નેહ
Gujarati
Alternative forms
- નેહડો (nehḍo), નેડો (neḍo) — poetic
Etymology
Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀡𑁂𑀳 (ṇeha, “affection, love”), from Sanskrit स्नेह (sneha), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *snáyźʰas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *snáyǰʰas, from Proto-Indo-European *snóygʷʰos (“snow”). Doublet of સ્નેહ (sneh). Cognate with Hindustani نیہ / नेह (neh), Punjabi نِین٘ہہ / ਨੀਂਹ (nī̃h).
Etymological note
Perhaps the semantic shift occurred as follows: "snow" > "wet, viscid snow" > "viscid substance" > "(physical) attachment" > "affection (emotional attachment)", or possibly there was a comparison of snow with semen, which is similarly whitish and viscid, and thus, by extension, with sexual attachment and love.[1]
Pronunciation
- (Standard Gujarati) IPA(key): /ˈneːʱ/
Noun
નેહ • (neh) m
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | નેહ (neh) | નેહો (neho) |
| oblique | નેહ (neh) | નેહો (neho) |
| vocative | નેહ (neh) | નેહો (neho) |
| instrumental | નેહે (nehe) | નેહોએ (nehoe) |
| locative | નેહે (nehe) | નેહોએ (nehoe) |
References
- ^ Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 349
Further reading
- ભગવતસિંહ [bhagvatsĩh] (1944) “નેહ”, in ભગવદ્ગોમંડલ [bhagvadgomaṇḍal], India, page 5184.
- “નેહ”, in Gujaratilexicon.com [Gujarati-English dictionary], Arnion Technologies, 2009.