The corpus record — Sanskrit

naktam

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Where it lives

Chandogya Upanisad 1 · 0.21/10k
Brhadaranyaka Upanisad 1 · 0.13/10k

What it meant — Monier-Williams

1. نَكت-

nakt- €. Nacht (RV [7,T1,.1 nag jhitel, RV + [AkkSg naktam bei Nacht, NomAkkDu ("nakıa]; frühe Umformungen wie RV nakra- - NAKS 3 naktih AkkPi {nach rätrih], naktäbhih InstrPi [s.u.], InstrSg naktayd: AiGr 11 233f., Schulze, KS [Nachtr] 794 und Anm. 4,5). - Mi., pä. nattarı nachts, pkt. nakkam-cara- in der Nacht wandelnd (Schulze, a.a.O. 799 und Anm. 2). - Iir., jav. upa.- naxtar- an die Nacht angrenzend (LokPl … — [Mayrhofer, s.v. nakt-, p. 32]

2. naktaṃ

naktaṃ (m before labials) ind. See 1. nakta.

In the wild

naktam Brhadaranyaka Upanisad brhup_6,3.6
naktam Chandogya Upanisad chup_8,4.2

Where it came from

Mayrhofer, Etymologisches Worterbuch des Altindoarischen (EWAia) Treated in Mayrhofer, Etymologisches Worterbuch des Altindoarischen (EWAia) s.v. nakt (vol. 2, scan pp. 32-33; entry #720).

Sanskrit corpus record built from GRETIL sources (citations and statistics; GRETIL running text is not redistributable). Passage text, where shown, from the Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (CC BY 4.0). Dictionary senses from Monier-Williams (1899, public domain), via the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries.