नश्
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- নশ্ (Assamese script)
- ᬦᬰ᭄ (Balinese script)
- নশ্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰡𑰫𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀦𑀰𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- နၐ် (Burmese script)
- નશ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਨਸ਼੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌨𑌶𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦤꦯ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂢𑂬𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ನಶ್ (Kannada script)
- នឝ៑ (Khmer script)
- ນຨ຺ (Lao script)
- നശ് (Malayalam script)
- ᠨᠠᡧ (Manchu script)
- 𑘡𑘫𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠨᠠᠱ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧁𑧋𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐣𑐱𑑂 (Newa script)
- ନଶ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢥꢯ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆤𑆯𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖡𑖫𑖿 (Siddham script)
- නශ් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩯𑩿 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚝𑚧𑚶 (Takri script)
- நஶ் (Tamil script)
- నశ్ (Telugu script)
- นศฺ (Thai script)
- ན་ཤ྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒢𑒬𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨝𑨮𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /nɐɕ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /n̪ɐɕ/
Etymology 1
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hnaś-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hnać-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂neḱ- (“to reach, attain”). Cognate with Latin nanciscor (“I encounter”), Old Irish (do·)icc (“comes”), Old English ġenōg (whence English enough).
Alternative forms
- अंश् (aṃś) (from *h₂enḱ-)
- अक्ष् (akṣ) (from *h₂n̥ḱ-s-)
- अश् (aś) (from *h₂n̥ḱ-)
- नंश् (naṃś) (from *h₂nenḱ-)
- नक्ष् (nakṣ) (from *h₂neḱ-s-)
Root
नश् • (naś)
Derived terms
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “नश्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 531, column 3.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), “NAŚ¹”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 27-28
- Lubotsky, Alexander (2011), “naś [1]”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, pages 333-334
Etymology 2
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *naś-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *nać-, from Proto-Indo-European *neḱ- (“to perish, disappear”). Cognate with Latin noceō (“to harm, hurt”), Ancient Greek νεκρός (nekrós), Old Irish éc.
Root
नश् • (naś)
Derived terms
Primary verbal forms
Secondary forms
- ना॒शय॑ति (nāśáyati, causative)
- अनीनशत् (anīnaśat, causative aorist)
- निनशिषति (ninaśiṣati, desiderative)
- निनङ्क्षति (ninaṅkṣati, desiderative)
- निनाशयिषति (nināśayiṣati, desiderative of causative)
- नानश्यते (nānaśyate, intensive)
- नानंष्टि (nānaṃṣṭi, intensive)
Non-finite forms
- न॒ष्ट (naṣṭá, past participle)
- नष्टुम् (naṣṭum, infinitive)
- नंष्टुम् (naṃṣṭum, infinitive)
- नष्ट्वा (naṣṭvā, gerund)
- नंष्ट्वा (naṃṣṭvā, gerund)
- ना॒श॒यध्यै॑ (nāśayádhyai, causative infinitive)
- नाश्य (nāśya, causative gerundive)
Derived nominal forms
Prefixed root forms
- प्रणश् (praṇaś)
- विनश् (vinaś)
- विप्रणश् (vipraṇaś)
Sanskrit terms belonging to the root नश् (perish) (0 c, 3 e)
Terms derived from the Sanskrit root नश् (perish) (8 c, 0 e)
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “नश्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 532, column 1.
- William Dwight Whitney (1885), The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 89
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), “NAŚ²”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][2] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 28-29
- Lubotsky, Alexander (2011), “naś [2]”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, page 334