"नहि" meaning in Sanskrit

See नहि in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Interjection

IPA: /nɐ.ɦí/ [Vedic], /n̪ɐ.ɦi/ [Classical-Sanskrit] Forms: nahí [romanization]
Etymology: From Proto-Indo-Aryan *naźʰí, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *naǰʰí, from Proto-Indo-European *né + *gʰí. Equal to न (na) + हि (hi). Etymology templates: {{dercat|sa|inc-pro|inh=1}}, {{inh|sa|inc-pro|*naźʰí}} Proto-Indo-Aryan *naźʰí, {{inh|sa|iir-pro|*naǰʰí}} Proto-Indo-Iranian *naǰʰí, {{inh|sa|ine-pro|*né}} Proto-Indo-European *né, {{com|sa|न|हि}} न (na) + हि (hi) Head templates: {{head|sa|interjection|tr=nahí}} नहि • (nahí)
  1. surely not, by no means, not at all
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      "text": "Bengali: নাই (nai), নাহি (nahi), নায় (naẏ), নেই (nei)"
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      "text": "Gujarati: નહીં (nahī̃)"
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      "text": "Urdu: نَہِیں (nahī̃)"
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      "text": "Punjabi:"
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      "text": "Gurmukhi script: ਨਹੀਂ (nahī̃)"
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          "expansion": "Shahmukhi script: نَہِیں (nahīṉ), نَئیں (na'īṉ)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Shahmukhi script: نَہِیں (nahīṉ), نَئیں (na'īṉ)"
    },
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          "expansion": "Marathi: नाही (nāhī)",
          "name": "desc"
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      "text": "Marathi: नाही (nāhī)"
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          "surely",
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        [
          "not",
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        [
          "by no means",
          "by no means"
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        [
          "not at all",
          "not at all"
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        "Vedic"
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      "tags": [
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          "expansion": "Bengali: নাই (nai), নাহি (nahi), নায় (naẏ), নেই (nei)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Bengali: নাই (nai), নাহি (nahi), নায় (naẏ), নেই (nei)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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          "name": "desc"
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      "text": "Braj: नहीं (nahī̃)"
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    {
      "depth": 1,
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          "name": "desc"
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      "text": "Early Assamese: নাহি (nahi)"
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          "expansion": "Assamese: নাই (nai)",
          "name": "desc"
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      "text": "Assamese: নাই (nai)"
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    {
      "depth": 1,
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          "name": "desc"
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      "text": "Gujarati: નહીં (nahī̃)"
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      "text": "Hindustani:"
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          "name": "desc"
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          "expansion": "→ नहि (nahi)",
          "name": "desc"
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      "text": "Hindi: नहीं (nahī̃), → नहि (nahi)"
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      "depth": 2,
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            "2": "نَہِیں"
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Urdu: نَہِیں (nahī̃)"
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    {
      "depth": 1,
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          "name": "desc"
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      "text": "Kamta: নাই (nai)"
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      "text": "Punjabi:"
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            "2": "ਨਹੀਂ",
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          "name": "desc"
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      "text": "Gurmukhi script: ਨਹੀਂ (nahī̃)"
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            "2": "نَہِیں",
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          "expansion": "Shahmukhi script: نَہِیں (nahīṉ), نَئیں (na'īṉ)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Shahmukhi script: نَہِیں (nahīṉ), نَئیں (na'īṉ)"
    },
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          "expansion": "Marathi: नाही (nāhī)",
          "name": "desc"
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      "text": "Marathi: नाही (nāhī)"
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        "surely not, by no means, not at all"
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          "surely",
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          "not",
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          "by no means",
          "by no means"
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          "not at all",
          "not at all"
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      "tags": [
        "Vedic"
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    }
  ],
  "word": "नहि"
}

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