Nandin.¹

Brit.

/ˈnandi/, U.S.

/ˈnɑndi/

Forms: also with lower-case initial.

Origin: A borrowing from Sanskrit. Etymon: Sanskrit nandi.

Etymology: < Sanskrit nandi (feminine) happiness or its personification, probably later interpreted (in form Nandī) as masculine nominative singular of nandin-, lit. ‘taking pleasure’ (although as the name of Shiva's bull this was misinterpreted as ‘giving pleasure’).

In Hindu mythology: (the name of) a bull which symbolizes fertility and serves as the vahana or mount of the god Shiva. Also: a figure or statue of this bull.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > artefacts > symbol (general) > non-Christian symbols or images > [noun] > animal

Nandi1807

sacred cow1891

1807 H. T. Colebrooke in Asiatick Researches 9 425 Near it stands a bull, intended perhaps for the bull called Nandí, a constant attendant of Śiva.

1870 J. Thomas Universal Pronouncing Dict. Biogr. & Mythol. 2026/1 Siva is sometimes represented with one, and sometimes with five heads, usually riding on a white bull called Nandi.

1891 M. Monier-Williams Brāhmanism & Hindūism (ed. 4) xvii. 440 A shrine for the stone image of Siva's bull (nandi).

1910 Encycl. Relig. & Ethics III. 311/2 A represention of his sacred animal, the bull Nandī, is usually placed before him [sc. Śiva].

1953 Antiquity 27 169 Worth mentioning also are some clay censers, the handle of one being ornamented with a nandi.

1997 J. Bowker World Relig. 20/1 (caption) Nandi the Bull is the vehicle of the god Shiva.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

Nandin.²adj.

Brit.

/ˈnandi/, U.S.

/ˈnɑndi/

Inflections: Plural unchanged.

Origin: A borrowing from Nandi. Etymon: Nandi Nandi.

Etymology: < Nandi Nandi, self-designation. Compare Swahili Mnandi (plural Wanandi).

A. n.²

1. An East African people which inhabits the Nandi District of western Kenya, a highland area on the Uganda–Kenya border; a member of this people.

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the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of Africa > peoples of East Africa > [noun] > peoples with Nilotic or Hamitic mixture

Masai1857

Kavirondo1870

Samburu1896

Nandi1902

Karamojo1911

Kalenjin1959

1885 J. Thomson Through Masăi Land (ed. 3) 469 From this place we could see the high forest region of Nandi... The Wa-nandi are allied in language and customs to the Wa-kamaria and Wa-elgeyo, though much braver and more warlike.]

1902 H. H. Johnston Uganda Protectorate II. xix. 882 The Nandi especially believe profoundly in the powers of their medicine men, and follow them implicitly.

1930 C. G. Seligman Races of Afr. vii. 163 The Nandi and Suk may be said to live in garden settlements, each man having his own homestead in or near his fields of grain.

1999 Current Anthropol. 40 220/2 In Kenya, the people who went into the infantry were the Luo, the Nandi, the Kipsigis, and a few Turkana and Somali but very few Gikuyu.

2. Any of a group of Southern Nilotic languages spoken by the Nandi and some neighbouring peoples, now usually regarded as dialects of Kalenjin; this group of dialects.

ΘΠ

the mind > language > languages of the world > Nilo-Saharan languages > [noun] > Nilotic group of > Southern

Turkana1894

Nandi1902

Suk1902

Kipsigis1931

Kalenjin1957

1902 H. H. Johnston Uganda Protectorate II. xix. 876 All the Nandi-speaking peoples except the Andorobo make pottery.

1909 C. Eliot in A. C. Hollis Nandi p. xiv Most of the wild hunting tribes called Dorobo speak a dialect of Nandi.

1931 Man 31 263 The language spoken by all of the nine or ten groups..is a dialect of Nandi.

1975 K. Katzner Langs. of World i. 33 Nandi and Suk (Pokot), of Kenya.

1998 A. Dalby Dict. Langs. 646/1 Kalenjin is the usual name now for the Nandi group of dialects, which includes Nandi itself, Kipsigis, Päkot and others.

B. adj.

Of or relating to the Nandi or their languages.

ΘΠ

the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of Africa > peoples of East Africa > [adjective] > peoples with Nilotic or Hamitic mixture

Masai1857

Samburu1896

Nandi1909

Kalenjin1957

the mind > language > languages of the world > Nilo-Saharan languages > [adjective] > Nilotic > of or relating to Nilotic languages

Acholi1874

Alur1888

Turkana1894

Lango1902

Suk1902

Teso1902

Luo1909

Nandi1909

Masai1947

Kalenjin1957

1909 Westm. Gaz. 3 Feb. 4/1 (heading) Nandi customs and folk-lore.

1947 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 77 62/1 (note) The Tatoga, Taturu or Mangati, who speak a Nandi dialect, are among the southernmost Nilo-Hamites.

1977 Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o Petals of Blood iii. 58 She had briefly returned to her husband in Elburgon who had now added a Nandi bride to his others.

1999 Shooting Gaz. Nov. 103/1 He walked into what was clearly an ambush with Nandi warriors hidden in the surrounding bush.

Compounds

Nandi bear n. [compare Nandi Chemosit, lit. ‘striker’, a fearsome devil in Nandi mythology said to have one leg, nine buttocks, and a mouth which shines like fire] a supposed animal resembling a bear, said to inhabit parts of East Africa.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > mythical creature or object > [noun] > resembling bear

Nandi bear1927

1927 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 57 424 The name Chemosit is also applied to a very fierce animal..to which the late Dr. Heard gave the name ‘Nandi bear’.

1931 C. R. S. Pitman Game Warden xiv. 287 Tales of that elusive monster popularly known in Kenya as the ‘Nandi bear’ can boast a more substantial basis.

1950 Sun (Baltimore) 2 May 13/2 The curious Nandi bear..is often blamed for the killing of humans and domesticated animals in East Africa.

1953 G. W. B. Huntingford Nandi of Kenya 143 The Nandi bear..has been identified with the gorilla, giant badger, giant spotted hyaena, and perhaps others; and it may in fact be a name applied to more than one fierce animal.

2001 T. Haines Walking with Beasts iii. 107/2 Some cryptozoologists believe that the ‘Nandi Bear’ could in fact belong to a lost population of chalicotheres.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	nandi
释义	Nandin.¹ Brit. /ˈnandi/, U.S. /ˈnɑndi/ Forms: also with lower-case initial. Origin: A borrowing from Sanskrit. Etymon: Sanskrit nandi. Etymology: < Sanskrit nandi (feminine) happiness or its personification, probably later interpreted (in form Nandī) as masculine nominative singular of nandin-, lit. ‘taking pleasure’ (although as the name of Shiva's bull this was misinterpreted as ‘giving pleasure’). In Hindu mythology: (the name of) a bull which symbolizes fertility and serves as the vahana or mount of the god Shiva. Also: a figure or statue of this bull. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > symbol (general) > non-Christian symbols or images > [noun] > animal Nandi1807 sacred cow1891 1807 H. T. Colebrooke in Asiatick Researches 9 425 Near it stands a bull, intended perhaps for the bull called Nandí, a constant attendant of Śiva. 1870 J. Thomas Universal Pronouncing Dict. Biogr. & Mythol. 2026/1 Siva is sometimes represented with one, and sometimes with five heads, usually riding on a white bull called Nandi. 1891 M. Monier-Williams Brāhmanism & Hindūism (ed. 4) xvii. 440 A shrine for the stone image of Siva's bull (nandi). 1910 Encycl. Relig. & Ethics III. 311/2 A represention of his sacred animal, the bull Nandī, is usually placed before him [sc. Śiva]. 1953 Antiquity 27 169 Worth mentioning also are some clay censers, the handle of one being ornamented with a nandi. 1997 J. Bowker World Relig. 20/1 (caption) Nandi the Bull is the vehicle of the god Shiva. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). Nandin.²adj. Brit. /ˈnandi/, U.S. /ˈnɑndi/ Inflections: Plural unchanged. Origin: A borrowing from Nandi. Etymon: Nandi Nandi. Etymology: < Nandi Nandi, self-designation. Compare Swahili Mnandi (plural Wanandi). A. n.² 1. An East African people which inhabits the Nandi District of western Kenya, a highland area on the Uganda–Kenya border; a member of this people. ΘΠ the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of Africa > peoples of East Africa > [noun] > peoples with Nilotic or Hamitic mixture Masai1857 Kavirondo1870 Samburu1896 Nandi1902 Karamojo1911 Kalenjin1959 1885 J. Thomson Through Masăi Land (ed. 3) 469 From this place we could see the high forest region of Nandi... The Wa-nandi are allied in language and customs to the Wa-kamaria and Wa-elgeyo, though much braver and more warlike.] 1902 H. H. Johnston Uganda Protectorate II. xix. 882 The Nandi especially believe profoundly in the powers of their medicine men, and follow them implicitly. 1930 C. G. Seligman Races of Afr. vii. 163 The Nandi and Suk may be said to live in garden settlements, each man having his own homestead in or near his fields of grain. 1999 Current Anthropol. 40 220/2 In Kenya, the people who went into the infantry were the Luo, the Nandi, the Kipsigis, and a few Turkana and Somali but very few Gikuyu. 2. Any of a group of Southern Nilotic languages spoken by the Nandi and some neighbouring peoples, now usually regarded as dialects of Kalenjin; this group of dialects. ΘΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > Nilo-Saharan languages > [noun] > Nilotic group of > Southern Turkana1894 Nandi1902 Suk1902 Kipsigis1931 Kalenjin1957 1902 H. H. Johnston Uganda Protectorate II. xix. 876 All the Nandi-speaking peoples except the Andorobo make pottery. 1909 C. Eliot in A. C. Hollis Nandi p. xiv Most of the wild hunting tribes called Dorobo speak a dialect of Nandi. 1931 Man 31 263 The language spoken by all of the nine or ten groups..is a dialect of Nandi. 1975 K. Katzner Langs. of World i. 33 Nandi and Suk (Pokot), of Kenya. 1998 A. Dalby Dict. Langs. 646/1 Kalenjin is the usual name now for the Nandi group of dialects, which includes Nandi itself, Kipsigis, Päkot and others. B. adj. Of or relating to the Nandi or their languages. ΘΠ the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of Africa > peoples of East Africa > [adjective] > peoples with Nilotic or Hamitic mixture Masai1857 Samburu1896 Nandi1909 Kalenjin1957 the mind > language > languages of the world > Nilo-Saharan languages > [adjective] > Nilotic > of or relating to Nilotic languages Acholi1874 Alur1888 Turkana1894 Lango1902 Suk1902 Teso1902 Luo1909 Nandi1909 Masai1947 Kalenjin1957 1909 Westm. Gaz. 3 Feb. 4/1 (heading) Nandi customs and folk-lore. 1947 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 77 62/1 (note) The Tatoga, Taturu or Mangati, who speak a Nandi dialect, are among the southernmost Nilo-Hamites. 1977 Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o Petals of Blood iii. 58 She had briefly returned to her husband in Elburgon who had now added a Nandi bride to his others. 1999 Shooting Gaz. Nov. 103/1 He walked into what was clearly an ambush with Nandi warriors hidden in the surrounding bush. Compounds Nandi bear n. [compare Nandi Chemosit, lit. ‘striker’, a fearsome devil in Nandi mythology said to have one leg, nine buttocks, and a mouth which shines like fire] a supposed animal resembling a bear, said to inhabit parts of East Africa. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > mythical creature or object > [noun] > resembling bear Nandi bear1927 1927 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 57 424 The name Chemosit is also applied to a very fierce animal..to which the late Dr. Heard gave the name ‘Nandi bear’. 1931 C. R. S. Pitman Game Warden xiv. 287 Tales of that elusive monster popularly known in Kenya as the ‘Nandi bear’ can boast a more substantial basis. 1950 Sun (Baltimore) 2 May 13/2 The curious Nandi bear..is often blamed for the killing of humans and domesticated animals in East Africa. 1953 G. W. B. Huntingford Nandi of Kenya 143 The Nandi bear..has been identified with the gorilla, giant badger, giant spotted hyaena, and perhaps others; and it may in fact be a name applied to more than one fierce animal. 2001 T. Haines Walking with Beasts iii. 107/2 Some cryptozoologists believe that the ‘Nandi Bear’ could in fact belong to a lost population of chalicotheres. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹1807n.²adj.1902
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Nandin.1

Nandin.2adj.

Compounds

Nandin.¹

Nandin.²adj.