नद्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ned- (to sound, roar, bellow), which might be sound-symbolic. Mayrhofer adduces Proto-Indo-European *nedo- (reed) (that is, a "resonator (plant)" > "reed"), whence नड (naḍa, reed) and its relatives, as descendants.[1] Other derivatives include नदी (nadī, river).

Pronunciation

Root

नद् • (nad)

  1. to sound, thunder, roar, howl, cry
  2. to resound, reverberate

Derived terms

Primary Verbal Forms
  • नदति (nádati) (Present)
  • नदिष्यति (nadiṣyati) (Future)
  • नदिता (naditā) (Periphrastic Future)
  • अनदीत् (anadīt) (Aorist)
  • अनादीत् (anādīt) (Aorist)
  • ननाद (nanāda) (Perfect)
Secondary Forms
  • नद्यते (nadyate) (Passive)
  • नदयति (nadáyati) (Causative)
  • नादयति (nādayati) (Causative)
  • अनीनदत् (anīnadat) (Causative Aorist)
  • नाद्यते (nādyate) (Passive of Causative)
  • निनदिषति (ninadiṣati) (Desiderative)
  • नानत्ति (nā́natti) (Intensive)
  • नानद्यते (nānadyate) (Intensive)
Non-Finite Forms
  • नदित (nadita) (Past Participle)
  • नद्य (nadya) (Gerund)
Derived Nominal Forms
  • नद (nadá)
  • नदथु (nadathu)
  • नदनिमन् (nadanimán)
  • नदनु (nadanú)
  • नदिन् (nadin)
  • नदी (nadī́, flowing water, a river)
  • नाद (nādá)
  • नादन (nādana)
  • नादि (nādi)
  • नादिन् (nādín)
  • नानद (nānada)
Prefixed Root Forms
  • अभिनद् (abhinad)
  • उन्नद् (unnad)
  • निनद् (ninad)
  • प्रतिनद् (pratinad)
  • विनद् (vinad)
  • संनद् (saṃnad)

References

  1. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “NAD”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 8-9

Further reading

  • Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “नद्”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016