Etymology

From Sanskrit नाडी ‎(nāḍī, “flute, pipe, tube, stalk; nerve, vein; etc”); compare Sanskrit नाडिका ‎(nāḍikā, “measure of time”). Cognate with Khmer នាទី ‎(néati, “minute”); Lao ນາທີ ‎(nā thī, “minute”); Burmese နာရီ ‎(nari, “clock; watch; hour”).

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