Nilgiri etymology : Query result

Proto-Nilgiri : *nāṇ-

Meaning : modest, shy

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : nāṇḍ- (nāṇḍy-) "to feel modesty before elder person"

Toda : nōṇ- (nōṇy-) "to be ashamed, be shy"

Additional forms : Also Kota kaṇāṇ(ḍ)- (kaṇāṇḍy-) to be modest, abashed, feel self-effacing (kaṇ eye + nāṇḍ-); kaṇāṇm (< kaṇ + nāṇm; obl. kaṇāṇt-) sense of shame; nāckm (obl. nāckt-) shame; Toda nōṇ, nōšky shame

Notes : Kota nāṇḍ- by analogy with the past stem (where -ṇḍy- regularly < *-ṇĭ-).

Number in DED : 3639