नीद

Konkani

Noun

नीद • (nīd) (Latin script nid, Kannada script ನೀದ್)

1. Alternative spelling of न्हीद (nhīd)

Marathi

Etymology

Inherited from Old Marathi निदा (nidā), नीद (nīda), from Sanskrit निद्रा (nidrā), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *HnidráH. Compare Hindi नींद (nīnd).

Noun

नीद • (nīd) f

1. sleep

   Synonym: झोप (j̈hop) (more common)

Related terms

• निजणे (nij̈ṇe, “to sleep”)

References

• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “नीद”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• Shankar Gopal Tulpule, Anne Feldhaus (1999) “नीद”, in A Dictionary of Old Marathi, Mumbai: Popular Prakashan
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “nidrāˊ”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press