निस्-
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
- निर्- (nir-) (before vowels and some consonants)
- नी- (nī-) (before r)
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- নিস্- (Assamese script)
- ᬦᬶᬲ᭄- (Balinese script)
- নিস্- (Bengali script)
- 𑰡𑰰𑰭𑰿- (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀦𑀺𑀲𑁆- (Brahmi script)
- နိသ်- (Burmese script)
- નિસ્- (Gujarati script)
- ਨਿਸ੍- (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌨𑌿𑌸𑍍- (Grantha script)
- ꦤꦶꦱ꧀- (Javanese script)
- 𑂢𑂱𑂮𑂹- (Kaithi script)
- ನಿಸ್- (Kannada script)
- និស៑- (Khmer script)
- ນິສ຺- (Lao script)
- നിസ്- (Malayalam script)
- ᠨᡳᠰ᠌᠊ (Manchu script)
- 𑘡𑘱𑘭𑘿- (Modi script)
- ᠨᠢᠰ᠊ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧁𑧒𑧍𑧠- (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐣𑐶𑐳𑑂- (Newa script)
- ନିସ୍- (Odia script)
- ꢥꢶꢱ꣄- (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆤𑆴𑆱𑇀- (Sharada script)
- 𑖡𑖰𑖭𑖿- (Siddham script)
- නිස්- (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩯𑩑𑪁 𑪙- (Soyombo script)
- 𑚝𑚮𑚨𑚶- (Takri script)
- நிஸ்- (Tamil script)
- నిస్- (Telugu script)
- นิสฺ- (Thai script)
- ནི་ས྄- (Tibetan script)
- 𑒢𑒱𑒮𑓂- (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨝𑨁𑨰𑨴- (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *níš, possibly from a Proto-Indo-European *nís (“out, away”), which may be an extension of *ní (“down”). Cognate with Old Avestan 𐬥𐬍𐬱 (nīš) and possibly Proto-Slavic *nìščь (“poor”) (whence Old Church Slavonic нищь (ništĭ)).[1]
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /nís/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /n̪is̪/
Prefix
निस्- • (nís-)
Derived terms
References
- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), “níṣ-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 47
Further reading
- Monier Williams (1899), “निस्-”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 543, column 2.
- Dunkel, George E. (2014), Lexikon der indogermanischen Partikeln und Pronominalstämme [Lexicon of Indo-European Particles and Pronominal Stems] (in German), volume 2: Lexikon, Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, →ISBN, pages 564-5