नहि

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit नहि (nahí). Doublet of नहीं (nahī̃).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /nə.ɦiː/, [nɐ.ɦiː]

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Interjection

नहि • (nahi)

1. no

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-Iranian *naǰʰí, from Proto-Indo-European *né + *gʰí. Equal to न (na) +‎ हि (hi).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /nɐ.ɦí/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈn̪ɐ.ɦi/

Interjection

नहि • (nahí)

1. surely not, by no means, not at all

   Antonym: आम् (ām)

Descendants

• Bengali: নাই (nai), নেই (nei), নাহি (nahi), নায় (naẏ)
• Braj: नहीं (nahī̃)
• Early Assamese: নাহি (nahi)
  • Assamese: নাই (nai)
• Gujarati: નહીં (nahī̃)
• Hindustani:
  • Hindi: नहीं (nahī̃), → नहि (nahi)
  • Urdu: نَہِیں (nahī̃)
• Kamta: নাই (nai)
• Punjabi:
  • Gurmukhi script: ਨਹੀਂ (nahī̃)
  • Shahmukhi script: نَہِیں (nahīṉ), نَئیں (na'īṉ)