्यः",
      "roman": "nágarebhyaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "नगरात्",
      "roman": "nágarāt",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "नगराभ्याम्",
      "roman": "nágarābhyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "नगरेभ्यः",
      "roman": "nágarebhyaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "नगरस्य",
      "roman": "nágarasya",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "नगरयोः",
      "roman": "nágarayoḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "नगराणाम्",
      "roman": "nágarāṇām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "नगरे",
      "roman": "nágare",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "नगरयोः",
      "roman": "nágarayoḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "locative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "नगरेषु",
      "roman": "nágareṣu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "नगर",
      "roman": "nágara",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "नगरे",
      "roman": "nágare",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "नगराणि",
      "roman": "nágarāṇi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "नगरा1",
      "roman": "nágarā1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sa-decl-noun-n",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "नगरम्",
      "roman": "nagarám",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "नगरे",
      "roman": "nagaré",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "नगराणि",
      "roman": "nagarā́ṇi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "नगरा1",
      "roman": "nagarā́1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "नगरम्",
      "roman": "nagarám",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "नगरे",
      "roman": "nagaré",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "नगराणि",
      "roman": "nagarā́ṇi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "नगरा1",
      "roman": "nagarā́1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "नगरेण",
      "roman": "nagaréṇa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "नगराभ्याम्",
      "roman": "nagarā́bhyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "instrumental"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "नगरैः",
      "roman": "nagaráiḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "नगरेभिः1",
      "roman": "nagarébhiḥ1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "नगराय",
      "roman": "nagarā́ya",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "नगराभ्याम्",
      "roman": "nagarā́bhyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "नगरेभ्यः",
      "roman": "nagarébhyaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "नगरात्",
      "roman": "nagarā́t",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "नगराभ्याम्",
      "roman": "nagarā́bhyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "नगरेभ्यः",
      "roman": "nagarébhyaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "नगरस्य",
      "roman": "nagarásya",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "नगरयोः",
      "roman": "nagaráyoḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "नगराणाम्",
      "roman": "nagarā́ṇām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "नगरे",
      "roman": "nagaré",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "नगरयोः",
      "roman": "nagaráyoḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "locative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "नगरेषु",
      "roman": "nagaréṣu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "नगर",
      "roman": "nágara",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "नगरे",
      "roman": "nágare",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "नगराणि",
      "roman": "nágarāṇi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "नगरा1",
      "roman": "nágarā1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "n",
        "tr": "nágara or nagará"
      },
      "expansion": "नगर • (nágara or nagará) stem, n",
      "name": "sa-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nágara"
      },
      "name": "sa-decl-noun-n"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nagará"
      },
      "name": "sa-decl-noun-n"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Sanskrit",
  "lang_code": "sa",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Assamese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
        "Middle Khmer term requests",
        "Pages with 6 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Sanskrit a-stem nouns",
        "Sanskrit compound terms",
        "Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header",
        "Sanskrit lemmas",
        "Sanskrit links with redundant alt parameters",
        "Sanskrit neuter nouns",
        "Sanskrit nouns",
        "Sanskrit nouns in Devanagari script",
        "Sanskrit terms borrowed from Dravidian languages",
        "Sanskrit terms derived from Dravidian languages",
        "Sanskrit terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
        "Sanskrit terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "2002 translation by K. M. K. Murthy\nEven giving my son to her as a slave would have been better. By that Rama would have at least stayed in the house by doing the work entrusted by her and roaming about in the city, asking alms.",
          "ref": "c. 500 BCE – 100 BCE, Rāmāyaṇa 2.43.4",
          "roman": "kāma kāraḥ varam dātum api dāsam mama ātmajam.",
          "text": "अथ स्म नगरे रामः चरन् भैक्षम् गृहे वसेत् ।\nकाम कारः वरम् दातुम् अपि दासम् मम आत्मजम् ॥\natha sma nagare rāmaḥ caran bhaikṣam gṛhe vaset.",
          "translation": "2002 translation by K. M. K. Murthy\nEven giving my son to her as a slave would have been better. By that Rama would have at least stayed in the house by doing the work entrusted by her and roaming about in the city, asking alms."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "town, city"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "town",
          "town"
        ],
        [
          "city",
          "city"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/nɐ́.ɡɐ.ɾɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Vedic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/n̪ɐ.ɡɐ.ɾɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Sanskrit"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "नगर"
}

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