नश्
See also: नशा and नाश
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
- अंश् (aṃś) (from *h₂enḱ-)
- अक्ष् (akṣ) (from *h₂n̥ḱ-s-)
- अश् (aś) (from *h₂n̥ḱ-)
- नंश् (naṃś) (from *h₂nenḱ-)
- नक्ष् (nakṣ) (from *h₂neḱ-s-)
Etymology 1
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hnaś-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hnaĉ-, 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).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /n̪ɐɕ/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /n̪ɐɕ/
Root
नश् • (naś)
- 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”)
Etymology 2
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *naś-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *naĉ-, 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)
- to perish, disappear
Derived terms
- नश्यति (náśyati)
- नाशयति (nāśáyati)