नह्

Sanskrit edit

Alternative scripts edit

Alternative scripts

নহ্ (Assamese script)
ᬦᬳ᭄ (Balinese script)
নহ্ (Bengali script)
𑰡𑰮𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀦𑀳𑁆 (Brahmi script)
နဟ် (Burmese script)
નહ્ (Gujarati script)
ਨਹ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌨𑌹𑍍 (Grantha script)
ꦤꦲ꧀ (Javanese script)
𑂢𑂯𑂹 (Kaithi script)
ನಹ್ (Kannada script)
នហ៑ (Khmer script)
ນຫ຺ (Lao script)
നഹ് (Malayalam script)
ᠨᠠᡥ (Manchu script)
𑘡𑘮𑘿 (Modi script)
ᠨᠠᠾ (Mongolian script)
𑧁𑧎𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
𑐣𑐴𑑂 (Newa script)
ନହ୍ (Odia script)
ꢥꢲ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
𑆤𑆲𑇀 (Sharada script)
𑖡𑖮𑖿 (Siddham script)
නහ් (Sinhalese script)
𑩯𑪂 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
𑚝𑚩𑚶 (Takri script)
நஹ் (Tamil script)
నహ్ (Telugu script)
นหฺ (Thai script)
ན་ཧ྄ (Tibetan script)
𑒢𑒯𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
𑨝𑨱𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology edit

Of uncertain origin. A connection to Latin nōdus (“knot”) and Old Irish nascim (“to bind”) is semantically appealing, though formal analysis is difficult due to semantic contamination from similar-sounding roots, such as nectere for Latin and ग्रन्थ् (granth) / बन्ध् (bandh) for Sanskrit.

Pronunciation edit

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /nɐɦ/
(Classical) IPA^(key): /n̪ɐɦ/

Root edit

नह् • (nah)

to bind, tie, fasten, bind on or round or together
to put on (as armor), arm oneself

Derived terms edit

उपानह् (upānah)
नह्यति (nahyati)

References edit

Monier Williams (1899) “नह्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 532/2.
William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 89
Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 31-32
Mayrhofer, Manfred (1963) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 147-148