# नी
## Hindi
### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /niː/

### Particle

नी • (nī)
* (dialectal, especially Indore) Alternative form of नहीं (nahī̃)

## Sanskrit
### Alternative forms

* नि (ni), नय् (nay)

### Alternative scripts

* নী (Assamese script)
* ᬦᬷ (Balinese script)
* নী (Bengali script)
* 𑰡𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀦𑀻 (Brahmi script)
* နီ (Burmese script)
* ની (Gujarati script)
* ਨੀ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌨𑍀 (Grantha script)
* ꦤꦷ (Javanese script)
* 𑂢𑂲 (Kaithi script)
* ನೀ (Kannada script)
* នី (Khmer script)
* ນີ (Lao script)
* നീ (Malayalam script)
* ᠨᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
* 𑘡𑘲 (Modi script)
* ᠨᠢᠢ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧁𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐣𑐷 (Newa script)
* ନୀ (Odia script)
* ꢥꢷ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆤𑆵 (Sharada script)
* 𑖡𑖱 (Siddham script)
* නී (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩯𑩑𑩛 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚝𑚯 (Takri script)
* நீ (Tamil script)
* నీ (Telugu script)
* นี (Thai script)
* ནཱི (Tibetan script)
* 𑒢𑒲 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨝𑨁𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *neyH-. Compare Avestan 𐬌𐬙𐬈𐬫𐬀𐬥 (iteyan, “to bring, lead”), Old Persian 𐎠𐎴𐎹 (a-n-y /⁠anaya⁠/, “he was leading, bringing”), Middle Persian [script needed] (nītan, “to lead, drive”), Hittite 𒈾𒄿𒉈 (nāine, “to guide”).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /niː/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /n̪iː/

### Root

नी • (nī)
* to guide, govern, direct

#### Derived terms
##### Primary Verbal Forms

* नयति (náyati, Present)
* नेष्यति (neṣyáti, Future)
* नयिष्यति (nayiṣyáti, Future)
* नेता (netā, Periphrastic Future)
* नयिता (nayitā, Periphrastic Future)
* अनैषीत् (ánaiṣīt, Aorist)
* अनयीत् (ánayīt, Aorist)
* निनाय (ninā́ya, Perfect)

##### Secondary Forms

* नीयते (nīyáte, Passive)
* अनायि (ánāyi, Passive Aorist)
* नाययति (nāyáyati, Causative)
* अनीनयत् (anīnayat, Causative Aorist)
* निनीषति (nínīṣati, Desiderative)
* नेनीयते (nenīyáte, Intensive)

##### Non-Finite Forms

* नीत (nītá, Past Participle)
* नेतुम् (nétum, Infinitive)
* नयितुम् (náyitum, Infinitive)
* नेतोस् (nétos, Infinitive)
* नेषणि (neṣáṇi, Infinitive)
* नित्वा (nitvā́, Gerund)
* नयित्वा (nayitvā́, Gerund)
* नीय (nī́ya, Gerund)
* नेय (neya, Gerundive)
* नेतव्य (netavya, Gerundive)
* नयितव्य (nayitavya, Gerundive)
* निनीषु (ninīṣu, Desiderative Participle)

##### Derived Nominal Forms

* नय (naya)
* नयन (nayana)
* नयिन् (nayin)
* नाय (nāyá, “guidance, direction”), with many other related compounds
* नायक (nāyaka)
* निनीषा (ninīṣā)
* नी (nī)
* प्रणी (praṇī, “guidance, devotion”)
* नीति (nīti, “bringer of guidance”)
* नीथ (nīthá, “leader”)
* नेतृ (netṛ, “leader”)
* नेत्र (netrá)
* नेत्री (netrī, “leaderess”)
* नीथा (nī́thā, “a music air, an hymn, a song”)

##### Prefixed Root Forms

* अनुनी (anunī)
* अपनी (apanī)
* अभिनी (abhinī)
* अवनी (avanī)
* आनी (ānī, “to bring”)
* उदानी (udānī, “to lift”)
* उन्नी (unnī)
* उपनी (upanī)
* निनी (ninī)
* निर्णी (nirṇī)
* परिणी (pariṇī)
* प्रणी (praṇī, “to finish, promote, love”)
* प्रत्यानी (pratyānī)
* विनी (vinī)
* व्यपनी (vyapanī)
* संनी (saṃnī)
* समानी (samānī)

#### Descendants
### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “नी”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 565/1.
* William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 90
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 17-9; 49
* Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, pages 339-40
* Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1999), “*něti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 25 (*neroditi – *novotьnъ(jь)), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 105