निमिष

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• নিমিষ (Assamese script)
• ᬦᬶᬫᬶᬱ (Balinese script)
• নিমিষ (Bengali script)
• 𑰡𑰰𑰦𑰰𑰬 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀦𑀺𑀫𑀺𑀱 (Brahmi script)
• နိမိၑ (Burmese script)
• નિમિષ (Gujarati script)
• ਨਿਮਿਸ਼ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌨𑌿𑌮𑌿𑌷 (Grantha script)
• ꦤꦶꦩꦶꦰ (Javanese script)
• 𑂢𑂱𑂧𑂱𑂭 (Kaithi script)
• ನಿಮಿಷ (Kannada script)
• និមិឞ (Khmer script)
• ນິມິຩ (Lao script)
• നിമിഷ (Malayalam script)
• ᠨᡳᠮᡳᢢᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘡𑘱𑘦𑘱𑘬 (Modi script)
• ᠨᠢᠮᠢᢔᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧁𑧒𑧆𑧒𑧌 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐣𑐶𑐩𑐶𑐲 (Newa script)
• ନିମିଷ (Odia script)
• ꢥꢶꢪꢶꢰ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆤𑆴𑆩𑆴𑆰 (Sharada script)
• 𑖡𑖰𑖦𑖰𑖬 (Siddham script)
• නිමිෂ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩯𑩑𑩴𑩑𑪀 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚝𑚮𑚢𑚮 (Takri script)
• நிமிஷ (Tamil script)
• నిమిష (Telugu script)
• นิมิษ (Thai script)
• ནི་མི་ཥ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒢𑒱𑒧𑒱𑒭 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨝𑨁𑨢𑨁𑨯 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From निमिषति (nimiṣati, “to shut the eyelids, wink, fall asleep”), from नि- (ni-) + मिषति (miṣati), the latter from the root मिष् (miṣ, “to open the eyes, wink, bink”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ni.mi.ʂɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈn̪i.mi.ʂɐ/

Noun

निमिष • (nimiṣa) stem, m

1. twinkling, shutting the eye
2. a measure of time, a moment

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of निमिष (nimiṣa)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	निमिषः nimiṣaḥ	निमिषौ / निमिषा¹ nimiṣau / nimiṣā¹	निमिषाः / निमिषासः¹ nimiṣāḥ / nimiṣāsaḥ¹
Vocative	निमिष nimiṣa	निमिषौ / निमिषा¹ nimiṣau / nimiṣā¹	निमिषाः / निमिषासः¹ nimiṣāḥ / nimiṣāsaḥ¹
Accusative	निमिषम् nimiṣam	निमिषौ / निमिषा¹ nimiṣau / nimiṣā¹	निमिषान् nimiṣān
Instrumental	निमिषेण nimiṣeṇa	निमिषाभ्याम् nimiṣābhyām	निमिषैः / निमिषेभिः¹ nimiṣaiḥ / nimiṣebhiḥ¹
Dative	निमिषाय nimiṣāya	निमिषाभ्याम् nimiṣābhyām	निमिषेभ्यः nimiṣebhyaḥ
Ablative	निमिषात् nimiṣāt	निमिषाभ्याम् nimiṣābhyām	निमिषेभ्यः nimiṣebhyaḥ
Genitive	निमिषस्य nimiṣasya	निमिषयोः nimiṣayoḥ	निमिषाणाम् nimiṣāṇām
Locative	निमिषे nimiṣe	निमिषयोः nimiṣayoḥ	निमिषेषु nimiṣeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Derived terms

• निमिषान्तर (nimiṣāntara)

Descendants

• →Tatsama:

  • Gujarati: નિમિષ (nimiṣ)
  • Hindi: निमिष (nimiṣ)
  • Kannada: ನಿಮಿಷ (nimiṣa)
  • Malayalam: നിമിഷം (nimiṣaṁ)
  • Tamil: நிமிஷம் (nimiṣam)
  • Telugu: నిమిషము (nimiṣamu)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “निमिष”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 551/2.