अनिद्रा

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit अनिद्रा (anidrā). By surface analysis, अ- (a-, “un-”) +‎ निद्रा (nidrā, “sleep”).

Pronunciation

(Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /ə.nɪd̪.ɾɑː/, [ɐ.nɪd̪.ɾäː]

Noun

अनिद्रा • (anidrā) f

(medicine) insomnia
Synonym: उन्निद्र (unnidra)
(informal) sleepless, sleeplessness

Declension

Declension of *अनिद्रा* (fem ā-stem)
	singular	plural
direct	अनिद्रा anidrā	अनिद्राएँ anidrāẽ
oblique	अनिद्रा anidrā	अनिद्राओं anidrāõ
vocative	अनिद्रा anidrā	अनिद्राओ anidrāo

References

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “अनिद्रा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press