नींद

See also: नाद and नदी

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Apabhramsa णिंद f (ṇiṃda, “sleep”), with spontaneous nasalization from Prakrit णिद्दा (ṇiddā), from Sanskrit निद्रा (nidrā), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *nidráH. Cognate with Gujarati નીંદર (nī̃dar), Marathi नीद (nīd), Konkani न्हीद (nhīd), Dhivehi ނިދި (nidi), Old Awadhi नींद (nīṃda).

Noun

नींद • (nīnd) f (Urdu spelling نیند)

1. sleep

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:नींद

Declension

Declension of नींद (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	नींद nīnd	नींदें nīndẽ
oblique	नींद nīnd	नींदों nīndõ
vocative	नींद nīnd	नींदो nīndo

References

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “नींद”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. “Sea of Hindi words”] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 2681
• Caturvedi, Mahendra; Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970), “नींद”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House, page 378
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “नींद”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 576
• Bahri, Hardev (1989), “नींद”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons, page 357.