नागरक

{ nāgaraka }

हिन्दी (hindi) WN

   See : शिल्पी, चोर

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

नागरक  mfn.  mf( इका)n. living in a town ( opp. to आरण्यक), [L.]
   clever, cunning, [L.]
नागरक  m.  m. a citizen, [L.]
°रिक   chief of a town, police-officer, [Śak.] ( v.l. for ) applied to planets opposed to each other, [Var.] ( cf. नागर-नृपति and -यायि-ग्रह)
   an artist, [W.]
   a thief, [W.]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

नागरक [nāgaraka] नागरिक [nāgarika]   नागरिक a. [नगरे भवः वुञ्]
   Town-bred, town-born.
   Polite, courteous, courtly; नागरिकवृत्त्या संज्ञापयैनाम् [Ś.5;] साधु आर्य नागरिकोऽसि [V.2.]
   Clever, shrewd, cunning (विदग्ध).
   कः A citizen.
   A polite or courteous man, a gallant, one who shows exaggerated attention to his first mistress while he is courting some one else.
   One who has contracted the vices of a town.
   A thief.
   An artist.
   The chief of the police; [V.5;] [Ś.6.]
   A city-superintendent; cf. नागरिक- प्रणिधिः Kau.A.
   A kind of coitus; ऊरुमूलोपरि स्थित्वा योषिदूरुद्वयं रमेत् । ग्रीवां धृत्वा कराभ्यां च बन्धो नागरको मतः ॥ Ratimañjarī.
   (pl.) planets opposite to each other.
   कम् Dry ginger. (-रिकम्) The toll levied from a town. -Comp.
-वृत्तिः   a courtly manner or style; नागरिकवृत्त्या संज्ञापयैनाम् [Ś.5.1] /2.

Shabda-Sagara

नागरक  m.  ( -कः)
   1. The orange; see नागरङ्ग
   2. A thief.
   3. An artist.
    E. नागर, and वुञ् aff.

ROOTS:

नागर वुञ्

संस्कृतम् (Sanskrit) WN

   See : चतुर