नड

See also: नाडु, नीड, and नाड़ी

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• নড (Assamese script)
• ᬦᬟ (Balinese script)
• নড (Bengali script)
• 𑰡𑰚 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀦𑀟 (Brahmi script)
• နဍ (Burmese script)
• નડ (Gujarati script)
• ਨਡ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌨𑌡 (Grantha script)
• ꦤꦝ (Javanese script)
• 𑂢𑂙 (Kaithi script)
• ನಡ (Kannada script)
• នឌ (Khmer script)
• ນຑ (Lao script)
• നഡ (Malayalam script)
• ᠨᠠᡷᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘡𑘚 (Modi script)
• ᠨᠠᢎᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧁𑦺 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐣𑐜 (Newa script)
• ନଡ (Odia script)
• ꢥꢞ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆤𑆝 (Sharada script)
• 𑖡𑖚 (Siddham script)
• නඩ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩯𑩨 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚝𑚖 (Takri script)
• நட³ (Tamil script)
• నడ (Telugu script)
• นฑ (Thai script)
• ན་ཌ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒢𑒛 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨝𑨖 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From an earlier form नद (nada) (with retroflexion due to substrate influence, perhaps from a Dravidian language; compare Tamil நாணல் (nāṇal), Kannada ನಳ್ಳು (naḷḷu, “reed”)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *nada (compare Middle Persian nʾd (nāy, nay, “reed, cane”)), from Proto-Indo-European *nedo- (“reed”); outside of Indo-Iranian, compare Old Armenian նետ (net, “arrow”), Hittite [script needed] (nāta-, “redd, arrow, drinking straw”). See also the Sanskrit root नद् (nad, “to resound, vibrate, thunder”), which नड (naḍa) is likely a nominal formation of.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /nɐ.ɖɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈn̪ɐ.ɖɐ/

Noun

नड • (naḍá) stem, m

1. (L. also n) tropical reed (Phragmites karka, syns. Arundo tibialis, A. karka) (RV. AV., ŚBr.)
2. name of a prince with the patronymic Naishidha (ŚBr.) (= nala naiṣadha Sch.)
3. name of a nāga (L.)
4. name of a particular tribe whose employment is making a sort of glass bracelet (W.) (compare नल (nala))

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of नड
Nom. sg.	नडः (naḍaḥ)
Gen. sg.	नडस्य (naḍasya)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	नडः (naḍaḥ)	नडौ (naḍau)	नडाः (naḍāḥ)
Vocative	नड (naḍa)	नडौ (naḍau)	नडाः (naḍāḥ)
Accusative	नडम् (naḍam)	नडौ (naḍau)	नडान् (naḍān)
Instrumental	नडेन (naḍena)	नडाभ्याम् (naḍābhyām)	नडैः (naḍaiḥ)
Dative	नडाय (naḍāya)	नडाभ्याम् (naḍābhyām)	नडेभ्यः (naḍebhyaḥ)
Ablative	नडात् (naḍāt)	नडाभ्याम् (naḍābhyām)	नडेभ्यः (naḍebhyaḥ)
Genitive	नडस्य (naḍasya)	नडयोः (naḍayoḥ)	नडानाम् (naḍānām)
Locative	नडे (naḍe)	नडयोः (naḍayoḥ)	नडेषु (naḍeṣu)

Neuter a-stem declension of नड
Nom. sg.	नडम् (naḍam)
Gen. sg.	नडस्य (naḍasya)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	नडम् (naḍam)	नडे (naḍe)	नडानि (naḍāni)
Vocative	नड (naḍa)	नडे (naḍe)	नडानि (naḍāni)
Accusative	नडम् (naḍam)	नडे (naḍe)	नडानि (naḍāni)
Instrumental	नडेन (naḍena)	नडाभ्याम् (naḍābhyām)	नडैः (naḍaiḥ)
Dative	नडाय (naḍāya)	नडाभ्याम् (naḍābhyām)	नडेभ्यः (naḍebhyaḥ)
Ablative	नडात् (naḍāt)	नडाभ्याम् (naḍābhyām)	नडेभ्यः (naḍebhyaḥ)
Genitive	नडस्य (naḍasya)	नडयोः (naḍayoḥ)	नडानाम् (naḍānām)
Locative	नडे (naḍe)	नडयोः (naḍayoḥ)	नडेषु (naḍeṣu)

Related terms

• Sanskrit: नाडी (nāḍī), नाडिका (nāḍikā)

Descendants

• Assamese: নল (nol)
• Hindi: नाल (nāl)

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899) “नड”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0525/3.
• Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, page 324
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “naḍá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
• Arundo at The Plant List