निगमन
Hindi
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit निगमन (nigamana).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /nɪ.ɡə.mən/, [nɪ.ɡɐ.mɐ̃n]
Noun
निगमन • (nigaman) m
- (logic) deduction
- Antonym: आगमन (āgaman)
- incorporation (e.g. of a business), insertion
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | निगमन nigaman |
निगमन nigaman |
| oblique | निगमन nigaman |
निगमनों nigamanõ |
| vocative | निगमन nigaman |
निगमनो nigamano |
Further reading
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “निगमन”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- নিগমন (Assamese script)
- ᬦᬶᬕᬫᬦ (Balinese script)
- নিগমন (Bengali script)
- 𑰡𑰰𑰐𑰦𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀦𑀺𑀕𑀫𑀦 (Brahmi script)
- နိဂမန (Burmese script)
- નિગમન (Gujarati script)
- ਨਿਗਮਨ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌨𑌿𑌗𑌮𑌨 (Grantha script)
- ꦤꦶꦒꦩꦤ (Javanese script)
- 𑂢𑂱𑂏𑂧𑂢 (Kaithi script)
- ನಿಗಮನ (Kannada script)
- និគមន (Khmer script)
- ນິຄມນ (Lao script)
- നിഗമന (Malayalam script)
- ᠨᡳᡤᠠᠮᠠᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘡𑘱𑘐𑘦𑘡 (Modi script)
- ᠨᠢᠺᠠᠮᠠᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧁𑧒𑦰𑧆𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐣𑐶𑐐𑐩𑐣 (Newa script)
- ନିଗମନ (Odia script)
- ꢥꢶꢔꢪꢥ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆤𑆴𑆓𑆩𑆤 (Sharada script)
- 𑖡𑖰𑖐𑖦𑖡 (Siddham script)
- නිගමන (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩯𑩑𑩞𑩴𑩯 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚝𑚮𑚌𑚢𑚝 (Takri script)
- நிக³மந (Tamil script)
- నిగమన (Telugu script)
- นิคมน (Thai script)
- ནི་ག་མ་ན (Tibetan script)
- 𑒢𑒱𑒑𑒧𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨝𑨁𑨍𑨢𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
नि- (ni-) + गमन (gamana), literally “going down and in”.
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ni.ɡɐ.mɐ.nɐ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /n̪i.ɡɐ.mɐ.n̪ɐ/
Noun
निगमन • (nigamana) stem, n
- insertion, quotation of words (from the Veda) and the word quoted
- summing up of an argument or conclusion in a syllogism, deduction
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | निगमनम् (nigamanam) | निगमने (nigamane) | निगमनानि (nigamanāni) निगमना¹ (nigamanā¹) |
| accusative | निगमनम् (nigamanam) | निगमने (nigamane) | निगमनानि (nigamanāni) निगमना¹ (nigamanā¹) |
| instrumental | निगमनेन (nigamanena) | निगमनाभ्याम् (nigamanābhyām) | निगमनैः (nigamanaiḥ) निगमनेभिः¹ (nigamanebhiḥ¹) |
| dative | निगमनाय (nigamanāya) | निगमनाभ्याम् (nigamanābhyām) | निगमनेभ्यः (nigamanebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | निगमनात् (nigamanāt) | निगमनाभ्याम् (nigamanābhyām) | निगमनेभ्यः (nigamanebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | निगमनस्य (nigamanasya) | निगमनयोः (nigamanayoḥ) | निगमनानाम् (nigamanānām) |
| locative | निगमने (nigamane) | निगमनयोः (nigamanayoḥ) | निगमनेषु (nigamaneṣu) |
| vocative | निगमन (nigamana) | निगमने (nigamane) | निगमनानि (nigamanāni) निगमना¹ (nigamanā¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Descendants
- → Pali: nigamana
- → Burmese: နိဂုံး (ni.gum:)
Further reading
- Monier Williams (1899) “निगमन”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 545, column 3.