nard

== English == === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /nɑɹd/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /nɑːd/ 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”). Doublet of nardus. ==== Noun ==== nard (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. American spikenard (Aralia racemosa), a North American perennial herb with an aromatic root. ===== Synonyms ===== nardus (obsolete) (Nardostachys jatamansi): nardin, muskroot ===== Derived terms ===== Indian nard spikenard ===== Translations ===== ==== References ==== 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 === Alteration of nuts (“testicles”) or nads (“gonads”). ==== Noun ==== nard (plural nards) (US, 1980s, slang, usually in the plural) A testicle. ===== Synonyms ===== (testicles): ball, nut === Etymology 3 === Borrowed from Persian نرد (nard) ==== Alternative forms ==== narde ==== Noun ==== nard (uncountable) A Persian game similar to backgammon. === Anagrams === DNAR, DNRA, RAND, Rand, andr-, darn, rDNA, rand, rdna == Catalan == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin nardus (“spikenard”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈnart] IPA(key): (Valencia) [ˈnaɾt] === Noun === nard m (plural nards) tuberose (Agave amica) === Further reading === “nard”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 == French == === Etymology === From Latin nardus. === Pronunciation === === Noun === nard m (plural nards) (botany) matgrass (Nardus) ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === Littré, Émile (1873–1878), “nard”, in Dictionnaire de la langue française, Paris: L. Hachette “nard”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Middle English == === Noun === nard alternative form of narde == Old English == === Etymology === From Latin nardus. === Noun === nard m spikenard === References === Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “nard”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press. == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Greek νάρδος (nárdos). === Noun === nard m (uncountable) nard (Nardostachys jatamansi) ==== Declension ==== == Serbo-Croatian == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek νάρδος (nárdos), from Phoenician, from Sanskrit नलद (nálada, “Indian narde”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /nârd/ === Noun === nȁrd m inan (Cyrillic spelling на̏рд) nard (plant or oil) === References === “nard”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026 == Volapük == === Noun === nard (nominative plural nards) valerian ==== Declension ====