The TuLu word ‘naDeer’ has a poetic quality to it. It is commonly used in rural areas to indicate that it has become dark (for example, naDeer aanD!). However, the term’s original meaning must have been ‘the midnight’. naD′ (middle)+ir (night)>naDeer
The distinguishing feature here is that ‘ir,’ which we generally assume is the root (dhaatu) of ‘irl’ or ‘iruluu,’ is used as an independent word to mean ‘the night.’ Kannada also has the word iruLu (=night).
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