nard
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)d
Etymology 1
From Middle English narde, from Old French narde, Latin nardus, from Ancient Greek νάρδος (nárdos), from Phoenician [Term?], Sanskrit नलद (nálada, “Indian narde”).
Noun
nard (countable and uncountable, plural nards)
- Nardostachys jatamansi, a flowering plant of the valerian family that grows in the Himalayas of China, used as a perfume, an incense, a sedative, and an herbal medicine.
- A fragrant oil from the plant, formerly much prized.
- 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Mark XIV:
- there cam a woman with an alablaster boxe of oyntmenr, called narde, that was pure and costly, and she brake the boxe and powred it on his heed.
- 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Mark XIV:
- American spikenard (Aralia racemosa), a North American perennial herb with an aromatic root.
Derived terms
References
- Nardostachys+jatamansi at The Plant List
- nard at OneLook Dictionary Search
- nard, in Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2nd edition, 1987.
Etymology 2
Alteration of nuts (“testicles”), most likely a phonetic variation of nads, itself an abbreviation of gonads
Noun
nard (plural nards)
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Ancient Greek νάρδος (nárdos), from Phoenician, from Sanskrit नलद (nálada, “Indian narde”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nârd/
Volapük
Declension
declension of nard
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | nard | nards |
| genitive | narda | nardas |
| dative | narde | nardes |
| accusative | nardi | nardis |
| vocative 1 | o nard! | o nards! |
| predicative 2 | nardu | nardus |
- 1 status as a case is disputed
- 2 in some later, non-classical Volapük only
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