नन्द्

See also: नान्दी

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

নন্দ্ (Assamese script)
ᬦᬦ᭄ᬤ᭄ (Balinese script)
নন্দ্ (Bengali script)
𑰡𑰡𑰿𑰟𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀦𑀦𑁆𑀤𑁆 (Brahmi script)
နန္ဒ် (Burmese script)
નન્દ્ (Gujarati script)
ਨਨ੍ਦ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌨𑌨𑍍𑌦𑍍 (Grantha script)
ꦤꦤ꧀ꦢ꧀ (Javanese script)
𑂢𑂢𑂹𑂠𑂹 (Kaithi script)
ನನ್ದ್ (Kannada script)
នន្ទ៑ (Khmer script)
ນນ຺ທ຺ (Lao script)
നന്ദ് (Malayalam script)
ᠨᠠᠨᡩ (Manchu script)
𑘡𑘡𑘿𑘟𑘿 (Modi script)
ᠨᠠᠨᢑ (Mongolian script)
𑧁𑧁𑧠𑦿𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
𑐣𑐣𑑂𑐡𑑂 (Newa script)
ନନ୍ଦ୍ (Odia script)
ꢥꢥ꣄ꢣ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
𑆤𑆤𑇀𑆢𑇀 (Sharada script)
𑖡𑖡𑖿𑖟𑖿 (Siddham script)
නන්‍ද් (Sinhalese script)
𑩯𑩯 𑪙𑩭 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
𑚝𑚝𑚶𑚛𑚶 (Takri script)
நந்த்³ (Tamil script)
నన్ద్ (Telugu script)
นนฺทฺ (Thai script)
ན་ནྡ྄ (Tibetan script)
𑒢𑒢𑓂𑒠𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
𑨝𑨝𑩇𑨛𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Of uncertain origin. Leumann derives the root from a phonetic dissimilation of मन्द् (mand, “to rejoice, gladden”) after a labial prefix, for example, अभिमन्द् (abhimand, “to gladden”) > अभिनन्द् (abhinand, “to please, rejoice at”).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /nɐnd/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /n̪ɐn̪d̪/

Root

नन्द् • (nand)

to rejoice, delight, glee
to be pleased or satisfied with, be glad of
to make glad, gladden

Derived terms

References

Monier Williams (1899) “नन्द्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 526/2.
William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 87
Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 10-1
Mayrhofer, Manfred (1963) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎^[2] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 131-2