# नह्
## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* নহ্ (Assamese script)
* ᬦᬳ᭄ (Balinese script)
* নহ্ (Bengali script)
* 𑰡𑰮𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀦𑀳𑁆 (Brahmi script)
* နဟ် (Burmese script)
* નહ્ (Gujarati script)
* ਨਹ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌨𑌹𑍍 (Grantha script)
* ꦤꦲ꧀ (Javanese script)
* 𑂢𑂯𑂹 (Kaithi script)
* ನಹ್ (Kannada script)
* នហ៑ (Khmer script)
* ນຫ຺ (Lao script)
* നഹ് (Malayalam script)
* ᠨᠠᡥ (Manchu script)
* 𑘡𑘮𑘿 (Modi script)
* ᠨᠠᠾ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧁𑧎𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐣𑐴𑑂 (Newa script)
* ନହ୍ (Odia script)
* ꢥꢲ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆤𑆲𑇀 (Sharada script)
* 𑖡𑖮𑖿 (Siddham script)
* නහ් (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩯𑪂 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚝𑚩𑚶 (Takri script)
* நஹ் (Tamil script)
* నహ్ (Telugu script)
* นหฺ (Thai script)
* ན་ཧ྄ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒢𑒯𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨝𑨱𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

Of uncertain origin. A connection to Latin nōdus (“knot”) and Old Irish nascim (“to bind”) is semantically appealing, though formal analysis is difficult due to semantic contamination from similar-sounding roots, such as nectere for Latin and ग्रन्थ् (granth) / बन्ध् (bandh) for Sanskrit.

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /nɐɦ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /n̪ɐɦ/

### Noun

नह् • (nah) stem, ? (Vedic)
* a bond, tie

#### Usage notes

Attested only in the plural dative/ablative नद्भ्यः (nadbhyaḥ).

#### Derived terms

* अक्षानह् (akṣānáh)
* उपानह् (upānáh)

### Root

नह् • (nah)
* to bind, tie, fasten, bind on or round or together
* to put on (as armor), arm oneself

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

* नह्यति (náhyati, Present)
* नहति (nahati, Present)
* नत्स्यति (natsyáti, Future)
* नद्धा (naddhā́, Periphrastic Future)
* अनात्सीत् (ánātsīt, Aorist)
* ननाह (nanā́ha, Perfect)

##### Secondary Forms

* नह्यते (nahyáte, Passive)
* अनाहि (ánāhi, Passive Aorist)
* नाहयति (nāhayati, Causative)
* अनीनहत् (ánīnahat, Causative Aorist)
* निनत्सति (ninatsati, Desiderative)
* नानह्यते (nānahyate, Intensive)
* नानद्धि (nānaddhi, Intensive)

##### Non-Finite Forms

* नद्ध (naddhá, Past Participle)
* नद्धुम् (naddhum, Infinitive)
* नद्ध्वा (naddhvā́, Gerund)
* नह्य (náhya, Gerund)
* नद्धव्य (naddhavya, Gerundive)

##### Derived Nominal Forms

* नह् (nah)
* नहन (náhana)
* नहस् (náhas)
* नहुस् (náhus)
* नद्धि (naddhi)
* नाह (nāha)
* निनाह्य (nināhya)
* संनाह्य (saṃnāhya)
* उपनाहन (upanāhana)
* सांनाहुक (sāṃnāhuka)
* अक्षानह् (akṣānah)
* उपानह् (upānah)

##### Prefixed Root Forms

* अपनह् (apanah)
* अपिनह् (apinah)
* अवनह् (avanah)
* आनह् (ānah)
* उन्नह् (unnah)
* उपनह् (upanah)
* परिणह् (pariṇah)
* संनह् (saṃnah)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “नह्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 532, column 2.
* William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 89
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “NAH”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 31-32
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1963) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 147-148