nard
English
editPronunciation
edit- (General American) IPA(key): /nɑɹd/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /nɑːd/
Audio (General Australian): (file) - Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)d
Etymology 1
editFrom Middle English narde, from Old French narde, Latin nardus, from Ancient Greek νάρδος (nárdos), from Phoenician [Term?], Sanskrit नलद (nálada, “Indian narde”). Doublet of nardus.
Noun
editnard (countable and uncountable, plural nards)
- A flowering plant of species Nardostachys jatamansi, in the valerian family, that grows in the Himalayas and is used as a perfume, an incense, a sedative, and an herbal medicine.
- A fragrant oil from the plant, formerly much prized.
- 1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Mark xiiij:[3], folio lxvj, recto:
- […] there cam a womã with an alablaſter boxe of oyntment / called narde / that was pure and coſtly / and ſhe brake the boxe ãd powred it on his heed.
- American spikenard (Aralia racemosa), a North American perennial herb with an aromatic root.
Synonyms
editDerived terms
editTranslations
editfragrant oil — see spikenard
References
edit- nard on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Nardostachys jatamansi on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- “nard”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- nard, in Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2nd edition, 1987.
Etymology 2
editAlteration of nuts (“testicles”) or nads (“gonads”).
Noun
editnard (plural nards)
- (US, 1980s, slang, usually in the plural) A testicle.
- The soccer ball hit me right in the nards!
- 2006, Max Brooks, World War Z:
- I’m sure whoever was in charge must have been one of the last of the Fulda Fucktards, you know, those generals who spent their nard-drop years training to defend West Germany from Ivan.
Synonyms
editEtymology 3
editBorrowed from Persian نرد (nard)
Alternative forms
editNoun
editnard (uncountable)
- A Persian game similar to backgammon.
Anagrams
editCatalan
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin nardus (“spikenard”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editnard m (plural nards)
Further reading
edit- “nard” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
French
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Noun
editnard m (plural nards)
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “nard” in Émile Littré, Dictionnaire de la langue française, 1872–1877.
- “nard”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle English
editNoun
editnard
- Alternative form of narde
Romanian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Greek νάρδος (nárdos).
Noun
editnard m (uncountable)
Declension
editSerbo-Croatian
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek νάρδος (nárdos), from Phoenician, from Sanskrit नलद (nálada, “Indian narde”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editnȁrd m (Cyrillic spelling на̏рд)
- nard (plant or oil)
References
edit- “nard” in Hrvatski jezični portal
Volapük
editNoun
editnard (nominative plural nards)
Declension
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