नाईं

See also: नई and नाई

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Apabhramsa णाइं (ṇāiṃ), नाइं (nāiṃ), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀡𑀸𑀇 (ṇāi, “knowledge”), from Sanskrit *ज्ञाति (*jñāti), from ज्ञा (jñā, “to know”) +‎ -ति (-ti).^[1]^[2]

Pronunciation

(Delhi) IPA^(key): /nɑː.ĩː/, [näː.ĩː]

Noun

नाईं • (nāī̃) f (Urdu spelling نائیں)

similarity, likeness

Declension

Declension of *नाईं* (fem ind ī̃-stem)
	singular	plural
direct	नाईं nāī̃	नाइयाँ nāiyā̃
oblique	नाईं nāī̃	नाइयों nāiyõ
vocative	नाईं nāī̃	नाइयों nāiyõ

Derived terms

की नाईं (kī nāī̃)

References

^ Oberlies, Thomas (2005) A Historical Grammar of Hindi, Grazer Vergleichende Arbeiten, →ISBN, page 29
^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*jñāti²”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press