ना‌ई نائی ♣ Eng. nurse + father

ना‌ई نائی ♣ Eng. nurse + father

[nāī], m. a barber, hairdresser.

[◀MIA: Pk.mh. ṇhāvia-, mg. ś. ṇāvi(d)a- m. ʻbarberʼ ; Pa. nahāpita- m. ʻbarberʼ ◀OIA *snāpitr̥-, nāpitá- m. ʻbarberʼ ŚBr. <+② pitŕ̥- m. ʻfatherʼ RV. (♣Eng. father ) <√snā ‘bathe’ ◀PIE *snā-, snǝ-(t-), snāu-, sn-eu-, sn-et- ‘to flow, swim; damp’] ♣[=PIE▶⋯→Eng. nourish, nurse, nutrition ]

☞ (Platts, 1884) 1119; (Turner, 1966) 13792, p.796, ② 8179; (Pali-Eng., 1925) 348; (MW, 1899) 0535, 1266, ② 0626; (Pokorny, 1959) 0971, ② 0829; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 2.769, ② 2.128