The corpus record — Sanskrit

nāhaṃ

to smeli

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Where it lives

Svetasvatara Upanisad 1 · 5.82/10k
Chandogya Upanisad 17 · 3.63/10k
Brhadaranyaka Upanisad 24 · 3.17/10k
Bhagavad Gita 2 · 2.33/10k
Prasna Upanisad 1 · 1.53/10k

What it meant — Monier-Williams

1. نَه-

nah- f eine Arı Duftstoff (Lex); NAT, ‘to smeli’ (Dhä), nala- n Geruch (Lex } - Vielleicht Abstraktionen aus dem NartleNamen nalada- (o 1123} KEWA 1 141 {wo auch zu anderem |- drav iechen DED? 2532, Nr 2918] - /u beachten Bhavapr nat f "eine wohlnechende Pflanze’ nala-m ein Längenmaß (ep +[- nalla-, AıGr 1223]), nalvanan eın bestimmtes Hohlmaß ($arngS) - Unklar — [Mayrhofer, s.v. nah-, p. 318]

2. نَه

1. nah cl. 4. P. Ā. ( Dhātup. xxvi, 57 ) nahyati, te ( Pot. nahet, MBh. ; nahyur, AitBr. ; p. Ā. nahyamāna [also with pass. meaning] RV. &c.; pf. nanāha, nehe; fut. natsyati, naddhā, Siddh. [ cf. Pāṇ. viii, 2, 34 ]; aor. , anātsīt, Bhaṭṭ. ; anaddha, Vop. ; ind.p. naddhvā Gr. ; nahya, Br. &c.; inf. naddhum, Kāv. ) to bind, tie, fasten, bind on or round or together; ( Ā. ) to put on (as armour &c.), arm one's self, RV. &c. &c.: Pass. nahyate, p. hyamāna (see above) : Caus. nāhayati ( aor. anīnahat Gr. ) to cause to bind together, BhavP. : Desid. ninatsati, te Gr. : Intens. nānahyate, nānaddhi, ib.

3. نَه

2. nah (only in nadbhyas, RV. x, 60, 6 ; but cf. akṣānah) a bond, tie.

In the wild

nāhaṃ Bhagavad Gita 11.53
nāhaṃ Bhagavad Gita 7.25
nahi Brhadaranyaka Upanisad brhup_3,2.12
nahi Brhadaranyaka Upanisad brhup_3,3.2
nahi Brhadaranyaka Upanisad brhup_3,3.2
nahi Brhadaranyaka Upanisad brhup_3,4.2

6 of 45 attestations shown.

Where it came from

Mayrhofer, Etymologisches Worterbuch des Altindoarischen (EWAia) Treated in Mayrhofer, Etymologisches Worterbuch des Altindoarischen (EWAia) s.v. nah (vol. 1, scan p. 51; entry #1127).

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