nadi
Catalan
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay nadi, from Sanskrit नाडी (nāḍī, “blood vessel”), नड (naḍá, a species of reed), a corruption of नद (nadá, “river; penis”), Sanskrit नदी (nadī́, “flowing water, river”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *nadíH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *nadíH (“river”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *ned-ih₂, from *ned- (“thundering, roaring, rushing”) + *-íh₂.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈna.di]
- Hyphenation: na‧di
Noun
nadi (plural nadi-nadi, first-person possessive nadiku, second-person possessive nadimu, third-person possessive nadinya)
- (anatomy) artery: any of the muscular- and elastic-walled blood vessels forming part of the circulation system by which blood is conveyed away from the heart regardless of its oxygenation status; see pulmonary artery.
- Synonym: arteri
- (anatomy) aorta: the great artery which carries the blood from the heart to all parts of the body except the lungs; the main trunk of the arterial system.
- Synonym: aorta
- (physiology) pulse: a normally regular beat felt when arteries are depressed, caused by the pumping action of the heart.
- Synonyms: denyut, pulsa
Further reading
- “nadi” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Javanese
Kabyle
Maia
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative forms
- 𑀦𑀤𑀺 (Brahmi script)
- नदि (Devanagari script)
- নদি (Bengali script)
- නදි (Sinhalese script)
- နဒိ or ၼၻိ (Burmese script)
- นทิ or นะทิ (Thai script)
- ᨶᨴᩥ (Tai Tham script)
- ນທິ or ນະທິ (Lao script)
- នទិ (Khmer script)
- 𑄚𑄘𑄨 (Chakma script)
Serbo-Croatian
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