नहि
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit नहि (nahi). Doublet of नहीं (nahī̃).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Hindi) IPA(key): /nə.ɦiː/, [nɐ.ɦiː]
Audio: (file)
Interjection
नहि • (nahi)
References
- Platts, John T. (1884), “नहि”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “नहि”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- নহি (Assamese script)
- ᬦᬳᬶ (Balinese script)
- নহি (Bengali script)
- 𑰡𑰮𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀦𑀳𑀺 (Brahmi script)
- နဟိ (Burmese script)
- નહિ (Gujarati script)
- ਨਹਿ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌨𑌹𑌿 (Grantha script)
- ꦤꦲꦶ (Javanese script)
- 𑂢𑂯𑂱 (Kaithi script)
- ನಹಿ (Kannada script)
- នហិ (Khmer script)
- ນຫິ (Lao script)
- നഹി (Malayalam script)
- ᠨᠠᡥᡳ (Manchu script)
- 𑘡𑘮𑘱 (Modi script)
- ᠨᠠᠾᠢ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧁𑧎𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐣𑐴𑐶 (Newa script)
- ନହି (Odia script)
- ꢥꢲꢶ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆤𑆲𑆴 (Sharada script)
- 𑖡𑖮𑖰 (Siddham script)
- නහි (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩯𑪂𑩑 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚝𑚩𑚮 (Takri script)
- நஹி (Tamil script)
- నహి (Telugu script)
- นหิ (Thai script)
- ན་ཧི (Tibetan script)
- 𑒢𑒯𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨝𑨱𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *naźʰí, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *naǰʰí, from Proto-Indo-European *né + *gʰí. Equal to न (na) + हि (hi).[1]
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /nɐ.ɦí/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /n̪ɐ.ɦi/
Interjection
नहि • (nahí)
- surely not, by no means, not at all
- Antonym: आम् (ām)
Descendants
- Bengali: নাই (nai), নাহি (nahi), নায় (naẏ), নেই (nei)
- Braj: नहीं (nahī̃)
- Early Assamese: নাহি (nahi)
- Assamese: নাই (nai)
- Gujarati: નહીં (nahī̃)
- Hindustani:
- Kamta: নাই (nai)
- Punjabi:
- Marathi: नाही (nāhī)
References
- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), “ná1 (> line 13 > na hí denn nicht)”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 1
Further reading
- Monier Williams (1899), “नहि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 523, column 3.