नश्

See also: नशा and नाश

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 (“to 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)

1. to reach, attain

Derived terms

• अशन (aśana, “reaching (across)”)
• अश्नोति (aśnóti, “he attains”)
• अष्टि (áṣṭi, “reaching”)
• आनंश (ānáṃśa, “he has attained”)
• आनक्ष (ānakṣa, “he has attained”)
• आनट् (ā́naṭ, “he attained”)
• नंश (náṁśa, “acquisition”)
• नक्षति (nákṣati, “he attains”)
• नक्ष्य (nakṣya, “to be approached”)

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)

1. to perish, disappear

Derived terms

Primary verbal forms

• नश्य॑ति (náśyati, present)
• नश॑ति (náśati, present)
• नशिष्यति (naśiṣyati, future)
• नङ्क्ष्यति (naṅkṣyati, future)
• नशिता (naśitā, periphrastic future)
• नंष्टा (naṃṣṭā, periphrastic future)
• अनशत् (anaśat, aorist)
• अनेशत् (aneśat, aorist)
• ननाश (nanāśa, perfect)

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 passive participle)
• नष्टुम् (naṣṭum, infinitive)
• नंष्टुम् (naṃṣṭum, infinitive)
• नष्ट्वा (naṣṭvā, gerund)
• नंष्ट्वा (naṃṣṭvā, gerund)
• ना॒श॒यध्यै॑ (nāśayádhyai, causative infinitive)
• नाश्य (nāśya, causative gerundive)

Derived nominal forms

• नंशिन् (naṃśin)
• नंशुक (naṃśuka)
• नश् (naś)
• नशन (naśana)
• नश्वर (naśvara)
• नष्टि (naṣṭi)
• नाश (nāśa)
• नाशक (nāśaka)
• नाश॑न (nā́śana)
• ना॒स॒यि॒तृ (nāsayitṛ́)
• नाशिन् (nāśin)
• नाशु॑क (nā́śuka)
• ना॒ष्ट्रा (nāṣṭrā́)

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) (9 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