नह्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
  • নহ্ (Assamese script)
  • ᬦᬳ᭄ (Balinese script)
  • নহ্ (Bengali script)
  • 𑰡𑰮𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀦𑀳𑁆 (Brahmi script)
  • နဟ် (Burmese script)
  • નહ્ (Gujarati script)
  • ਨਹ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
  • 𑌨𑌹𑍍 (Grantha script)
  • ꦤꦲ꧀ (Javanese script)
  • 𑂢𑂯𑂹 (Kaithi script)
  • ನಹ್ (Kannada script)
  • នហ៑ (Khmer script)
  • ນຫ຺ (Lao script)
  • നഹ് (Malayalam script)
  • ᠨᠠᡥ (Manchu script)
  • 𑘡𑘮𑘿 (Modi script)
  • ᠨᠠᠾ (Mongolian script)
  • 𑧁𑧎𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐣𑐴𑑂 (Newa script)
  • ନହ୍ (Odia script)
  • ꢥꢲ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆤𑆲𑇀 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖡𑖮𑖿 (Siddham script)
  • නහ් (Sinhalese script)
  • 𑩯𑪂 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
  • 𑚝𑚩𑚶 (Takri script)
  • நஹ் (Tamil script)
  • నహ్ (Telugu script)
  • นหฺ (Thai script)
  • ན་ཧ྄ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒢𑒯𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
  • 𑨝𑨱𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Of uncertain origin. A connection to Latin nōdus (“knot”) and Old Irish nascim (“to bind”) is semantically appealing, though formal analysis is difficult due to semantic contamination from similar-sounding roots, such as nectere for Latin and ग्रन्थ् (granth) / बन्ध् (bandh) for Sanskrit.

Pronunciation

Root

नह् • (nah)

  1. to bind, tie, fasten, bind on or round or together
  2. to put on (as armor), arm oneself

Derived terms

References
  • Monier Williams (1899) “नह्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 532/2.
  • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 89
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 31-32
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1963) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 147-148
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