नी

Hindi

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /niː/, [n̪iː]

Particle

नी • (nī)

1. (dialectal, especially Indore) Alternative form of नहीं (nahī̃)

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• नि (ni)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *neyH-. Compare Avestan 𐬌𐬙𐬈𐬫𐬀𐬥‎ (iteyan, “to bring, lead”), Old Persian 𐎠𐎴𐎹 (a-n-y /⁠anaya⁠/, “he was leading, bringing”), Middle Persian [script needed] (nītan, “to lead, drive”), Hittite 𒈾𒄿𒉈 (nāine, “to guide”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /niː/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /n̪iː/

Root

नी • (nī)

1. to guide, govern, direct

Descendants

Terms derived from the Sanskrit root नी‎ (5 c, 0 e)

See also

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root नी‎ (0 c, 10 e)

Primary Verbal Forms

• नयति (náyati, Present)
• नेष्यति (neṣyáti, Future)
• अनैषीत् (ánaiṣīt, Aorist)
• निनाय (ninā́ya, Perfective)

Secondary Verbal Forms

• नीयते (nīyáte, Passive)
• अनायि (ánāyi, Passive)
• नाययति (nāyáyati, Causative)
• निनीषति (nínīṣati, Desiderative)
• नेनीयते (nenīyáte, Intensive)

Non-Finite Forms

• नेतुम् (nétum, Infinitive)
• नयितुम् (náyitum, Infinitive)
• नेतोस् (nétos, Infinitive)
• नित्वा (nitvā́, Gerund)
• नयित्वा (nayitvā́, Gerund)
• नीत (nītá, Past Passive Participle)

Derived Nominal Forms

• नाय (nāya, “guidance, direction”), with many other related compounds
• प्रणी (praṇī, “guidance, devotion”)
• नीति (nīti, “bringer of guidance”)
• नीथ (nītha, “leader”)
• नेतृ (netṛ, “leader”)
• नेत्री (netrī, “leaderess”)
• नेतव्य (netavya, “that which ought to be guided, examined or applied”)
• नीथा (nīthā, “a music air, an hymn, a song”)
• आनयति (ānayati)
• उन्नयति (unnayati)
• प्रणयति (praṇayati)

Prefixed Root Forms

• आनी (ānī, “to bring”)
• उदानी (udānī, “to lift”)
• प्रणी (praṇī, “to finish, promote, love”)

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “नी”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 565.
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 90
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1999), “*něti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), issue 25 (*neroditi – *novotьnъ(jь)), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 105