नी

Hindi

Pronunciation
  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /niː/

Particle

नी • (nī)

  1. (dialectal, especially Indore) Alternative form of नहीं (nahī̃)

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
  • ᬦᬷ (Balinese script)
  • নী (Assamese script)
  • নী (Bengali script)
  • 𑰡𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀦𑀻 (Brahmi script)
  • 𑌨𑍀 (Grantha script)
  • ની (Gujarati script)
  • ਨੀ (Gurmukhi script)
  • ꦤꦷ (Javanese script)
  • នី (Khmer script)
  • ನೀ (Kannada script)
  • ນີ (Lao script)
  • നീ (Malayalam script)
  • 𑘡𑘲 (Modi script)
  • ᠨᠢᠢ (Mongolian script)
  • ᠨᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
  • နီ (Burmese script)
  • 𑧁𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐣𑐷 (Newa script)
  • ନୀ (Odia script)
  • ꢥꢷ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆤𑆵 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖡𑖱 (Siddham script)
  • නී (Sinhalese script)
  • நீ (Tamil script)
  • నీ (Telugu script)
  • นี (Thai script)
  • ནཱི (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒢𑒲 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *neyH-. Compare Avestan 𐬌𐬙𐬈𐬫𐬀𐬥‎ (iteyan, “to bring, lead”), Old Persian 𐎠𐎴𐎹 (a-n-y /⁠anaya⁠/, “he was leading, bringing”), Middle Persian [script needed] (nītan, “to lead, drive”), Hittite 𒈾𒄿𒉈 (nāine, “to guide”).

Pronunciation

Root

नी • (nī)

  1. to guide, govern, direct

Descendants
Terms derived from the Sanskrit root नी‎ (5 c, 0 e)

See also
Sanskrit terms belonging to the root नी‎ (0 c, 10 e)
Primary Verbal Forms
  • नयति (náyati, Present)
  • नेष्यति (neṣyáti, Future)
  • अनैषीत् (ánaiṣīt, Aorist)
  • निनाय (ninā́ya, Perfective)
Secondary Verbal Forms
  • नीयते (nīyáte, Passive)
  • अनायि (ánāyi, Passive)
  • नाययति (nāyáyati, Causative)
  • निनीषति (nínīṣati, Desiderative)
  • नेनीयते (nenīyáte, Intensive)
Non-Finite Forms
  • नेतुम् (nétum, Infinitive)
  • नयितुम् (náyitum, Infinitive)
  • नेतोस् (nétos, Infinitive)
  • नित्वा (nitvā́, Gerund)
  • नयित्वा (nayitvā́, Gerund)
  • नीत (nītá, Past Passive Participle)
Derived Nominal Forms
  • नाय (nāya, “guidance, direction”), with many other related compounds
  • प्रणी (praṇī, “guidance, devotion”)
  • नीति (nīti, “bringer of guidance”)
  • नीथ (nītha, “leader”)
  • नेतृ (netṛ, “leader”)
  • नेत्री (netrī, “leaderess”)
  • नेतव्य (netavya, “that which ought to be guided, examined or applied”)
  • नीथा (nīthā, “a music air, an hymn, a song”)
  • आनयति (ānayati)
  • उन्नयति (unnayati)
  • प्रणयति (praṇayati)
Prefixed Root Forms
  • आनी (ānī, “to bring”)
  • उदानी (udānī, “to lift”)
  • प्रणी (praṇī, “to finish, promote, love”)

References
  • Monier Williams (1899), “नी”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 565/1.
  • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 90
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 17-9; 49
  • Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, pages 339-40
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1999), “*něti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), issue 25 (*neroditi – *novotьnъ(jь)), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 105
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