नीच

Inherited from Sanskrit नीच (nīca). Doublet of नीचा (nīcā).

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /niːt͡ʃ/

नीच • (nīc) (indeclinable)

1. low, vile, inferior
2. (mathematics) base, mean

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “नीच”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “नीच”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi : Nagari Pracarini Sabha

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *(H)ni-Hč-ás, from the root *(H)niHanč- (whence also Avestan 𐬥𐬌𐬌𐬃𐬧𐬗- (niiā̊ṇc-, “going downwards”, adjective)) from *ní + Proto-Indo-European *h₂enk-.

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /niː.t͡ɕɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈn̪iː.t͡ɕɐ/

नीच • (nīca) stem

1. low, not high, short, dwarfish
2. deep, depressed
3. short (especially hair, nails)
4. low, vile, inferior (socially or morally)
5. (mathematics) base, mean

• Dardic:
  • Kashmiri: (nyūċu)
• Magadhi Prakrit:
  • Assamese: নিস (nix)
  • Bengali: নিচ (nic)
  • Bihari:
    • Maithili: नीच (nīc)
  • Odia: ନିଚ (nica)
• Maharastri Prakrit:
  • Marathi: नीच (nīc)
• Sauraseni Prakrit:
  • Gujarati: નીચ (nīc), નીચું (nīcũ), નીચે (nīce)
  • Hindi: नीच (nīc), नीचा (nīcā), नीचे (nīce)
  • Kumaoni: नीच (nīc), नीचो (nīco)
  • Nepali: निच (nic), निचो (nico)
  • Punjabi: ਨੀਚ (nīc), ਨੀਚਾ (nīcā)
  • Sindhi: नीचु (nīcu)

• Monier Williams (1899) “नीच”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 565/2.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 49; 60