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Etymology edit

Of uncertain origin. Leumann derives the root from a phonetic dissimilation of मन्द् (mand, to rejoice, gladden) after a labial prefix, for example, अभिमन्द् (abhimand, to gladden) > अभिनन्द् (abhinand, to please, rejoice at).

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Root edit

नन्द् (nand)

  1. to rejoice, delight, glee
  2. to be pleased or satisfied with, be glad of
  3. to make glad, gladden

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References edit

  • Monier Williams (1899) “नन्द्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 526/2.
  • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 87
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 10-1
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1963) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 131-2