nirvana
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Sanskrit निर्वाण (nirvāṇa, “blown or put out, extinguished”), from निस् (nis, “out”) + वा (vā, “to blow”), the second part cognate with Russian ве́тер (véter, “wind”), weather, vent and wind.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (UK) IPA(key): /nɪəˈvɑːnə/
- (US) IPA(key): /nɪɹˈvɑnə/, /nɚˈvɑnə/, /nɚˈvænə/
- (India) IPA(key): /nɪɾˈʋɑːn(ə)/
Audio (General Australian): (file) - Rhymes: -ɑːnə
Noun
[edit]nirvana (countable and uncountable, plural nirvanas)
- (Buddhism) Complete cessation of suffering; a blissful state attained through realization of sunyata; enlightened experience.
- (non-Buddhist, colloquial) State of paradise; heightened or great pleasure.
Derived terms
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Further reading
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[edit]Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Sanskrit निर्वाण (nirvāṇa, “blown or put out, extinguished”), from निस् (nis, “out”) + वा (vā, “to blow”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]nirvana
Declension
[edit]Inflection of nirvana (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | nirvana | nirvanat | |
genitive | nirvanan | nirvanoiden nirvanoitten | |
partitive | nirvanaa | nirvanoita | |
illative | nirvanaan | nirvanoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | nirvana | nirvanat | |
accusative | nom. | nirvana | nirvanat |
gen. | nirvanan | ||
genitive | nirvanan | nirvanoiden nirvanoitten nirvanain rare | |
partitive | nirvanaa | nirvanoita | |
inessive | nirvanassa | nirvanoissa | |
elative | nirvanasta | nirvanoista | |
illative | nirvanaan | nirvanoihin | |
adessive | nirvanalla | nirvanoilla | |
ablative | nirvanalta | nirvanoilta | |
allative | nirvanalle | nirvanoille | |
essive | nirvanana | nirvanoina | |
translative | nirvanaksi | nirvanoiksi | |
abessive | nirvanatta | nirvanoitta | |
instructive | — | nirvanoin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Further reading
[edit]- “nirvana”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
French
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]nirvana m (plural nirvanas)
Further reading
[edit]- “nirvana”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Sanskrit निर्वाण (nirvāṇa, “blown or put out, extinguished”), from निस् (nis, “out”) + वा (vā, “to blow”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]nirvana m (invariable)
Related terms
[edit]Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Sanskrit निर्वाण (nirvāṇa, “blown or put out, extinguished”), from निस् (nis, “out”) + वा (vā, “to blow”).
Pronunciation
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Noun
[edit]nirvana m (plural nirvanas)
Romanian
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[edit]Noun
[edit]nirvana f (uncountable)
Declension
[edit]Serbo-Croatian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Sanskrit निर्वाण (nirvāṇa, “blown or put out, extinguished”), from निस् (nis, “out”) + वा (vā, “to blow”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]nirvàna f (Cyrillic spelling нирва̀на)
Declension
[edit]References
[edit]- “nirvana” in Hrvatski jezični portal
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Sanskrit निर्वाण (nirvāṇa, “blown or put out, extinguished”), from निस् (nis, “out”) + वा (vā, “to blow”). The masculine gender in Spanish seems to adapt the neuter gender of the Sanskrit original, compare mantra, yoga.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]nirvana m (plural nirvanas)
Further reading
[edit]- “nirvana”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
- English terms borrowed from Sanskrit
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- Rhymes:English/ɑːnə
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- en:Buddhism
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- Finnish terms borrowed from Sanskrit
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- Rhymes:Finnish/irʋɑnɑ
- Rhymes:Finnish/irʋɑnɑ/3 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
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- Rhymes:Portuguese/ɐnɐ
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- pt:Buddhism
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- Serbo-Croatian terms borrowed from Sanskrit
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- Spanish terms borrowed from Sanskrit
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- Rhymes:Spanish/ana
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- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish nouns
- Spanish countable nouns
- Spanish nouns with irregular gender
- Spanish masculine nouns