निन्द्

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

निद् (nid)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

নিন্দ্ (Assamese script)
ᬦᬶᬦ᭄ᬤ᭄ (Balinese script)
নিন্দ্ (Bengali script)
𑰡𑰰𑰡𑰿𑰟𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀦𑀺𑀦𑁆𑀤𑁆 (Brahmi script)
နိန္ဒ် (Burmese script)
નિન્દ્ (Gujarati script)
ਨਿਨ੍ਦ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌨𑌿𑌨𑍍𑌦𑍍 (Grantha script)
ꦤꦶꦤ꧀ꦢ꧀ (Javanese script)
𑂢𑂱𑂢𑂹𑂠𑂹 (Kaithi script)
ನಿನ್ದ್ (Kannada script)
និន្ទ៑ (Khmer script)
ນິນ຺ທ຺ (Lao script)
നിന്ദ് (Malayalam script)
ᠨᡳᠨᡩ (Manchu script)
𑘡𑘱𑘡𑘿𑘟𑘿 (Modi script)
ᠨᠢᠨᢑ (Mongolian script)
𑧁𑧒𑧁𑧠𑦿𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
𑐣𑐶𑐣𑑂𑐡𑑂 (Newa script)
ନିନ୍ଦ୍ (Odia script)
ꢥꢶꢥ꣄ꢣ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
𑆤𑆴𑆤𑇀𑆢𑇀 (Sharada script)
𑖡𑖰𑖡𑖿𑖟𑖿 (Siddham script)
නින්‍ද් (Sinhalese script)
𑩯𑩑𑩯 𑪙𑩭 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
𑚝𑚮𑚝𑚶𑚛𑚶 (Takri script)
நிந்த்³ (Tamil script)
నిన్ద్ (Telugu script)
นินฺทฺ (Thai script)
ནི་ནྡ྄ (Tibetan script)
𑒢𑒱𑒢𑓂𑒠𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
𑨝𑨁𑨝𑩇𑨛𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃neyd-. Cognate with Gothic 𐌽𐌴𐌹𐌸 (neiþ, “hatred, spite”), Latvian naids (“hatred”), Ancient Greek ὄνειδος (óneidos, “reproach”).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /nind/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /n̪in̪d̪/

Root

निन्द् • (nind)

to insult
to blame, accuse

Derived terms

Primary verbal forms

निन्द॑ति (níndati, present)
नि॒न्दि॒ष्यति॑ (nindiṣyáti, future)
नि॒न्दि॒ता (ninditā́, periphrastic future)
अनि॑न्दीत् (ánindīt, aorist)
नि॒न्द्यात् (nindyā́t, benedictive)
नि॒निन्द॑ (ninínda, perfect)

Secondary forms

नि॒न्द्यते॑ (nindyáte, passive)
नि॒द्यते॑ (nidyáte, passive)
निनि॑त्सति (nínitsati, desiderative)

Non-finite forms

नि॒न्दि॒त (ninditá, past participle)
निन्द्य (nindya, gerund)
निन्द्य॑ (níndya, gerundive)
निन्दनीय (nindanīya, gerundive)
नेद्य (nedya, gerundive)
नि॒नि॒त्सु (ninitsú, desiderative participle)

Derived nominal forms

निद् (níd)
निदा॑ (nídā)
निन्दक (nindaka)
निन्दन (nindana)
नि॒न्दा (nindā́)
नि॒न्दि॒तृ (ninditṛ́)
निन्दिन् (nindin)

Prefixed root forms

परिनिन्द् (parinind)
विनिन्द् (vinind)

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root निन्द् (0 c, 3 e)

Category Terms derived from the Sanskrit root निन्द् not found

References

Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*h₃nei̯d-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 303
Monier Williams (1899), “निन्द्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 549, column 2.
William Dwight Whitney (1885), The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 90

Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2026), “nind”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.