As a deity name
Name 69 of the Narasimha Sahasranāma — Brahmanda Purana / Narasimha Purana, as taught by Sages to Assembly of Devotees
Name 698 of the Narasimha Sahasranāma — Brahmanda Purana / Narasimha Purana, as taught by Sages to Assembly of Devotees
Name 443 of the Shiva Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Sage Tandi to Sage Upamanyu
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)
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
Nom. P. Ā. ˚yati and ˚te, to begin to become blue or dark-coloured, (cf. ).
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (7)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "nīlāya" is the dative of "nīla" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
nīlāya Nom. P. Ā. ˚yati and ˚te, to begin to become blue or dark-coloured, Kād. (cf. Pāṇ. iii, 1, 13).
nīla mf(ā or ī; cf. Pāṇ. iv, 1, 42, Vārtt., Vām. v, 2, 48)n. of a dark colour, (esp.) d˚-blue or d˚-green or black, RV. &c. &c.
dyed with indigo, Pāṇ. iv, 2, 2, Vārtt. 2, Pat.
Alternative readings
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