As a Hindi name
नीप · nīp · s.m.
The tree Nauclea cadamba, or N. orientalis — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1164
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: कदंब · भूकदंब
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
the foot of a mountain
Verified derivationMultiple readings (2)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "nīpa" is the vocative of "nīpā" — 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
nīpa mfn. (fr. ni + ap; cf. dvīpa and Pāṇ. vi, 3, 97, Sch.) situated low, deep, Kāṭh.
nīpa m. the foot of a mountain, Mahīdh.
Nauclea Cadamba (n. its fruit and flower, Megh.)
Ixora Bandhucca or a species of Aśoka, L.
N. of a son of Kṛtin and father of Ugrāyudha, BhP.
nīpā f. N. of a river, VP.
Alternative readings
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