il (negation) > ni in other Indo-European Languages (44)
In Turner’s A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, the prefix ni has a negative, privative, or contrary sense and is primarily employed in compound forms. The Sanskrit word niḥkṣarati, meaning “flows out or flows down,” is one of the compound forms with the prefix ni. It has cognates in other Indo-European languages:
Panjābī nikkharnā; Kumaunī nikharṇo; Nepāli nikhranu; Bhojpurī nikharal; Hindī nikharnā; Gujarātī nikharvū; Marāṭhī nikharṇẽ.
All these cognates and the following words related to ni originate from the Tamil root il (negation).
niḥkṣatra, “having no estate.” niḥkṣalati, “rinses out.” niḥkṣāra, “flowing out.” niḥkṣārayati, “causes to flow out.” niḥkṣālayati, “rinses out.” niḥkṣōṭayati, “casts out.” niḥśakna, “gone out.” niḥśaṅka, “fearless.” niḥśuddhi, “without certainty.” niḥśēṣa, “without remainder, complete.” niḥśauca, “without purity.” nikṣipati, “throws, puts down, leaves.” nigraha, “restraint, punishment.” nighāsa, “food put down.” niḍḍhalati, “falls down.” nitarā́m, “downwards.” nidhā́, “putting down.” nípatati, “falls in ruin; settles down.” nimala, “with impurities sunk down.” niranta, “endless.” nirantara, “without interval, perpetual.” niranna, “starving.” nirāśa, “hopeless.” nirvāṇa, “blowing out, death, final emancipation.” nirvārdala, “cloudless.” nírhasta, “handless.” nivācya, “abuse.” nivātá¹, “sheltered from wind.” niścalati, “comes out.” niścala, “motionless.” niścinta, “thoughtless.” niścihnaka, “without distinctive mark.” niśchala, “free from deceit.” niśchādana, “without covering.” nīpá¹, “situated low, deep.” nīpasthāna, “lowlying place.” nīrakṣaka, “without protection.” nīraṅga, “colourless.” nīrasa, “sapless, tasteless.” nīraja, “free from dust.” nīrājya, “absence of rule.” nīruja, “well, in health.” nīrōga, “in good health.”