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Nard

//nɑɹd// name, noun, slang

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A diminutive of the male given name Bernard.
  2. 2
    Obsolete spelling of Nart alt-of, obsolete

    ""Nard", a people reported by tradition to have formerly posessed this country (Circassia)."

Noun
  1. 1
    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. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A testicle. US, plural-normally, slang

    "The soccer ball hit me right in the nards!"

  3. 3
    A Persian game similar to backgammon. uncountable
  4. 4
    an aromatic ointment used in antiquity wordnet
  5. 5
    A fragrant oil from the plant, formerly much prized. countable, uncountable

    "[…]there cam a womã with an alablaſter boxe of oyntment / called narde / that was pure and coſtly / and ſhe brake the boxe ãd powred it on his heed."

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  1. 6
    American spikenard (Aralia racemosa), a North American perennial herb with an aromatic root. countable, uncountable

Etymology

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.

Etymology 2

Alteration of nuts (“testicles”) or nads (“gonads”).

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Persian نرد (nard)

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