नि

Marathi

Etymology

Shortened form of आणि (āṇi) ?

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): /ni/,

Conjunction

नि • (ni)

1. and

   Synonyms: आणि (āṇi), अन् (an), व (va)

Usage notes

This word is an exception to the orthographic rule that word-final /i/ and /u/ in native (non-borrowed) words are always long.

References

Further reading

• Berntsen, Maxine, “नि”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.

Nepali

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Phonetic Devanagari: नि

Particle

नि • (ni)

1. Emphatic interrogative particle placed at the end of the sentence.

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *ní, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ní, from Proto-Indo-European *(h₁)ni (thus ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁én). Cognate with Avestan 𐬥𐬌 (ni), German nieder, English nether, beneath.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ní/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /n̪i/

Prefix

नि • (ní)

1. down
2. back
3. in, into

See also

• निस्- (nís)

Etymology 2

See नी (nī).

Noun

नि • (ní) stem, m or f or n

1. Alternative spelling of नी (nī́, “leading, guide, leader”)

Declension

Etymology 3

See निषाध (niṣādha).

Noun

नि • (ní) stem, m

1. Alternative spelling of निषाध (niṣādha, “the 7th musical note”)

Declension

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “नि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0538/3.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 40-1