निन्दति

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₃ni-n-d-e-ti (“to revile”), nasal infix present of *h₃neyd-. Cognate with Gothic 𐌽𐌴𐌹𐌸 (neiþ, “hatred, spite”), Latvian naids (“hatred”), Ancient Greek ὄνειδος (óneidos, “reproach”).^[1]

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /n̪ín̪.d̪ɐ.t̪i/
(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈn̪in̪.d̪ɐ.t̪i/

Verb

निन्दति • (níndati) (root निन्द्, class 1, type parasmaipada)^[2]

to insult
Antonym: वन्दते (vandate)
to blame, accuse

References

↑ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*h₃nei̯d-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 303
↑ Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1898) A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 549

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