नाडि

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• নাডি (Assamese script)
• ᬦᬵᬟᬶ (Balinese script)
• নাডি (Bengali script)
• 𑰡𑰯𑰚𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀦𑀸𑀟𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• နာဍိ (Burmese script)
• નાડિ (Gujarati script)
• ਨਾਡਿ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌨𑌾𑌡𑌿 (Grantha script)
• ꦤꦴꦝꦶ (Javanese script)
• 𑂢𑂰𑂙𑂱 (Kaithi script)
• ನಾಡಿ (Kannada script)
• នាឌិ (Khmer script)
• ນາຑິ (Lao script)
• നാഡി (Malayalam script)
• ᠨᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡷᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘡𑘰𑘚𑘱 (Modi script)
• ᠨᠠᢗᢎᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧁𑧑𑦺𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐣𑐵𑐜𑐶 (Newa script)
• ନାଡି (Odia script)
• ꢥꢵꢞꢶ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆤𑆳𑆝𑆴 (Sharada script)
• 𑖡𑖯𑖚𑖰 (Siddham script)
• නාඩි (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩯𑩛𑩨𑩑 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚝𑚭𑚖𑚮 (Takri script)
• நாடி³ (Tamil script)
• నాడి (Telugu script)
• นาฑิ (Thai script)
• ནཱ་ཌི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒢𑒰𑒛𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨝𑨊𑨖𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /nɑː.ɖi/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈn̪ɑː.ɖi/

Noun

नाडि • (nāḍi) stem, f

1. tube
2. a measure of time= ½ muhûrta or 24 minutes
3. a measure of length= ½ danda

Descendants

• → Malayalam: നാഡി (nāḍi), നാഡിക (nāḍika), നാഴി (nāḻi), നാഴിക (nāḻika)
• → Telugu: నాడి (nāḍi)

References

• Apte, Macdonell (2022) “नाडि”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]