As a Hindi name
नहीं
no, not (negative response to a yes-no question); no, not (used for negation of statements in the indicative and contrafactual moods)
Śabdasāgara also records: [वि॰ स्त्री॰ नीचगा] · नीचे जानेवाला
a Hindi word, a tadbhava: evolved from the Sanskrit through Prakrit नहि — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Inherited from Prakrit 𑀡𑀳𑀺 (ṇahi) (with spontaneous nasalization), from Sanskrit नहि (nahí, “surely not”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *naǰʰí, from earlier *ná gʲʰí, from Proto-Indo-European *né + *gʰí. Cognate with Assamese নাই (nai), Bengali নাই (nai), Braj नहीं (nahī̃), Marathi ना…” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
na—hi See na-hi.
na-hi (na-hi, MaitrS. & ŚBr.) ind. (g. cādi) for not, surely not, by no means, not at all (often strengthened by other particles, as aṅga, nu, sma), RV.; &c. (nahikam, g. cādi).
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
going low, descending (as a river)
Verified derivationMultiple readings (2)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "nīcaga" is the vocative of "nīcagā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Gender counterpart
The kosha attests this stem in the feminine, the masculine, and the neuter — the same name serves without alteration.
Dictionary citations
nīca—ga mfn. going low, descending (as a river), Hit.
belonging to a low man, ib.
= -gata, Var.
nīca—ga n. water.
nīcaga mfn. (-gaḥ-gā-gaṃ) Low, vile, base. n. (-gaṃ) Water. f. (-gā) A river. E. nīca low or deep, and ga who is going.
nīca—gā f. a river, L.
Alternative readings
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