उन्निद्र

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit उन्निद्र (unnidra, “sleepless”). By surface analysis, उत्- (ut-) +‎ निद्रा (nidrā).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /ʊn.nɪd̪.ɾᵊ/, [ʊ̃n.nɪd̪.ɾᵊ]

Adjective

उन्निद्र • (unnidra) (indeclinable)

1. (informal) sleepless

Noun

उन्निद्र • (unnidra) f

1. (medicine) insomnia

   Synonym: अनिद्रा (anidrā)

2. (informal) sleeplessness

Declension

Declension of उन्निद्र (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	उन्निद्र unnidra	उन्निद्रें unnidrẽ
oblique	उन्निद्र unnidra	उन्निद्रों unnidrõ
vocative	उन्निद्र unnidra	उन्निद्रो unnidro

References

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “उन्निद्र”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. “Sea of Hindi words”] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 593
• Caturvedi, Mahendra; Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970), “उन्निद्र”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House, page 91
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “उन्निद्र”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 125