निन्द्

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• निद् (nid)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• নিন্দ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬦᬶᬦ᭄ᬤ᭄ (Balinese script)
• নিন্দ্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰡𑰰𑰡𑰿𑰟𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀦𑀺𑀦𑁆𑀤𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• နိန္ဒ် (Burmese script)
• નિન્દ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਨਿਨ੍ਦ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌨𑌿𑌨𑍍𑌦𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦤꦶꦤ꧀ꦢ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂢𑂱𑂢𑂹𑂠𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ನಿನ್ದ್ (Kannada script)
• និន្ទ៑ (Khmer script)
• ນິນ຺ທ຺ (Lao script)
• നിന്ദ് (Malayalam script)
• ᠨᡳᠨᡩ (Manchu script)
• 𑘡𑘱𑘡𑘿𑘟𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠨᠢᠨᢑ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧁𑧒𑧁𑧠𑦿𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐣𑐶𑐣𑑂𑐡𑑂 (Newa script)
• ନିନ୍ଦ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢥꢶꢥ꣄ꢣ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆤𑆴𑆤𑇀𑆢𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖡𑖰𑖡𑖿𑖟𑖿 (Siddham script)
• නින්‍ද් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩯𑩑𑩯 𑪙𑩭 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚝𑚮𑚝𑚶𑚛𑚶 (Takri script)
• நிந்த்³ (Tamil script)
• నిన్ద్ (Telugu script)
• นินฺทฺ (Thai script)
• ནི་ནྡ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒢𑒱𑒢𑓂𑒠𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨝𑨁𑨝𑩇𑨛𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃neyd-. Cognate with Gothic 𐌽𐌴𐌹𐌸 (neiþ, “hatred, spite”), Latvian naids (“hatred”), Ancient Greek ὄνειδος (óneidos, “reproach”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /nind/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /n̪in̪d̪/

Root

निन्द् • (nind)

1. to insult
2. to blame, accuse

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root निन्द्‎ (0 c, 3 e)

Primary Verbal Forms

• निन्दति (níndati, Present)
• निन्दिष्यति (nindiṣyáti, Future)
• निन्दिता (ninditā́, Periphrastic Future)
• अनिन्दीत् (ánindīt, Aorist)
• निन्द्यात् (nindyā́t, Benedictive)
• निनिन्द (ninínda, Perfect)

Secondary Forms

• निन्द्यते (nindyáte, Passive)
• निद्यते (nidyáte, Passive)
• निनित्सति (nínitsati, Desiderative)

Non-Finite Forms

• निन्द्य (nindya, Gerund)
• निन्द्य (níndya, Gerundive)
• निन्दनीय (nindanīya, Gerundive)
• नेद्य (nedya, Gerundive)
• निन्दित (ninditá, Past Participle)
• निनित्सु (ninitsú, Desiderative Participle)

Derived Nominal Forms

• निद् (níd)
• निदा (nídā)
• निन्दक (nindaka)
• निन्दन (nindana)
• निन्दा (nindā́)
• निन्दितृ (ninditṛ́)
• निन्दिन् (nindin)

Prefixed Root Forms

• परिनिन्द् (parinind)
• विनिन्द् (vinind)

References

• Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*h₃nei̯d-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 303
• Monier Williams (1899) “निन्द्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 549, column 2.
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 90
• Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “nind”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.