As a Hindi name
नीच · adj
जाति, गुण, कर्म या किसी और बात में घटकर वा न्यून । क्षुद्र । तुच्छ । अधम । हेठा । जैसे, नीच आदमी, नीच कुल · जो उत्तम और मध्यम कोटि से घटकर हो । अधम । बुरा निकृष्ट — Śabdasāgara
नीच · noun · masculine
नीच मनुष्य । क्षुद्र मनुष्य । ओछा आदमी · चोर नामक गंध द्रव्य · फलित ज्योतिष में वह स्थान जो किसी ग्रह के उच्च स्थान से सातवाँ हो — Śabdasāgara
नीच · nīć · adj.
Low; situated in a low position; deep (down) — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1165
नीच
low, vile, inferior; base, mean
a Hindi word, a tadbhava: evolved from the Sanskrit through Prakrit नीच — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Inherited from Sanskrit नीच (nīca). Doublet of नीचा (nīcā).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
nīca mf(ā)n. (ni + 2. añc) low, not high, short, dwarfish, Mn.; MBh. &c.
deep, depressed (navel), Pañc.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
(ni + 2. añc) low, not high, short, dwarfish, &c.
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Gender counterpart
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Dictionary citations
nīca mf(ā)n. (ni + 2. añc) low, not high, short, dwarfish, Mn.; MBh. &c.
deep, depressed (navel), Pañc.
short (hair, nails), Suśr.
deep, lowered (voice), Prāt.
low, vile, inferior (socially or morally), base, mean (as a man or action or thought), Var.; MBh.; Kāv. &c.
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