निगमन

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit निगमन (nigamana).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /nɪ.ɡə.mən/, [nɪ.ɡɐ.mɐ̃n]

Noun

निगमन • (nigaman) m

1. (logic) deduction

   Antonym: आगमन (āgaman)

2. incorporation (e.g. of a business), insertion

Declension

Declension of निगमन (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	निगमन nigaman	निगमन nigaman
oblique	निगमन nigaman	निगमनों nigamanõ
vocative	निगमन nigaman	निगमनो nigamano

Further reading

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “निगमन”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• নিগমন (Assamese script)
• ᬦᬶᬕᬫᬦ (Balinese script)
• নিগমন (Bengali script)
• 𑰡𑰰𑰐𑰦𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀦𑀺𑀕𑀫𑀦 (Brahmi script)
• နိဂမန (Burmese script)
• નિગમન (Gujarati script)
• ਨਿਗਮਨ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌨𑌿𑌗𑌮𑌨 (Grantha script)
• ꦤꦶꦒꦩꦤ (Javanese script)
• 𑂢𑂱𑂏𑂧𑂢 (Kaithi script)
• ನಿಗಮನ (Kannada script)
• និគមន (Khmer script)
• ນິຄມນ (Lao script)
• നിഗമന (Malayalam script)
• ᠨᡳᡤᠠᠮᠠᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘡𑘱𑘐𑘦𑘡 (Modi script)
• ᠨᠢᠺᠠᠮᠠᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧁𑧒𑦰𑧆𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐣𑐶𑐐𑐩𑐣 (Newa script)
• ନିଗମନ (Odia script)
• ꢥꢶꢔꢪꢥ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆤𑆴𑆓𑆩𑆤 (Sharada script)
• 𑖡𑖰𑖐𑖦𑖡 (Siddham script)
• නිගමන (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩯𑩑𑩞𑩴𑩯 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚝𑚮𑚌𑚢𑚝 (Takri script)
• நிக³மந (Tamil script)
• నిగమన (Telugu script)
• นิคมน (Thai script)
• ནི་ག་མ་ན (Tibetan script)
• 𑒢𑒱𑒑𑒧𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨝𑨁𑨍𑨢𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

नि- (ni-) +‎ गमन (gamana), literally “going down and in”.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ni.ɡɐ.mɐ.nɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /n̪i.ɡɐ.mɐ.n̪ɐ/

Noun

निगमन • (nigamana) stem, n

1. insertion, quotation of words (from the Veda) and the word quoted
2. summing up of an argument or conclusion in a syllogism, deduction

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of निगमन

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	निगमनम् (nigamanam)	निगमने (nigamane)	निगमनानि (nigamanāni) निगमना¹ (nigamanā¹)
accusative	निगमनम् (nigamanam)	निगमने (nigamane)	निगमनानि (nigamanāni) निगमना¹ (nigamanā¹)
instrumental	निगमनेन (nigamanena)	निगमनाभ्याम् (nigamanābhyām)	निगमनैः (nigamanaiḥ) निगमनेभिः¹ (nigamanebhiḥ¹)
dative	निगमनाय (nigamanāya)	निगमनाभ्याम् (nigamanābhyām)	निगमनेभ्यः (nigamanebhyaḥ)
ablative	निगमनात् (nigamanāt)	निगमनाभ्याम् (nigamanābhyām)	निगमनेभ्यः (nigamanebhyaḥ)
genitive	निगमनस्य (nigamanasya)	निगमनयोः (nigamanayoḥ)	निगमनानाम् (nigamanānām)
locative	निगमने (nigamane)	निगमनयोः (nigamanayoḥ)	निगमनेषु (nigamaneṣu)
vocative	निगमन (nigamana)	निगमने (nigamane)	निगमनानि (nigamanāni) निगमना¹ (nigamanā¹)

• ¹Vedic

Descendants

• → Pali: nigamana
  • → Burmese: နိဂုံး (ni.gum:)

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899), “निगमन”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 545, column 3.