# 𑀡𑀺𑀤𑁆𑀤𑀸
## Prakrit
### Alternative forms

* 𑀡𑁂𑀤𑁆𑀤𑀸 (ṇĕddā)

### Etymology

From Sanskrit निद्रा (nidrā), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *HnidráH.
Inherited from Sanskrit 𑀦𑀺𑀤𑁆𑀭𑀸 (nidrā́). Cognate with Pali niddā.

### Noun

𑀡𑀺𑀤𑁆𑀤𑀸 (ṇiddā) f (Devanagari णिद्दा, Kannada ಣಿದ್ದಾ) (Māhārāṣṭrī, Śaurasenī)
* sleep, slumber
** c. 200 CE – 600 CE, Hāla, Gāhā Sattasaī 530:𑀮𑁄𑀑 𑀚𑀽𑀭𑀇, 𑀚𑀽𑀭𑀉! 𑀯𑀅𑀡𑀺𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀁 𑀳𑁄𑀇 𑀳𑁄𑀉 𑀢𑀁 𑀡𑀸𑀫𑁇 𑀏𑀳𑀺! 𑀡𑀺𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀲𑀼 𑀧𑀸𑀲𑁂 𑀧𑀼𑀧𑁆𑀨𑀯𑀇 𑀡 𑀏𑀇 𑀫𑁂 𑀡𑀺𑀤𑁆𑀤𑀸loo jūraï, jūraü! vaaṇijjaṃ hoi hou taṃ ṇāma. ehi! ṇimajjasu pāse pupphavaï ṇa ei me ṇiddā2009 translation by Peter Khoroche and Herman Tieken“People will be angry.” Let them be. “They will disapprove.” Who cares? Come, forget about your period, and snuggle down beside me, for I can get no sleep.
** c. 700 CE, Haribhadra, Maṇipati-Carita 315:𑀢𑀸 𑀆𑀕𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀲𑀼 𑀧𑀺𑀬𑀬𑀫 𑀢𑀼𑀫𑀁-𑀧𑀺 𑀢𑀢𑁆𑀢𑁄 𑀫𑀏 𑀇𑀫𑀁 𑀪𑀡𑀺𑀬𑀁 𑀯𑀘𑁆𑀘 𑀢𑀼𑀫𑀁 𑀅𑀳𑀁 𑀇𑀳𑀇𑀁 𑀘𑀺𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀺𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀸𑀫𑀺 𑀏𑀇 𑀫𑀳 𑀦𑀺𑀤𑁆𑀤𑀸tā āgacchasu piyayama tumaṃ-pi tatto mae imaṃ bhaṇiyaṃ vacca tumaṃ ahaṃ ihaïṃ ciṭṭhissāmi ei maha niddā1959 translation by Robert Hamilton Blair Williamsso come along, you too, darling.’ Then I replied: ‘You go, I shall stay here as sleep is coming over me.’

#### Descendants

* Central:
** Eastern Hindi:
*** Old Awadhi: नींद (nīṃda), नीदउँ (nīdaüm̐)
** Western Hindi:
*** Old Braj: नीद (nīd), नीदउँ (nīda͠u)
**** Braj: नींद (nīnd)
*** Bundeli: नींद (nīnd)
*** Old Hindi: नींद (nīṃda), नीद (nīda)
**** Hindustani: nīnd
    Hindi: नींद
    Urdu: نِیْند
* Eastern:
** Bengali-Assamese:
*** Assamese: নিন্দ (nindo)
*** Old Bengali: নিন্দ
**** Middle Bengali: নিন্দ (nindo)
***** Bengali: নিন্দ (nindo)
** Bihari:
*** Bhojpuri: nīnd, nīn, nīnrī
    Devanagari script: नींद, नीन, नीनरी
    Kaithi script: 𑂢𑂲𑂁𑂠, 𑂢𑂲𑂢, 𑂢𑂲𑂢𑂩𑂲
*** Maithili: nīn
    Devanagari script: नीन
    Tirhuta script: 𑒢𑒲𑒢
** Odia: ନିଦ (nida)
* Northern:
** Central:
*** Nepali: निनी (ninī), नीद (nīd)
** Western:
*** Dogri: nīndar
    Devanagari script: नींदर
    Dogra script: 𑠝𑠮𑠷𑠛𑠤
* Northwestern:
** Old Punjabi: ਨੀਂਦ (nīnda)
*** Punjabi: nīnd, nīndar
    Gurmukhi script: ਨੀਂਦ, ਨੀਂਦਰ
    Shahmukhi script: نِیند, نِیندَر
** Saraiki: نِݨْدر (niṇdr), نِیݨْدر (nīṇdr)
** Sindhi: ninḍa
    Arabic script: نِنڊَ
    Devanagari script: निन्ड
    Khudabadi script: 𑋑𑋡𑋑𑋪𑋈
* Southern:
** Insular:
*** Dhivehi: ނިދި (nidi)
*** Sinhalese: නින්ද (ninda), නිදී (nidī), නිඳි (niⁿdi)
** Marathi-Konkani:
*** Konkani: nhīd
    Devanagari script: न्हीद
    Kannada script: ನ್ಹೀದ್
    Latin script: nhid
*** Old Marathi: nīd
    Devanagari script: नीद
    Modi script: 𑘡𑘲𑘟𑘿
**** Marathi: nīd
    Devanagari script: नीद
    Modi script: 𑘡𑘲𑘟𑘿
* Western:
** Gojri: نِیند (nīnd), نِیندرو (nīndro)
** Middle Gujarati: नीद
*** Gujarati: નીંદ (nī̃d), નીંદર (nī̃dar)
** Malvi: नींद (nīnd)
** Old Marwari: नीद (nīd), नींद (nīnd)
*** Marwari:
    Devanagari script: नींद (nīnd), निंदरा (nindrā)
    Mahajani script: 𑅧𑅑𑅧𑅥 (nind), 𑅧𑅑𑅧𑅥𑅭 (nindr)
** Nimadi: नींद (nīnd)
* → Kannada: ನಿದ್ದೆ (nidde)
* → Tamil: நித்தை (nittai)

### References

* E.B. Cowell (1868) The Prákṛit Prakáśa‎, London: Trübner & Co., page 109
* Pischel, Richard, Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 100
* Sheth, Hargovind Das T[rikamcand] (1923–1928) “णिद्दा”, in पाइअ-सद्द-महण्णवो [pāia-sadda-mahaṇṇavo, Ocean of Prakrit words] (in Hindi), Calcutta: [Published by the Author], page 399.
* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ṇiddā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 411