नाशयति
Sanskrit
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *nāśáyati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *nāĉáyati, from Proto-Indo-European *noḱ-éye-ti, from *neḱ- (“to perish, disappear”). Cognate with Latin noceō (“to harm, hurt”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /n̪ɑː.ɕɐ́.jɐ.t̪i/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈn̪ɑː.ɕɐ.jɐ.t̪i/
Verb
नाशयति • (nāśáyati) (root नश्, class 4, type P, causative)
- causative of नश्यति (naśyati):
- to cause to be lost or disappear; to disappear (transitive)
- to drive away
- to expel
- to remove
- to destroy
- to efface
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “नाशयति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 0532.