निघण्टु
Sanskrit
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[edit]Alternative scripts
[edit]Alternative scripts
- নিঘণ্টু (Assamese script)
- ᬦᬶᬖᬡ᭄ᬝᬸ (Balinese script)
- নিঘণ্টু (Bengali script)
- 𑰡𑰰𑰑𑰜𑰿𑰘𑰲 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀦𑀺𑀖𑀡𑁆𑀝𑀼 (Brahmi script)
- နိဃဏ္ဋု (Burmese script)
- નિઘણ્ટુ (Gujarati script)
- ਨਿਘਣ੍ਟੁ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌨𑌿𑌘𑌣𑍍𑌟𑍁 (Grantha script)
- ꦤꦶꦓꦟ꧀ꦛꦸ (Javanese script)
- 𑂢𑂱𑂐𑂝𑂹𑂗𑂳 (Kaithi script)
- ನಿಘಣ್ಟು (Kannada script)
- និឃណ្ដុ (Khmer script)
- ນິຆຓ຺ຏຸ (Lao script)
- നിഘണ്ടു (Malayalam script)
- ᠨᡳᢚᠠᢏᢞᡠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘡𑘱𑘑𑘜𑘿𑘘𑘳 (Modi script)
- ᠨᠢᠺᠾᠠᢏᢌᠤ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧁𑧒𑦱𑦼𑧠𑦸𑧔 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐣𑐶𑐑𑐞𑑂𑐚𑐸 (Newa script)
- ନିଘଣ୍ଟୁ (Odia script)
- ꢥꢶꢕꢠ꣄ꢜꢸ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆤𑆴𑆔𑆟𑇀𑆛𑆶 (Sharada script)
- 𑖡𑖰𑖑𑖜𑖿𑖘𑖲 (Siddham script)
- නිඝණ්ටු (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩯𑩑𑩟𑩪 𑪙𑩦𑩒 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚝𑚮𑚍𑚘𑚶𑚔𑚰 (Takri script)
- நிக⁴ண்டு (Tamil script)
- నిఘణ్టు (Telugu script)
- นิฆณฺฏุ (Thai script)
- ནི་གྷ་ཎྚུ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒢𑒱𑒒𑒝𑓂𑒙𑒳 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨝𑨁𑨎𑨘𑩇𑨔𑨃 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
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Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]निघण्टु • (nighaṇṭu) stem, m
- glossary
- Nighantu
- (mostly in the plural) name of the Vedic glossary explained by यास्क (Yāska) in his निरुक्त (nirukta)
Declension
[edit]| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | निघण्टुः (nighaṇṭuḥ) | निघण्टू (nighaṇṭū) | निघण्टवः (nighaṇṭavaḥ) |
| accusative | निघण्टुम् (nighaṇṭum) | निघण्टू (nighaṇṭū) | निघण्टून् (nighaṇṭūn) |
| instrumental | निघण्टुना (nighaṇṭunā) निघण्ट्वा¹ (nighaṇṭvā¹) |
निघण्टुभ्याम् (nighaṇṭubhyām) | निघण्टुभिः (nighaṇṭubhiḥ) |
| dative | निघण्टवे (nighaṇṭave) | निघण्टुभ्याम् (nighaṇṭubhyām) | निघण्टुभ्यः (nighaṇṭubhyaḥ) |
| ablative | निघण्टोः (nighaṇṭoḥ) | निघण्टुभ्याम् (nighaṇṭubhyām) | निघण्टुभ्यः (nighaṇṭubhyaḥ) |
| genitive | निघण्टोः (nighaṇṭoḥ) | निघण्ट्वोः (nighaṇṭvoḥ) | निघण्टूनाम् (nighaṇṭūnām) |
| locative | निघण्टौ (nighaṇṭau) | निघण्ट्वोः (nighaṇṭvoḥ) | निघण्टुषु (nighaṇṭuṣu) |
| vocative | निघण्टो (nighaṇṭo) | निघण्टू (nighaṇṭū) | निघण्टवः (nighaṇṭavaḥ) |
- ¹Vedic
Descendants
[edit]- Pali: nighaṇḍu
- → English: Nighantu, nighantu
- → Hindi: निघंटु (nighaṇṭu)
- → Kannada: ನಿಘಂಟು (nighaṇṭu)
- → Malayalam: നിഘണ്ടു (nighaṇṭu)
- → Tamil: நிகண்டு (nikaṇṭu)
- → Telugu: నిఘంటువు (nighaṇṭuvu)
References
[edit]- Monier Williams (1899), “निघण्टु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 546, column 2.
- Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2026), “nighaṇṭu”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
Further reading
[edit]- Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001), Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume III, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 290