नीत
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ᬦᬷᬢ (Balinese script)
- নীত (Bengali script)
- নীত (Bengali script)
- 𑰡𑰱𑰝 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀦𑀻𑀢 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌨𑍀𑌤 (Grantha script)
- નીત (Gujarati script)
- ꦤꦷꦠ (Javanese script)
- ನೀತ (Kannada script)
- နီတ (Burmese script)
- ନୀତ (Oriya script)
- ꢥꢷꢡ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆤𑆵𑆠 (Sharada script)
- 𑖡𑖱𑖝 (Siddham script)
- నీత (Telugu script)
- ནཱིཏ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒢𑒲𑒞 (Tirhuta script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *niHtás, from Proto-Indo-European *niH-tó-s, from *neyH- (“to lead”). See नयति (nayati) for cognates.
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /n̪iː.t̪ɐ́/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈn̪iː.t̪ɐ/
Adjective
नीत • (nītá)
- led, guided, brought
- correct
- well behaved, modest
Declension
| Masculine a-stem declension of नीत (nītá) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | नीतः nītáḥ | नीतौ nītaú | नीताः / नीतासः¹ nītā́ḥ / nītā́saḥ¹ |
| Vocative | नीत nī́ta | नीतौ nī́tau | नीताः / नीतासः¹ nī́tāḥ / nī́tāsaḥ¹ |
| Accusative | नीतम् nītám | नीतौ nītaú | नीतान् nītā́n |
| Instrumental | नीतेन nīténa | नीताभ्याम् nītā́bhyām | नीतैः / नीतेभिः¹ nītaíḥ / nītébhiḥ¹ |
| Dative | नीताय nītā́ya | नीताभ्याम् nītā́bhyām | नीतेभ्यः nītébhyaḥ |
| Ablative | नीतात् nītā́t | नीताभ्याम् nītā́bhyām | नीतेभ्यः nītébhyaḥ |
| Genitive | नीतस्य nītásya | नीतयोः nītáyoḥ | नीतानाम् nītā́nām |
| Locative | नीते nīté | नीतयोः nītáyoḥ | नीतेषु nītéṣu |
| Notes |
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| Feminine ā-stem declension of नीता (nītā́) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | नीता nītā́ | नीते nīté | नीताः nītā́ḥ |
| Vocative | नीते nī́te | नीते nī́te | नीताः nī́tāḥ |
| Accusative | नीताम् nītā́m | नीते nīté | नीताः nītā́ḥ |
| Instrumental | नीतया / नीता¹ nītáyā / nītā́¹ | नीताभ्याम् nītā́bhyām | नीताभिः nītā́bhiḥ |
| Dative | नीतायै nītā́yai | नीताभ्याम् nītā́bhyām | नीताभ्यः nītā́bhyaḥ |
| Ablative | नीतायाः nītā́yāḥ | नीताभ्याम् nītā́bhyām | नीताभ्यः nītā́bhyaḥ |
| Genitive | नीतायाः nītā́yāḥ | नीतयोः nītáyoḥ | नीतानाम् nītā́nām |
| Locative | नीतायाम् nītā́yām | नीतयोः nītáyoḥ | नीतासु nītā́su |
| Notes |
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| Neuter a-stem declension of नीत (nītá) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | नीतम् nītám | नीते nīté | नीतानि / नीता¹ nītā́ni / nītā́¹ |
| Vocative | नीत nī́ta | नीते nī́te | नीतानि / नीता¹ nī́tāni / nī́tā¹ |
| Accusative | नीतम् nītám | नीते nīté | नीतानि / नीता¹ nītā́ni / nītā́¹ |
| Instrumental | नीतेन nīténa | नीताभ्याम् nītā́bhyām | नीतैः / नीतेभिः¹ nītaíḥ / nītébhiḥ¹ |
| Dative | नीताय nītā́ya | नीताभ्याम् nītā́bhyām | नीतेभ्यः nītébhyaḥ |
| Ablative | नीतात् nītā́t | नीताभ्याम् nītā́bhyām | नीतेभ्यः nītébhyaḥ |
| Genitive | नीतस्य nītásya | नीतयोः nītáyoḥ | नीतानाम् nītā́nām |
| Locative | नीते nīté | नीतयोः nītáyoḥ | नीतेषु nītéṣu |
| Notes |
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Descendants
- Ardhamagadhi Prakrit: 𑀦𑀺𑀬 (niya)
- Magadhi Prakrit: 𑀡𑀻𑀤 (ṇīda)
- Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀡𑀺𑀅 (ṇia)
- Pali: nīta
- Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀡𑀻𑀤 (ṇīda)
- → Hindi: नीत (nīt)
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “नीत”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 0565.