नाडी

Marathi

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit णाडी (ṇāḍī), from Sanskrit नाडी (nāḍī́).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /na.ɖi/, [na.ɖiː]

Noun

नाडी • (nāḍī) f

1. (botany) stem of a plant
2. (anatomy) any tubular organ of the body
   1. an artery
   2. a vein
   3. an intestine

Further reading

• Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “नाडी”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “नाडी”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “नाडी”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• नाडि (nāḍi), नाली (nālī), नालि (nāli)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• নাডী (Assamese script)
• ᬦᬵᬟᬷ (Balinese script)
• নাডী (Bengali script)
• 𑰡𑰯𑰚𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀦𑀸𑀟𑀻 (Brahmi script)
• နာဍီ (Burmese script)
• નાડી (Gujarati script)
• ਨਾਡੀ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌨𑌾𑌡𑍀 (Grantha script)
• ꦤꦴꦝꦷ (Javanese script)
• 𑂢𑂰𑂙𑂲 (Kaithi script)
• ನಾಡೀ (Kannada script)
• នាឌី (Khmer script)
• ນາຑີ (Lao script)
• നാഡീ (Malayalam script)
• ᠨᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡷᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘡𑘰𑘚𑘲 (Modi script)
• ᠨᠠᢗᢎᠢᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧁𑧑𑦺𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐣𑐵𑐜𑐷 (Newa script)
• ନାଡୀ (Odia script)
• ꢥꢵꢞꢷ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆤𑆳𑆝𑆵 (Sharada script)
• 𑖡𑖯𑖚𑖱 (Siddham script)
• නාඩී (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩯𑩛𑩨𑩑𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚝𑚭𑚖𑚯 (Takri script)
• நாடீ³ (Tamil script)
• నాడీ (Telugu script)
• นาฑี (Thai script)
• ནཱ་ཌཱི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒢𑒰𑒛𑒲 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨝𑨊𑨖𑨁𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From नड (naḍa, a species of reed).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /nɑː.ɖíː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈn̪ɑː.ɖiː/

Noun

नाडी • (nāḍī́) stem, f

1. (botany) stem of a plant
   • c. 700 CE – 900 CE, Bhāgavata Purāṇa 3.8.19:

     स इत्थमुद्वीक्ष्य तदब्जनालनाडीभिर्अन्तर्जलमाविवेश। नार्वाग्गतस्तत्खरनालनालनाभिं विचिन्वंस्तदविन्दताजः॥

     sa itthamudvīkṣya tadabjanālanāḍībhirantarjalamāviveśa. nārvāggatastatkharanālanālanābhiṃ vicinvaṃstadavindatājaḥ.

     Lord Brahmā, thus contemplating, entered the water through the channel of the stem of the lotus. But in spite of entering the stem and going nearer to the navel of Viṣṇu, he could not trace out the root.

2. (anatomy) a blood vessel
   • c. 700 CE – 900 CE, Bhāgavata Purāṇa 3.26.67:

     विष्णुर्गत्यैव चरणौ नोदतिष्ठत्तदा विराट्। नाडीर्नद्यो लोहितेन नोदतिष्ठत्तदा विराट्॥

     viṣṇurgatyaiva caraṇau nodatiṣṭhattadā virāṭ. nāḍīrnadyo lohitena nodatiṣṭhattadā virāṭ.

     Lord Viṣṇu entered his feet with the faculty of locomotion, but Virāj refused to stand up even then. The rivers entered his blood vessels with the blood and the power of circulation, but still the cosmic being could not be made to stir.

   1. an artery
   2. a vein
3. any pipe or tube
4. a flute
5. a juggling trick, deception
6. a fistulous sore
7. (physiology) the pulse
8. any hole or crevice
9. a strap of leather, thong

Declension

Feminine ī-stem declension of नाडी (nāḍī́)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	नाडी nāḍī́	नाड्यौ / नाडी¹ nāḍyaù / nāḍī́¹	नाड्यः / नाडीः¹ nāḍyàḥ / nāḍī́ḥ¹
Vocative	नाडि nā́ḍi	नाड्यौ / नाडी¹ nā́ḍyau / nā́ḍī¹	नाड्यः / नाडीः¹ nā́ḍyaḥ / nā́ḍīḥ¹
Accusative	नाडीम् nāḍī́m	नाड्यौ / नाडी¹ nāḍyaù / nāḍī́¹	नाडीः nāḍī́ḥ
Instrumental	नाड्या nāḍyā́	नाडीभ्याम् nāḍī́bhyām	नाडीभिः nāḍī́bhiḥ
Dative	नाड्यै nāḍyaí	नाडीभ्याम् nāḍī́bhyām	नाडीभ्यः nāḍī́bhyaḥ
Ablative	नाड्याः / नाड्यै² nāḍyā́ḥ / nāḍyaí²	नाडीभ्याम् nāḍī́bhyām	नाडीभ्यः nāḍī́bhyaḥ
Genitive	नाड्याः / नाड्यै² nāḍyā́ḥ / nāḍyaí²	नाड्योः nāḍyóḥ	नाडीनाम् nāḍī́nām
Locative	नाड्याम् nāḍyā́m	नाड्योः nāḍyóḥ	नाडीषु nāḍī́ṣu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Brāhmaṇas

Descendants

• Pali: nāḷī
• Prakrit: णाडी (ṇāḍī)
  • Hindustani: nāṛī

    Hindi: नाड़ी

    Urdu: ناڑی (nāṛī)

  • Marathi: नाडी (nāḍī)
  • Punjabi: ਨਾੜੀ (nāṛī), ਨਾੜ (nāṛ)
• → Malay: nadi
  • Indonesian: nadi
• → Malayalam: നാഡി (nāḍi), നാഡിക (nāḍika), നാഴി (nāḻi), നാഴിക (nāḻika)
• → Telugu: నాడి (nāḍi)

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899) “नाडी”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 534/2.
• Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “nāḍī”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
• Apte, Macdonell (2022) “नाडी”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “nāḍīˊ”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press