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nara

/ˈnɑːrə/

Sanskrit word meaning person, man, human being

From Sanskrit nara (person).

noun
nara
Sanskrit
nara (नर)
a person, man, human being
Balinese
nara (ᬦᬭ)
borrowed Sanskrit form used in Balinese script
Modern English
nara

A tiny two-syllable word can carry an entire crowd inside it. In Sanskrit, nara means a person or man, and you can still spot it lurking in big, temple-heavy compounds like Narayana and Narasimha, where it helps name divine or heroic beings. The same shape also wandered into Indonesian as nara-, which is a neat reminder that Sanskrit did not just sit in books; it traveled by religion, prestige, and trade. Urban Dictionary gives the word a couple of wild modern spins, but those look more like internet improvisation than a real lineage. The old sense is sturdier: nara is basically human presence in miniature, a word that feels like a name tag for the species.

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