नाईं

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See also: नई and नाई

Hindi[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Sauraseni Apabhramsa णाइं, नाइं, from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀡𑀸𑀇 (ṇāi, “knowledge”), from Sanskrit *ज्ञाति (jñāti), from ज्ञा (jñā, “to know”) +‎ -ति (-ti).[1][2]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /nɑː.ĩː/, [näː.ĩː]

Noun[edit]

नाईं • (nāī̃) f (Urdu spelling نائیں)

  1. similarity, likeness

Declension[edit]

Declension of नाईं (fem ind ī̃-stem)
singular plural
direct नाईं
nāī̃ 		नाइयाँ
nāiyā̃
oblique नाईं
nāī̃ 		नाइयों
nāiyõ
vocative नाईं
nāī̃ 		नाइयों
nāiyõ

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Oberlies, Thomas (2005) A Historical Grammar of Hindi, Grazer Vergleichende Arbeiten, →ISBN, page 29
  2. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*jñāti2”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
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