nirvana

See also Nirvana

English

WOTD - 21 June 2006    

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Etymology

Sanskrit निर्वाण (nir-vāṇa, “blown or put out, extinguished”)

Pronunciation

• IPA: /nɪəˈvɑːnə/ (British English), IPA: /nɪɹˈvɑnə/ (American English)

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• Rhymes: -ɑːnə

Noun

nirvana (uncountable)

1. (Buddhism) complete cessation of suffering; a blissful state attained through realization of sunyata; enlightened experience.
2. (non-Buddhist colloquial usage) state of paradise; heightened or great pleasure.

Related terms

• nirvanic

Translations

cessation of suffering

Arabic: النرفانا (ar) (al-nirfana) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 天堂 (cmn) (tiāntáng) Dutch: nirwana (nl) n. Finnish: onni (fi), autuus (fi) French: nirvana (fr) m. German: Nirvana (de) n., Nirwana (de) n. Greek: όακαριότητα (el) (óakariótita), Νιρβάνα (el) (Nirvána) Hindi: निर्वाण (hi) (nirvāṇa)

Hungarian: nirvána (hu) Irish: nirbheána (ga) m. Japanese: 寂滅 (ja) (jakumetsu), ねはん (ja) (nehan) Korean: 니르바나 (ko) (nireubana) Lao: ນິພານ (lo) (niphaan) Latvian: nirvāna (lv) f. Lithuanian: nirvana (lt) f. Polish: nirwana (pl) f. Russian: нирвана (ru) (nirvána) f. Sanskrit: निर्वाण (sa) (nirvāṇa) Spanish: nirvana (es) m.

Buddhist state of bliss

Arabic: النرفانا (ar) (al-nirfana) f. Burmese: နိဗ္ဗာန် (my) Chinese: Mandarin: 涅盤 (cmn), 涅盘 (cmn) (nièpán), 入寂 (cmn) (rùjì) Dutch: nirwana (nl) n. Finnish: nirvana (fi) French: nirvana (fr) m. German: Nirvana (de) n., Nirwana (de) n. Greek: νιρβάνα (el) (nirvána) f. Hindi: निर्वाण (hi) (nirvāṇa) Hungarian: nirvána (hu) Japanese: にゅうじゃく (ja) (nyūjaku), 入寂 (ja) (にゅうじゃく, nyūjaku), 涅槃 (ja) (ねはん, nehan)

Kannada: ನಿರ್ವಾಣ (kn) (nirvāṇa) Korean: 열반 (ko) (yeolban) (涅槃 (ko)), 니르바나 (ko) (nireubana) Polish: nirwana (pl) f. Portuguese: nirvana (pt) Russian: нирвана (ru) (nirvána) f. Sanskrit: निर्वाण (sa) (nirvāṇa) Sinhalese: නිර්වාණ (si) Spanish: nirvana (es) m. Thai: นิพพาน (th) Ukrainian: нірвана (uk) (nirvána) f. Vietnamese: niết-bàn (vi) (涅槃 (vi))

Anagrams

• Anirvan
• navarin

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Finnish

Noun

nirvana

1. nirvana

Declension

Declension of nirvana (type kulkija) singular plural nominative nirvana nirvanat genitive nirvanan nirvanoiden nirvanoitten nirvanain1 partitive nirvanaa nirvanoita accusative nirvana nirvanan nirvanat inessive nirvanassa nirvanoissa elative nirvanasta nirvanoista illative nirvanaan nirvanoihin adessive nirvanalla nirvanoilla ablative nirvanalta nirvanoilta allative nirvanalle nirvanoille essive nirvanana nirvanoina translative nirvanaksi nirvanoiksi instructive – nirvanoin abessive nirvanatta nirvanoitta comitative – nirvanoineen 1) Rare.

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Italian

Noun

nirvana m. (plural nirvani)

1. nirvana

Related terms

• nirvanico

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Spanish

Noun

nirvana m. (plural nirvanas)

1. nirvana