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Dictionary: nard   (närd) pronunciation

n.
See spikenard (sense 1).

[Middle English narde, from Old French, from Latin nardus, from Greek nardos, probably ultimately from Sanskrit naladam, Indian spikenard.]


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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: an aromatic ointment used in antiquity
  Synonym: spikenard


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Nard may refer to:

  • Nard (game) (نرد), the Persian name for backgammon, a board game for two players
  • Nard (plant) or spikenard, a flowering plant of the Valerian family
  • The Nard, a nickname for the city of Oxnard, California in the United States
  • Nard, an album by American funk and jazz keyboardist Bernard Wright

People with the given name Nard:


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Dansk (Danish)
n. - nardus

Nederlands (Dutch)
nardus(olie)

Français (French)
n. - (Bot) valérianacée, nard (indien)

Deutsch (German)
n. - Nardensalbe, (bot.) Indische Narde

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (φυτολ.) ναρδόσταχυς, νάρδος

Italiano (Italian)
nardo

Português (Portuguese)
n. - nardo (m), ungüento (m) de nardo

Русский (Russian)
ароматическое целебное растение

Español (Spanish)
n. - nardo

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - nardusolja, indisk nardus (bot.)

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
甘松, 甘松香

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 甘松, 甘松香

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 나드향(진통제)

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 甘松, ナルド, 甘松香

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) الناردين ( نبات), مرهم الناردين‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮צמח ריחני ממשפחת הוולריאן, נרד‬


 
 

 

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