नवनीत

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit नवनीत (navanīta). Doublet of नोनी (nonī) and नवनी (navnī).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /nəʋ.niːt̪/, [nɐʋ.niːt̪]

Noun

नवनीत • (navnīt) m (Urdu spelling نونیت)

1. (formal) butter

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:मक्खन

Proper noun

नवनीत • (navnīt) m (Urdu spelling نونیت)

1. a male given name, Navneet, from Sanskrit

Declension

Declension of नवनीत (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	नवनीत navnīt	नवनीत navnīt
oblique	नवनीत navnīt	नवनीतों navnītõ
vocative	नवनीत navnīt	नवनीतो navnīto

See also

• घी (ghī)

References

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “नवनीत”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. “Sea of Hindi words”] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 2548
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “नवनीत”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 546

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• নৱনীত (Assamese script)
• ᬦᬯᬦᬷᬢ (Balinese script)
• নবনীত (Bengali script)
• 𑰡𑰪𑰡𑰱𑰝 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀦𑀯𑀦𑀻𑀢 (Brahmi script)
• နဝနီတ (Burmese script)
• નવનીત (Gujarati script)
• ਨਵਨੀਤ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌨𑌵𑌨𑍀𑌤 (Grantha script)
• ꦤꦮꦤꦷꦠ (Javanese script)
• 𑂢𑂫𑂢𑂲𑂞 (Kaithi script)
• ನವನೀತ (Kannada script)
• នវនីត (Khmer script)
• ນວນີຕ (Lao script)
• നവനീത (Malayalam script)
• ᠨᠠᠸᠠᠨᡳᡳᢠᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘡𑘪𑘡𑘲𑘝 (Modi script)
• ᠨᠠᠸᠠᠨᠢᠢᢐᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧁𑧊𑧁𑧓𑦽 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐣𑐰𑐣𑐷𑐟 (Newa script)
• ନଵନୀତ (Odia script)
• ꢥꢮꢥꢷꢡ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆤𑆮𑆤𑆵𑆠 (Sharada script)
• 𑖡𑖪𑖡𑖱𑖝 (Siddham script)
• නවනීත (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩯𑩾𑩯𑩑𑩛𑩫 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚝𑚦𑚝𑚯𑚙 (Takri script)
• நவநீத (Tamil script)
• నవనీత (Telugu script)
• นวนีต (Thai script)
• ན་ཝ་ནཱི་ཏ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒢𑒫𑒢𑒲𑒞 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨝𑨭𑨝𑨁𑨊𑨙 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From नव (náva, “new”) + *नीत (*nīta), the second component from Proto-Indo-Iranian *nayH- (“to churn butter”). Cognate with Baluchi نیمغ (nēmağ, “butter”), Khotanese [script needed] (ñye, “buttermilk”), Northern Kurdish nivîşk (“butter”). Also related to Persian پنیر (panir, “cheese”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /nɐ́.ʋɐ.niː.tɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /n̪ɐ.ʋɐ.n̪iː.t̪ɐ/

Noun

नव॑नीत • (návanīta) stem, n

1. fresh butter
   • c. 700 BCE, Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa 3.3.3.2:

     गोर् वै प्रतिधुक् । तस्यै शृतं तस्यै शरस् तस्यै दधि तस्यै मस्तु तस्या आतञ्चनं तस्यै नवनीतं तस्यै घृतं तस्या आमिक्षा तस्यै वाजिनम् ॥

     gor vai pratidhuk. tasyai śṛtaṃ tasyai śaras tasyai dadhi tasyai mastu tasyā ātañcanaṃ tasyai navanītaṃ tasyai ghṛtaṃ tasyā āmikṣā tasyai vājinam.

     From the cow (comes) fresh milk, from her comes boiled milk, from her comes cream, from her comes sour curds, from her comes sour cream, from her comes curdled milk, from her comes butter, from her comes ghee, from her comes clotted curds, from her comes whey.

   • c. 400 BCE, Mahābhārata

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of नव॑नीत

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	नव॑नीतम् (návanītam)	नव॑नीते (návanīte)	नव॑नीतानि (návanītāni) नव॑नीता¹ (návanītā¹)
accusative	नव॑नीतम् (návanītam)	नव॑नीते (návanīte)	नव॑नीतानि (návanītāni) नव॑नीता¹ (návanītā¹)
instrumental	नव॑नीतेन (návanītena)	नव॑नीताभ्याम् (návanītābhyām)	नव॑नीतैः (návanītaiḥ) नव॑नीतेभिः¹ (návanītebhiḥ¹)
dative	नव॑नीताय (návanītāya)	नव॑नीताभ्याम् (návanītābhyām)	नव॑नीतेभ्यः (návanītebhyaḥ)
ablative	नव॑नीतात् (návanītāt)	नव॑नीताभ्याम् (návanītābhyām)	नव॑नीतेभ्यः (návanītebhyaḥ)
genitive	नव॑नीतस्य (návanītasya)	नव॑नीतयोः (návanītayoḥ)	नव॑नीतानाम् (návanītānām)
locative	नव॑नीते (návanīte)	नव॑नीतयोः (návanītayoḥ)	नव॑नीतेषु (návanīteṣu)
vocative	नव॑नीत (návanīta)	नव॑नीते (návanīte)	नव॑नीतानि (návanītāni) नव॑नीता¹ (návanītā¹)

• ¹Vedic

Descendants

• Pali: नवनीत (navanīta), नोनीत (nonīta)
• Prakrit: णवणीअ (ṇavaṇīa)
  • Assamese: লনী (loni), ননী (noni)
  • Konkani: लोणी (loṇī)
  • Old Marathi: 𑘩𑘻𑘜𑘲 (loṇī)
    • Marathi: लोणी (loṇī)
  • Hindi: नोनी (nonī)
  • Nepali: नौनी (naunī)
• → Hindi: नवनीत (navnīt), नवनी (navnī)