नि-

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit निस्- (nis-).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /niː/

Prefix

नि- • (ni-)

1. without

   Synonyms: निस्- (nis-), बे- (be-), -हीन (-hīn)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• নি- (Assamese script)
• ᬦᬶ- (Balinese script)
• নি- (Bengali script)
• 𑰡𑰰- (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀦𑀺- (Brahmi script)
• နိ- (Burmese script)
• નિ- (Gujarati script)
• ਨਿ- (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌨𑌿- (Grantha script)
• ꦤꦶ- (Javanese script)
• 𑂢𑂱- (Kaithi script)
• ನಿ- (Kannada script)
• និ- (Khmer script)
• ນິ- (Lao script)
• നി- (Malayalam script)
• ᠨᡳ᠊ (Manchu script)
• 𑘡𑘱- (Modi script)
• ᠨᠢ᠊ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧁𑧒- (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐣𑐶- (Newa script)
• ନି- (Odia script)
• ꢥꢶ- (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆤𑆴- (Sharada script)
• 𑖡𑖰- (Siddham script)
• නි- (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩯𑩑- (Soyombo script)
• 𑚝𑚮- (Takri script)
• நி- (Tamil script)
• ని- (Telugu script)
• นิ- (Thai script)
• ནི- (Tibetan script)
• 𑒢𑒱- (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨝𑨁- (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

See नि (ni).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ní/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /n̪i/

Prefix

नि- • (ni-)

1. prefix form of नि (ni, “down, back, in”)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “नि-”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 538/3.