न्यञ्च्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts
  • ন্যঞ্চ্ (Assamese script)
  • ᬦ᭄ᬬᬜ᭄ᬘ᭄ (Balinese script)
  • ন্যঞ্চ্ (Bengali script)
  • 𑰡𑰿𑰧𑰗𑰿𑰓𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀦𑁆𑀬𑀜𑁆𑀘𑁆 (Brahmi script)
  • နျဉ္စ် (Burmese script)
  • ન્યઞ્ચ્ (Gujarati script)
  • ਨ੍ਯਞ੍ਚ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
  • 𑌨𑍍𑌯𑌞𑍍𑌚𑍍 (Grantha script)
  • ꦤꦾꦚ꧀ꦕ꧀ (Javanese script)
  • 𑂢𑂹𑂨𑂖𑂹𑂒𑂹 (Kaithi script)
  • ನ್ಯಞ್ಚ್ (Kannada script)
  • ន្យញ្ច៑ (Khmer script)
  • ນ຺ຍຎ຺ຈ຺ (Lao script)
  • ന്യഞ്ച് (Malayalam script)
  • ᠨᠶᠠᠨᡳᠶᢜ (Manchu script)
  • 𑘡𑘿𑘧𑘗𑘿𑘓𑘿 (Modi script)
  • ᠨᠶ᠋ᠠᡛᢋ (Mongolian script)
  • 𑧁𑧠𑧇𑦷𑧠𑦳𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐣𑑂𑐫𑐘𑑂𑐔𑑂 (Newa script)
  • ନ୍ଯଞ୍ଚ୍ (Odia script)
  • ꢥ꣄ꢫꢛ꣄ꢗ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆤𑇀𑆪𑆚𑇀𑆖𑇀 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖡𑖿𑖧𑖗𑖿𑖓𑖿 (Siddham script)
  • න්‍යඤ්‍ච් (Sinhalese script)
  • 𑩯 𑪙𑩻𑩥 𑪙𑩡 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
  • 𑚝𑚶𑚣𑚓𑚶𑚏𑚶 (Takri script)
  • ந்யஞ்ச் (Tamil script)
  • న్యఞ్చ్ (Telugu script)
  • นฺยญฺจฺ (Thai script)
  • ནྱ་ཉྩ྄ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒢𑓂𑒨𑒘𑓂𑒔𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
  • 𑨝𑩇𑨪𑨓𑩇𑨣𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology 1

From नि- (ni-, “down, in”) +‎ अञ्च् (añc, “to bend, curve”).

Pronunciation

Root

न्यञ्च् • (nyañc)

  1. to sink, bend, or hang down
  2. to pass away, fade, perish
Derived terms
Primary verbal forms
  • न्यञ्चति (nyañcati, present)
Secondary forms
  • न्यञ्चयति (nyañcayati, causative)
Category Sanskrit terms belonging to the root न्यञ्च् not found
Category Terms derived from the Sanskrit root न्यञ्च् not found

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *niHanč- (whence also Avestan 𐬥𐬌𐬌𐬃𐬧𐬗- (niiā̊ṇc-, “going downwards”, adjective)), which is generally derived from a compound of Proto-Indo-European *ní (“down”) +‎ *-h₃kʷ- (“facing, looking”), literally “facing down” (whence also Proto-Germanic *nīwalaz (“prone, prostrate”));[1][2] that said, semantic influence from न्यञ्च् (nyañc) in the root sense of Etymology 1 (from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ní (“down, into”) + a reflex of Proto-Indo-European *h₂enk- (“to curve, bend”)) appears quite likely. Compare also Persian نگون (negun, “inverted”), which may be related.[2]

Pronunciation

Adjective

न्य॑ञ्च् • (nyàñc) stem

  1. going or directed downwards, bent down
  2. lying with the face downwards
  3. depressed, deep, low (of sound, voice, etc.)
  4. humble, vile, contemptible

Declension

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Derived terms

  • नीच (nīca)
  • नीचीन (nīcī́na)
  • नीच्य (nīcya)
  • न्यक् (nyak)

References

  1. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), “nyàṅ (nyàñc, níyañc-)”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 182
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), “nyàñc-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[2] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 60

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