As a Hindi name
नीड़ · noun · masculine
बैठने वा ठहरने का स्थान · चिड़ियों के रहने का घोसला · रथ के भीतर का वह स्थान जिसमें रथी बैठता है । रथ में बैठने का मुख्य स्थान — Śabdasāgara
नीड · nīḍa · s.m.
Nest (of a bird) — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1166
नीड़ · masculine
nest
a Hindi word; it is not Sanskrit
“Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁en-? Proto-Indo-European *ní Proto-Indo-European *sed- Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *nisdós Proto-Indo-Iranian *niždás Sanskrit नीड (nīḍa) Prakrit 𑀡𑀺𑀟𑁆𑀟 (ṇiḍḍa) Hindi नीड़ Inherited from Prakrit 𑀡𑀺𑀟𑁆𑀟 (ṇiḍḍa), from Sanskrit नी…” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
(ni + √ sad) any place for settling down, resting-place, abode, (esp.) a bird's nest, &c. &c.
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Gender counterpart
The kosha attests this stem in the masculine and the neuter — the same name serves without alteration.
Dictionary citations
nīḍa m. n. (nīḻa) (ni + √ sad) any place for settling down, resting-place, abode, (esp.) a bird's nest, RV. &c. &c.
the interior or seat of a carriage, ŚBr.; MBh. &c.; place, spot (= sthāna), L.
nīḍa [cf. Lat. nīdus; Germ. Nest; Eng. nest.]
nīḍa mn. (-ḍaḥ-ḍaṃ) 1 A nest. 2 A place, a spot. E. ni before iṅ to go, aff. ghañ.
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