नीड
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- নীড (Assamese script)
- ᬦᬷᬟ (Balinese script)
- নীড (Bengali script)
- 𑰡𑰱𑰚 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀦𑀻𑀟 (Brahmi script)
- နီဍ (Burmese script)
- નીડ (Gujarati script)
- ਨੀਡ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌨𑍀𑌡 (Grantha script)
- ꦤꦷꦝ (Javanese script)
- 𑂢𑂲𑂙 (Kaithi script)
- ನೀಡ (Kannada script)
- នីឌ (Khmer script)
- ນີຑ (Lao script)
- നീഡ (Malayalam script)
- ᠨᡳᡳᡷᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘡𑘲𑘚 (Modi script)
- ᠨᠢᠢᢎᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧁𑧓𑦺 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐣𑐷𑐜 (Newa script)
- ନୀଡ (Odia script)
- ꢥꢷꢞ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆤𑆵𑆝 (Sharada script)
- 𑖡𑖱𑖚 (Siddham script)
- නීඩ (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩯𑩑𑩛𑩨 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚝𑚯𑚖 (Takri script)
- நீட³ (Tamil script)
- నీడ (Telugu script)
- นีฑ (Thai script)
- ནཱི་ཌ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒢𑒲𑒛 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨝𑨁𑨊𑨖 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *niẓḍás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *niždás, from Proto-Indo-European *nisdós (“nest”). The constituent parts are नि (ni, “down”) and √सद् (sad), a root related with lying, sitting or sinking. Cognates include Latin nīdus, Old Armenian նիստ (nist), Old Church Slavonic гнѣздо (gnězdo), English nest.
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /niː.ɖɐ́/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /n̪iː.ɖɐ/
Noun
नी॒ड • (nīḍá) stem, m or n
- a bird's nest
- any place for settling down, resting-place, abode
- the interior or seat of a carriage
- place, spot
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | नी॒डः (nīḍáḥ) | नी॒डौ (nīḍáu) नी॒डा¹ (nīḍā́¹) |
नी॒डाः (nīḍā́ḥ) नी॒डासः॑¹ (nīḍā́saḥ¹) |
| accusative | नी॒डम् (nīḍám) | नी॒डौ (nīḍáu) नी॒डा¹ (nīḍā́¹) |
नी॒डान् (nīḍā́n) |
| instrumental | नी॒डेन॑ (nīḍéna) | नी॒डाभ्या॑म् (nīḍā́bhyām) | नी॒डैः (nīḍáiḥ) नी॒डेभिः॑¹ (nīḍébhiḥ¹) |
| dative | नी॒डाय॑ (nīḍā́ya) | नी॒डाभ्या॑म् (nīḍā́bhyām) | नी॒डेभ्यः॑ (nīḍébhyaḥ) |
| ablative | नी॒डात् (nīḍā́t) | नी॒डाभ्या॑म् (nīḍā́bhyām) | नी॒डेभ्यः॑ (nīḍébhyaḥ) |
| genitive | नी॒डस्य॑ (nīḍásya) | नी॒डयोः॑ (nīḍáyoḥ) | नी॒डाना॑म् (nīḍā́nām) |
| locative | नी॒डे (nīḍé) | नी॒डयोः॑ (nīḍáyoḥ) | नी॒डेषु॑ (nīḍéṣu) |
| vocative | नीड॑ (nī́ḍa) | नीडौ॑ (nī́ḍau) नीडा॑¹ (nī́ḍā¹) |
नीडाः॑ (nī́ḍāḥ) नीडा॑सः¹ (nī́ḍāsaḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | नी॒डम् (nīḍám) | नी॒डे (nīḍé) | नी॒डानि॑ (nīḍā́ni) नी॒डा¹ (nīḍā́¹) |
| accusative | नी॒डम् (nīḍám) | नी॒डे (nīḍé) | नी॒डानि॑ (nīḍā́ni) नी॒डा¹ (nīḍā́¹) |
| instrumental | नी॒डेन॑ (nīḍéna) | नी॒डाभ्या॑म् (nīḍā́bhyām) | नी॒डैः (nīḍáiḥ) नी॒डेभिः॑¹ (nīḍébhiḥ¹) |
| dative | नी॒डाय॑ (nīḍā́ya) | नी॒डाभ्या॑म् (nīḍā́bhyām) | नी॒डेभ्यः॑ (nīḍébhyaḥ) |
| ablative | नी॒डात् (nīḍā́t) | नी॒डाभ्या॑म् (nīḍā́bhyām) | नी॒डेभ्यः॑ (nīḍébhyaḥ) |
| genitive | नी॒डस्य॑ (nīḍásya) | नी॒डयोः॑ (nīḍáyoḥ) | नी॒डाना॑म् (nīḍā́nām) |
| locative | नी॒डे (nīḍé) | नी॒डयोः॑ (nīḍáyoḥ) | नी॒डेषु॑ (nīḍéṣu) |
| vocative | नीड॑ (nī́ḍa) | नीडे॑ (nī́ḍe) | नीडा॑नि (nī́ḍāni) नीडा॑¹ (nī́ḍā¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Derived terms
- नीडयते (nīḍáyate)
- नीडि (nīḍí)
- सनीड (sánīḍa)
Descendants
- Pali: नीड (nīḍa), निड्ड m (niḍḍa)
- Prakrit: णीड (ṇīḍa), णेड (ṇeḍa), णिड्ड (ṇiḍḍa), णेड्ड n (ṇĕḍḍa)
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “नीड”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 565, column 3.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 49-50