नाध्

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Sanskrit

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *neh₃dʰ-, related to आध्र (ādhra, poor, destitute) and perhaps Ancient Greek νωθρός (nōthrós, sluggish, slothful). Influenced नाथ् (nāth), but not etymologically related to it, contrary to Monier-Williams and Whitney.

Pronunciation

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Root

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नाध् (nādh)

  1. to be in distress
  2. to seek help, ask, beg

Derived terms

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References

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  • Monier Williams (1899) “नाध्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 535/1.
  • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 89
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 34