woman, wife, female Snp.301, Snp.836; Dhp.284; Ja.i.60; Ja.iii.395; Ja.iv.396 (˚gaṇa); Vv.6#1, Vv.44#16; Pv.i.9#1 (= itthi Pv-a.44). pl. nariyo (Snp.299, Snp.304, Snp.703), nāriyo (Snp.703 variant reading BB; Pv.ii.9#52). combined with nara as naranārī, male & female (angels), e.g. Vv.53#8 Pv.ii.11#2 (see nara). Nala & Nala;

Sk. nārī to nara man, orig. “the one belonging to the man”