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) 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”), Ancient Greek ἤνεγκα (ḗnenka, “I carried”)) (aorist of φέρω (phérō)), 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 (ā́naṁśa, “he has attained”)
• आनक्ष (ānakṣa, “he has attained”)
• आनट् (ā́naṭ, “he attained”)
• नंश (náṁśa, “acquisition”)
• नक्षति (nákṣati, “he attains”)
• नक्ष्य (nakṣya, “to be approached”)
• नशति (náśati, “he attains”)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “नश्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 531, column 3.

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

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root नश्‎ (0 c, 5 e)

Primary Verbal Forms

• नश्यति (náśyati, Present)
• नशति (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

• नाशयति (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

• नष्टुम् (naṣṭum, Infinitive)
• नंष्टुम् (naṃṣṭum, Infinitive)
• नष्ट्वा (naṣṭvā, Gerund)
• नंष्ट्वा (naṃṣṭvā, Gerund)
• नष्ट (naṣṭá, Past Participle)
• नाशयध्यै (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)
• नाशन (nā́śana)
• नासयितृ (nāsayitṛ́)
• नाशिन् (nāśin)
• नाशुक (nā́śuka)
• नाष्ट्रा (nāṣṭrā́)

Prefixed Root Forms

• प्रणश् (praṇaś)
• विनश् (vinaś)
• विप्रणश् (vipraṇaś)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “नश्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 532, column 1.