नाध्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• নাধ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬦᬵᬥ᭄ (Balinese script)
• নাধ্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰡𑰯𑰠𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀦𑀸𑀥𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• နာဓ် (Burmese script)
• નાધ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਨਾਧੑ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌨𑌾𑌧𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦤꦴꦣ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂢𑂰𑂡𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ನಾಧ್ (Kannada script)
• នាធ៑ (Khmer script)
• ນາຘ຺ (Lao script)
• നാധ് (Malayalam script)
• ᠨᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᢡ (Manchu script)
• 𑘡𑘰𑘠𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠨᠠᢗᢑᠾ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧁𑧑𑧀𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐣𑐵𑐢𑑂 (Newa script)
• ନାଧ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢥꢵꢤ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆤𑆳𑆣𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖡𑖯𑖠𑖿 (Siddham script)
• නාධ් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩯𑩛𑩮 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚝𑚭𑚜𑚶 (Takri script)
• நாத்⁴ (Tamil script)
• నాధ్ (Telugu script)
• นาธฺ (Thai script)
• ནཱ་དྷ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒢𑒰𑒡𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨝𑨊𑨜𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *neh₃dʰ-, related to आध्र (ādhra, “poor, destitute”) and perhaps Ancient Greek νωθρός (nōthrós, “sluggish, slothful”). Influenced नाथ् (nāth), but not etymologically related to it, contrary to Monier-Williams and Whitney.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /nɑːdʱ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /n̪ɑːd̪ʱ/

Root

नाध् • (nādh)

1. to be in distress
2. to seek help, ask, beg

Derived terms

• नाधते (nādhate)
• नाधमन (nādhamana)
• नाधस् (nādhas)
• नाधित (nādhita)
• नाधै (nādhai)

 

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “नाध्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 535/1.
• 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, page 34