नद्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ned- (to sound, roar, bellow), which might be sound-symbolic. Mayrhofer adduces Proto-Indo-European *nedo- (reed) (that is, a "resonator (plant)" > "reed"), whence नड (naḍa, reed) and its relatives, as descendants.[1] Other derivatives include नदी (nadī, river).

Pronunciation

Root

नद् • (nad)

  1. to sound, thunder, roar, howl, cry
  2. to resound, reverberate

Derived terms

Primary verbal forms
  • नद॑ति (nádati, present)
  • नदिष्यति (nadiṣyati, future)
  • नदिता (naditā, periphrastic future)
  • अनदीत् (anadīt, aorist)
  • अनादीत् (anādīt, aorist)
  • ननाद (nanāda, perfect)
Secondary forms
  • नद्यते (nadyate, passive)
  • न॒दय॑ति (nadáyati, causative)
  • नादयति (nādayati, causative)
  • अनीनदत् (anīnadat, causative aorist)
  • नाद्यते (nādyate, passive of causative)
  • निनदिषति (ninadiṣati, desiderative)
  • नान॑त्ति (nā́natti, intensive)
  • नानद्यते (nānadyate, intensive)
Non-finite forms
  • नदित (nadita, past participle)
  • नद्य (nadya, gerund)
Derived nominal forms
  • न॒द (nadá)
  • नदथु (nadathu)
  • न॒द॒नि॒मन् (nadanimán)
  • न॒द॒नु (nadanú)
  • नदिन् (nadin)
  • नदी (nadī́, flowing water, a river)
  • ना॒द (nādá)
  • नादन (nādana)
  • नादि (nādi)
  • ना॒दिन् (nādín)
  • नानद (nānada)
Prefixed root forms
  • अभिनद् (abhinad)
  • उन्नद् (unnad)
  • निनद् (ninad)
  • प्रतिनद् (pratinad)
  • विनद् (vinad)
  • संनद् (saṃnad)


References

  1. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), “NAD”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 8-9

Further reading

  • Otto Böhtlingk; Richard Schmidt (1879-1928), “नद्”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016