नदी

Sanskrit

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Definitions
  • flowing water
  • river
  • (poetry) name of 2 kinds of metre
  • (linguistics) name of particular feminine stems ending in -ī or -ū (as in नदी (नदी) itself)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *nadíH inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *nadíH (river) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *ned-ih₂, *ned- (twist, knot, turn, be wet, roaring, rushing, thundering, know, tie together, plait, wet).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*ned-

Gloss

twist, knot, turn, be wet, roaring, rushing, thundering, know, tie together, plait, wet

Concept
Semantic Field

Motion

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

知

Emoji
🪢

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