न्यग्रोध

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *HniHagHráwdʰas, from *Hni (“down”) + *Hać-, zero grade of *Hanć- (“to bend, incline”) + *Hráwdʰas (“growing, growth”), from Proto-Indo-European *(h₁)ni + *h₂enk- + *h₁lewdʰ- respectively. Literally, "growing downwards", referring to the tree's propagating roots which grow downwards as aerial roots and grow into woody trunks upon reaching the ground.

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /njɐɡ.ɾɐ́w.dʱɐ/,
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /n̪jɐɡˈɾoː.d̪ʱɐ/

न्यग्रोध • (nyagródha) stem, m

1. banyan, Ficus benghalensis, formerly Ficus indica
   • c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda
2. (only in lexicographers' lists) Prosopis cineraria
3. (only in lexicographers' lists) Senegalia polyacantha, formerly Acacia polyacantha, white thorn
4. (only in lexicographers' lists) fathom

• Dhivehi: ނިކަ (nika)
• → Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀡𑀕𑁆𑀕𑁄𑀳 (ṇaggoha)
• → Kannada: ನ್ಯಗ್ರೋಧ (nyagrōdha)
• → Malayalam: ന്യഗ്രോധ (nyagrōdha)
• → Pali: nigrodha
• → Tamil: இயக்குரோதம் (iyakkurōtam)
• → Telugu: న్యాగ్రోధ (nyāgrōdha)

• Monier Williams (1899) “न्यग्रोध”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 571.
• Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ނިކަ”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 192