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Nisha
Nisha comes from Sanskrit निशा ‘night’, from शी ‘to lie, lie down, recline, rest, repose’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱey-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱey-‘to be lying down’reconstructed
- Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEशीśī‘to lie, lie down, recline, rest, repose’
- Sanskrit, derivedc. 1500–500 BCEनिश्niś‘night’
- Sanskrit, derivedc. 1500–500 BCEनिशाniśā‘night’
- EnglishtodayNisha
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱey-‘to be lying down’reconstructed
- Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEशीśī‘to lie, lie down, recline, rest, repose’
- Sanskrit, derivedc. 1500–500 BCEनिश्niś‘night’
- Sanskrit, derivedc. 1500–500 BCEनिशाniśā‘night’
- EnglishtodayNisha
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ḱey- ‘to be lying down’
home, city, civil, hide, cemetery, civic, coma, citadel, haunt, civitas, ceilidh, hame, 33 more
Today it means
name A female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ḱey- / Nisha