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Konkani
Noun
नीद • (nīd) (Latin script nid, Kannada script ನೀದ್)
- Alternative spelling of न्हीद (nhīd)
Marathi
Etymology
Inherited from Old Marathi निदा (nidā), नीद (nīda), from Sanskrit निद्रा (nidrā), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *HnidráH. Compare Hindi नींद (nīnd).
Noun
नीद • (nīd) f
- sleep
- Synonym: झोप (j̈hop) (more common)
- निजणे (nij̈ṇe, “to sleep”)
References
- Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “नीद”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
- Shankar Gopal Tulpule, Anne Feldhaus (1999) “नीद”, in A Dictionary of Old Marathi, Mumbai: Popular Prakashan
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “nidrāˊ”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press