विनाश

Hindi

Etymology

From Sanskrit विनाश (vināśa).

Noun

विनाश • (vināś) m (Urdu spelling وناش)

1. destruction
2. disappearance
3. utter loss
4. ruin
5. death
6. annihilation
7. effacement
8. spoilage

Declension

Declension of विनाश (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	विनाश vināś	विनाश vināś
oblique	विनाश vināś	विनाशों vināśõ
vocative	विनाश vināś	विनाशो vināśo

References

• Platts, John T. (1884) “विनाश”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “विनाश”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ৱিনাশ (Assamese script)
• ᬯᬶᬦᬵᬰ (Balinese script)
• বিনাশ (Bengali script)
• 𑰪𑰰𑰡𑰯𑰫 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀯𑀺𑀦𑀸𑀰 (Brahmi script)
• ဝိနာၐ (Burmese script)
• વિનાશ (Gujarati script)
• ਵਿਨਾਸ਼ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌵𑌿𑌨𑌾𑌶 (Grantha script)
• ꦮꦶꦤꦴꦯ (Javanese script)
• 𑂫𑂱𑂢𑂰𑂬 (Kaithi script)
• ವಿನಾಶ (Kannada script)
• វិនាឝ (Khmer script)
• ວິນາຨ (Lao script)
• വിനാശ (Malayalam script)
• ᠸᡳᠨᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡧᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘪𑘱𑘡𑘰𑘫 (Modi script)
• ᠸᠢᠨᠠᢗᠱᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧊𑧒𑧁𑧑𑧋 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐰𑐶𑐣𑐵𑐱 (Newa script)
• ଵିନାଶ (Odia script)
• ꢮꢶꢥꢵꢯ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆮𑆴𑆤𑆳𑆯 (Sharada script)
• 𑖪𑖰𑖡𑖯𑖫 (Siddham script)
• විනාශ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩾𑩑𑩯𑩛𑩿 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚦𑚮𑚝𑚭𑚧 (Takri script)
• விநாஶ (Tamil script)
• వినాశ (Telugu script)
• วินาศ (Thai script)
• ཝི་ནཱ་ཤ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒫𑒱𑒢𑒰𑒬 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨭𑨁𑨝𑨊𑨮 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Compound of वि- (vi-, “apart, away”) +‎ नाश (nāśá, “destruction”)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋi.nɑː.ɕɐ́/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ʋiˈn̪ɑː.ɕɐ/

Noun

विनाश • (vināśá) stem, m

1. annihilation, perdition, destruction, decay, death.

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of विनाश (vināśá)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	विनाशः vināśáḥ	विनाशौ / विनाशा¹ vināśaú / vināśā́¹	विनाशाः / विनाशासः¹ vināśā́ḥ / vināśā́saḥ¹
Vocative	विनाश vínāśa	विनाशौ / विनाशा¹ vínāśau / vínāśā¹	विनाशाः / विनाशासः¹ vínāśāḥ / vínāśāsaḥ¹
Accusative	विनाशम् vināśám	विनाशौ / विनाशा¹ vināśaú / vināśā́¹	विनाशान् vināśā́n
Instrumental	विनाशेन vināśéna	विनाशाभ्याम् vināśā́bhyām	विनाशैः / विनाशेभिः¹ vināśaíḥ / vināśébhiḥ¹
Dative	विनाशाय vināśā́ya	विनाशाभ्याम् vināśā́bhyām	विनाशेभ्यः vināśébhyaḥ
Ablative	विनाशात् vināśā́t	विनाशाभ्याम् vināśā́bhyām	विनाशेभ्यः vināśébhyaḥ
Genitive	विनाशस्य vināśásya	विनाशयोः vināśáyoḥ	विनाशानाम् vināśā́nām
Locative	विनाशे vināśé	विनाशयोः vināśáyoḥ	विनाशेषु vināśéṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Pali: vināsa
• Hindi: विनाश (vināś)
• Lao: ພິນາດ (phi nāt)
• Thai: พินาศ, วินาศ (wí-nâat)