нарды

Kazakh
Alternative scripts
Arabic ناردى
Cyrillic нарды
Latin nardy
Yañalif nardь

Etymology

From Persian نرد (nard, “backgammon”).

Noun

нарды • (nardy)

  1. backgammon

Mongolian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian нарды (nardy), from Georgian ნარდი (nardi), from Persian نرد (“backgammon”).

Pronunciation

Noun

нарды • (nardy)

  1. backgammon

Russian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈnardɨ]
Мужчины играют в нарды.

Etymology 1

Derived from Persian نرد (nard, “backgammon”), likely through Georgian ნარდი (nardi) and Armenian նարդի (nardi). The game is most popular in Persian-influenced areas in the Caucasus and Central Asia. During the Soviet era it gained popularity in the rest of the USSR.

Noun

на́рды • (nárdy) m inan pl (genitive на́рдов, plural only)

  1. backgammon
Declension
Declension of на́рды (inan pl-only masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 
plural
nominative на́рды
nárdy
genitive на́рдов
nárdov
dative на́рдам
nárdam
accusative на́рды
nárdy
instrumental на́рдами
nárdami
prepositional на́рдах
nárdax
Descendants
  • → Latvian: nardi
  • → Lithuanian: nardai
  • → Mongolian: нарды (nardy)

See also

Noun

на́рды • (nárdy) m inan pl

  1. nominative/accusative plural of нард (nard)
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