नागरक _nāgaraka _नागरिक _nāgarika

नागरक नागरिक a. [नगरे भवः वुञ्]

1 Town-bred, town-born.

-2 Polite, courteous, courtly; नागरिकवृत्त्या संज्ञापयैनाम् Ś.5; साधु आर्य नागरिको$सि V.2.

-3 Clever, shrewd, cunning (विदग्ध).

-कः 1 A citizen.

-2 A polite or courteous man, a gallant, one who shows exaggera- ted attention to his first mistress while he is courting some one else.

-3 One who has contracted the vices of a town.

-4 A thief.

-5 An artist.

-6 The chief of the police; V.5; Ś.6.

-7 A city-superintendent; cf. नागरिक- प्रणिधिः Kau. A.

-8 A kind of coitus; ऊरुमूलोपरि स्थित्वा योषिदूरुद्वयं रमेत् । ग्रीवां धृत्वा कराभ्यां च बन्धो नागरको मतः ॥ Ratimañjarī.

-9 (pl.) planets opposite to each other.

-कम् 1 Dry ginger. (

-रिकम्) The toll levied from a town.

-Comp. -वृत्तिः a courtly manner or style; नागरिकवृत्त्या संज्ञापयैनाम् Ś.5.1/2.