निद्रा

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit निद्रा (nidrā). Doublet of नींद (nīnd).

Noun

निद्रा • (nidrā) f

1. sleep, drowsiness

   Synonym: नींद (nīnd)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit निद्रा (nidrā). Doublet of नीद (nīd).

Noun

निद्रा • (nidrā) f

1. sleep, drowsiness

   Synonym: झोप (jhop) (more common)

References

• James Thomas Molesworth (1857), “निद्रा”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• Shankar Gopal Tulpule and Anne Feldhau (1999), “निद्रा”, in A Dictionary of Old Marathi, Mumbai: Popular Prakashan
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “nidrāˊ (7200)”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

Noun

निद्रा • (nidrā)

1. sleep

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hnidrā́H, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hnidrā́H (compare Old Armenian նիրհ (nirh), a borrowing from Iranian), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nidrm̥éh₂, from *h₁ni (“down”) + *drem- (“to sleep”) (compare Ancient Greek δαρθάνω (darthánō), Latin dormiō). See also नि (ni) and द्रायति (drā́yati).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /n̪id̪.ɽɑ́ː/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈn̪id̪.ɽɑː/

Noun

निद्रा • (nidrā́) f

1. sleep, slumber
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 8.48.14

     त्रातारो देवा अधि वोचता नो मा नो निद्रा ईशत मोत जल्पिः।
     वयं सोमस्य विश्वह प्रियासः सुवीरासो विदथमा वदेम॥

     trātāro devā adhi vocatā no mā no nidrā īśata mota jalpiḥ.
     vayaṃ somasya viśvaha priyāsaḥ suvīrāso vidathamā vadema.

     Give us your blessing, O ye Gods’ preservers. Never may sleep or idle talk control us.
     But evermore may we, as friends of Soma, speak to the synod with brave sons around us.

Root

निद्रा • (nidrā)

1. to sleep