नहि

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit नहि (nahí). Doublet of नहीं (nahī̃).

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /nə.ɦiː/, [nɐ.ɦiː]
Audio (file)

Interjection

नहि • (nahi)

no

References

Platts, John T. (1884) “नहि”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “नहि”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

নহি (Assamese script)
ᬦᬳᬶ (Balinese script)
নহি (Bengali script)
𑰡𑰮𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀦𑀳𑀺 (Brahmi script)
နဟိ (Burmese script)
નહિ (Gujarati script)
ਨਹਿ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌨𑌹𑌿 (Grantha script)
ꦤꦲꦶ (Javanese script)
𑂢𑂯𑂱 (Kaithi script)
ನಹಿ (Kannada script)
នហិ (Khmer script)
ນຫິ (Lao script)
നഹി (Malayalam script)
ᠨᠠᡥᡳ (Manchu script)
𑘡𑘮𑘱 (Modi script)
ᠨᠠᠾᠢ (Mongolian script)
𑧁𑧎𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
𑐣𑐴𑐶 (Newa script)
ନହି (Odia script)
ꢥꢲꢶ (Saurashtra script)
𑆤𑆲𑆴 (Sharada script)
𑖡𑖮𑖰 (Siddham script)
නහි (Sinhalese script)
𑩯𑪂𑩑 (Soyombo script)
𑚝𑚩𑚮 (Takri script)
நஹி (Tamil script)
నహి (Telugu script)
นหิ (Thai script)
ན་ཧི (Tibetan script)
𑒢𑒯𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
𑨝𑨱𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *naǰʰí, from Proto-Indo-European *né + *gʰí. Equal to न (na) +‎ हि (hi).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /nɐ.ɦí/
(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈn̪ɐ.ɦi/

Interjection

नहि • (nahí)

surely not, by no means, not at all
Antonym: आम् (ām)

Descendants

Bengali: নাই (nai), নেই (nei), নাহি (nahi), নায় (naẏ)
Braj: नहीं (nahī̃)
Early Assamese: নাহি (nahi)
- Assamese: নাই (nai)
Gujarati: નહીં (nahī̃)
Hindustani:
- Hindi: नहीं (nahī̃), → नहि (nahi)
- Urdu: نَہِیں (nahī̃)
Kamta: নাই (nai)
Punjabi:
- Gurmukhi script: ਨਹੀਂ (nahī̃)
- Shahmukhi script: نَہِیں (nahīṉ), نَئیں (na'īṉ)

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