नलद

• नरद (nálada)

Of uncertain origin, though perhaps a derivative of नड (naḍá, “reed, hollow stalk”), probably via an intermediate नाल (nāla, “tube, vein; made of reeds”), owing to the plant's stalk-like structure.^[1]

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /nɐ́.lɐ.dɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈn̪ɐ.l̪ɐ.d̪ɐ/

नलद • (nálada) stem, m or n

1. Nardostachys jatamansi, Indian spikenard (AV., Suśr. etc.)
2. root of Chrysopogon zizanioides, formerly Andropogon muricatus (Naish.)
3. (only in neuter) the blossom of Hibiscus rosa-sinensis (L.)
4. (only in neuter) the honey or nectar of a flower (L.)

• → Phoenician: (via an uncertain intermediary; a reverse (Semitic-to-Sanskrit) loan has also been suggested)
  • → Ancient Greek: νάρδος (nárdos)
    • Greek: νάρδος (nárdos)
    • → Gothic: 𐌽𐌰𐍂𐌳𐌿𐍃 (nardus) (possibly via Latin)
    • → Latin: nardus
      • → Catalan: nard
      • Italian: nardo
      • → Middle Dutch: nardus
        • Dutch: nardus
      • Old French: narde
        • French: nard
        • → Middle Dutch: narde
        • → Middle English: narde
          • English: nard
      • Romanian: nard
      • Spanish: nardo
    • → Old Armenian: նարդոս (nardos)
    • → Old Georgian: ნარდი (nardi), ნარდიონი (nardioni), ლარდიონი (lardioni)
      • Georgian: ნარდი (nardi)
    • → Old East Slavic: нардъ (nardŭ)
      • Russian: нард (nard)
    • → Serbo-Croatian: на̏рд, nȁrd

नलद • (nálada)

1. bringing near king Nala (Naish.)

• Monier Williams (1899) “नलद”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0530/2.
• R. E. Asher, Vadasery Iyemperumal Subramoniam (1971): Proceedings, Volume 1