nahoón
Kohistani Shina
Alternative forms
- nãhoón
Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *noḱ-éye-ti
Proto-Indo-Iranian *nāćáyati
Proto-Indo-Aryan *nāśáyati
Kohistani Shina nahoón
Derived from Sanskrit ना॒शय॑ति (nāśáyati, “to destroy”),[1] from Proto-Indo-Aryan *nāśáyati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *nāćáyati, from Proto-Indo-European *noḱ-éye-ti, from *neḱ- + *-éyeti.
Verb
nahoón[2]
- to lose
References
- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “nāśáyati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 407
- ^ Schmidt, Ruth Laila; Kohistani, Razwal; Zarin, Mohammad Manzar (2008), A Grammar of the Shina Language of Indus Kohistan, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, page 119