नी

Hindi

Pronunciation

(Delhi) IPA^(key): /niː/

Particle

नी • (nī)

(dialectal, especially Indore) alternative form of नहीं (nahī̃)

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

नि (ni), नय् (nay)

Alternative scripts

নী (Assamese script)
ᬦᬷ (Balinese script)
নী (Bengali script)
𑰡𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀦𑀻 (Brahmi script)
နီ (Burmese script)
ની (Gujarati script)
ਨੀ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌨𑍀 (Grantha script)
ꦤꦷ (Javanese script)
𑂢𑂲 (Kaithi script)
ನೀ (Kannada script)
នី (Khmer script)
ນີ (Lao script)
നീ (Malayalam script)
ᠨᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
𑘡𑘲 (Modi script)
ᠨᠢᠢ (Mongolian script)
𑧁𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
𑐣𑐷 (Newa script)
ନୀ (Odia script)
ꢥꢷ (Saurashtra script)
𑆤𑆵 (Sharada script)
𑖡𑖱 (Siddham script)
නී (Sinhalese script)
𑩯𑩑𑩛 (Soyombo script)
𑚝𑚯 (Takri script)
நீ (Tamil script)
నీ (Telugu script)
นี (Thai script)
ནཱི (Tibetan script)
𑒢𑒲 (Tirhuta script)
𑨝𑨁𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

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 Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /n̪iː/

Root

नी • (nī)

to guide, govern, direct

Derived terms

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

Terms derived from the Sanskrit root नी (7 c, 0 e)

Primary Verbal Forms

नयति (náyati) (Present)
नेष्यति (neṣyáti) (Future)
नयिष्यति (nayiṣyáti) (Future)
नेता (netā) (Periphrastic Future)
नयिता (nayitā) (Periphrastic Future)
अनैषीत् (ánaiṣīt) (Aorist)
अनयीत् (ánayīt) (Aorist)
निनाय (ninā́ya) (Perfect)

Secondary Forms

नीयते (nīyáte) (Passive)
अनायि (ánāyi) (Passive Aorist)
नाययति (nāyáyati) (Causative)
अनीनयत् (anīnayat) (Causative Aorist)
निनीषति (nínīṣati) (Desiderative)
नेनीयते (nenīyáte) (Intensive)

Non-Finite Forms

नीत (nītá) (Past Participle)
नेतुम् (nétum) (Infinitive)
नयितुम् (náyitum) (Infinitive)
नेतोस् (nétos) (Infinitive)
नेषणि (neṣáṇi) (Infinitive)
नित्वा (nitvā́) (Gerund)
नयित्वा (nayitvā́) (Gerund)
नीय (nī́ya) (Gerund)
नेय (neya) (Gerundive)
नेतव्य (netavya) (Gerundive)
नयितव्य (nayitavya) (Gerundive)
निनीषु (ninīṣu) (Desiderative Participle)

Derived Nominal Forms

नय (naya)
नयन (nayana)
नयिन् (nayin)
नाय (nāyá, “guidance, direction”), with many other related compounds
नायक (nāyaka)
निनीषा (ninīṣā)
नी (nī)
प्रणी (praṇī, “guidance, devotion”)
नीति (nīti, “bringer of guidance”)
नीथ (nīthá, “leader”)
नेतृ (netṛ, “leader”)
नेत्र (netrá)
नेत्री (netrī, “leaderess”)
नीथा (nī́thā, “a music air, an hymn, a song”)

Prefixed Root Forms

अनुनी (anunī)
अपनी (apanī)
अभिनी (abhinī)
अवनी (avanī)
आनी (ānī, “to bring”)
उदानी (udānī, “to lift”)
उन्नी (unnī)
उपनी (upanī)
निनी (ninī)
निर्णी (nirṇī)
परिणी (pariṇī)
प्रणी (praṇī, “to finish, promote, love”)
प्रत्यानी (pratyānī)
विनी (vinī)
व्यपनी (vyapanī)
संनी (saṃnī)
समानी (samānī)

Descendants

Terms derived from the Sanskrit root नी (7 c, 0 e)

References

Monier Williams (1899) “नी”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 565/1.
William Dwight Whitney (1885) The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 90

Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 17-9; 49
Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, pages 339-40
Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1999), “*něti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 25 (*neroditi – *novotьnъ(jь)), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 105