نیندر

Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀡𑀺𑀤𑁆𑀤𑀸 (ṇiddā), from Sanskrit निद्रा (nidrā́), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *HnidráH.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /niːn.d̪əɾᵊ/

Noun

نِینْدَر • (nīndar) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਨੀਂਦਰ)

1. sleep, slumber

Declension

Declension of نیندر
dir. sg.	نِینْدَر (nīndar)
dir. pl.	نِینْدَراں (nīndarāṉ)
	singular	plural
direct	نِینْدَر (nīndar)	نِینْدَراں (nīndarāṉ)
oblique	نِینْدَر (nīndar)	نِینْدَراں (nīndarāṉ)
vocative	نِینْدَرے (nīndare)	نِینْدَرو (nīndaro)
ablative	نِینْدَروں (nīndaroṉ)	نِینْدَراں (nīndarāṉ)
locative	نِینْدَری (nīndarī)	نِینْدَرِیں (nīndarīṉ)
instrumental	نِینْدَرِیں (nīndarīṉ)	نِینْدَرے (nīndare)

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “نِیندر”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• “ਨੀਂਦਰ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “nidrā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press