नेदीयस्

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *názdyas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *názdyas, from Proto-Indo-European *nésdyos, from *nesd-. Cognate with Avestan 𐬥𐬀𐬰𐬛𐬌𐬌𐬋 (nazdiiō, “nearer”), Persian نزدیک (nazdik), Pashto نزدې (nizde).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /nɐ́j.diː.jɐs/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /n̪eːˈd̪iː.jɐs̪/

Adjective

नेदीयस् • (nédīyas) stem

1. nearer, very near
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “नेदीयस्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 569/1.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 55-56
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1963) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎^[2] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 178-179