नाईं

See also: नई and नाई

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Apabhramsa णाइं, नाइं, from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀡𑀸𑀇 (ṇāi, “knowledge”), from Sanskrit *ज्ञाति (jñāti), from ज्ञा (jñā, “to know”) +‎ -ति (-ti).[1][2]

Pronunciation
  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /nɑː.ĩː/, [n̪äː.ĩː]

Noun

नाईं • (nāī̃) f (Urdu spelling نائیں‎)

  1. similarity, likeness

Declension
Declension of नाईं (fem ind ī̃-stem)
singular plural
direct नाईं
nāī̃		 नाइयाँ
nāiyā̃
oblique नाईं
nāī̃		 नाइयों
nāiyõ
vocative नाईं
nāī̃		 नाइयों
nāiyõ

Derived terms
  • की नाईं (kī nāī̃)

References
  1. Oberlies, Thomas (2005) A Historical Grammar of Hindi, Grazer Vergleichende Arbeiten, →ISBN, page 29
  2. Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “*jñāti2”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
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