𑀡𑁂𑀇

Prakrit

Alternative forms

• 𑀡𑁂𑀤𑀺 (ṇedi), 𑀡𑀬𑀤𑀺 (ṇayadi) — Śaurasenī

Etymology

Prakrit verb set
𑀡𑀺𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀇 (ṇijjaï)
𑀡𑁂𑀇 (ṇei)

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *neyH-der.

Proto-Indo-Iranian *náyHati

Sanskrit नय॑ति (náyati)

Prakrit 𑀡𑁂𑀇 (ṇei)

Inherited from Sanskrit नय॑ति (náyati), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *náyHati, from Proto-Indo-European *neyH-, from *(s)neh₁-. Cognate with Pali neti.

Verb

𑀡𑁂𑀇 (ṇei) (Devanagari णेइ, Kannada ಣೇಇ) (transitive) (attested in Māhārāṣṭrī)

1. to lead, take

Derived terms

• 𑀆𑀡𑁂𑀇 (āṇei, “to bring”)
• 𑀉𑀯𑀡𑁂𑀇 (uvaṇei, “to bring near”)
• 𑀧𑀭𑀺𑀡𑁂𑀇 (pariṇei, “to marry”)

Descendants

• Eastern Indo-Aryan:
  • Bengali-Assamese:
    • Assamese: নিয়া (nia)
    • Bengali: নেওয়া (neōẇa)
  • Odia: ନେବା (nebā)
• Northwestern Indo-Aryan:
  • Sindhi: (influenced by 𑀮𑀳𑀇 (lahaï, “to take”))

    Arabic script: نِهَڻُ

    Devanagari script: निहणु

• Southern Indo-Aryan:
  • Old Marathi:

    Devanagari script: नेणे (neṇe)

    Modi script: 𑘡𑘹𑘜𑘹 (neṇe)

    • Marathi: नेणे (neṇe, “to carry”)

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “náyati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
• Pischel, Richard; Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957), Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 120