नीरस

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit नीरस (nīrasa).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /niː.ɾəs/, [niː.ɾɐs]

Adjective

नीरस • (nīras) (indeclinable)

1. without sap, without taste or flavor
2. dry, arid (of terrain)
3. empty, uninteresting (of remarks, writings)
4. unfeeling, insensitive

Noun

नीरस • (nīras) m

1. dryness, dullness

Declension

Declension of नीरस (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	नीरस nīras	नीरस nīras
oblique	नीरस nīras	नीरसों nīrasõ
vocative	नीरस nīras	नीरसो nīraso

Related terms

• नीरसता (nīrastā, “dullness”)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “नीरस”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• নীৰস (Assamese script)
• ᬦᬷᬭᬲ (Balinese script)
• নীরস (Bengali script)
• 𑰡𑰱𑰨𑰭 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀦𑀻𑀭𑀲 (Brahmi script)
• နီရသ (Burmese script)
• નીરસ (Gujarati script)
• ਨੀਰਸ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌨𑍀𑌰𑌸 (Grantha script)
• ꦤꦷꦫꦱ (Javanese script)
• 𑂢𑂲𑂩𑂮 (Kaithi script)
• ನೀರಸ (Kannada script)
• នីរស (Khmer script)
• ນີຣສ (Lao script)
• നീരസ (Malayalam script)
• ᠨᡳᡳᡵᠠᠰ᠌ᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘡𑘲𑘨𑘭 (Modi script)
• ᠨᠢᠢᠷᠠᠰᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧁𑧓𑧈𑧍 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐣𑐷𑐬𑐳 (Newa script)
• ନୀରସ (Odia script)
• ꢥꢷꢬꢱ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆤𑆵𑆫𑆱 (Sharada script)
• 𑖡𑖱𑖨𑖭 (Siddham script)
• නීරස (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩯𑩑𑩛𑩼𑪁 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚝𑚯𑚤𑚨 (Takri script)
• நீரஸ (Tamil script)
• నీరస (Telugu script)
• นีรส (Thai script)
• ནཱི་ར་ས (Tibetan script)
• 𑒢𑒲𑒩𑒮 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨝𑨁𑨊𑨫𑨰 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

निर्- (nir-, “without”) +‎ रस (rasa, “juice”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /niː.ɾɐ.sɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈn̪iː.ɾɐ.s̪ɐ/

Adjective

नीरस • (nīrasa) stem

1. without juice, sapless, dried up, withered
   • c. 300 CE, Harivaṃśa
2. flavourless, tasteless
3. insipid, without charm, dull
   • c. 300 BCE, Pañcatantra

Noun

नीरस • (nīrasa) stem, ?

1. pomegranate

Derived terms

• नीरसत्व (nīrasatva, “withering”)
• नीरसता (nīrasatā, “dullness”)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “नीरस”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 543.