निमिष

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

নিমিষ (Assamese script)
ᬦᬶᬫᬶᬱ (Balinese script)
নিমিষ (Bengali script)
𑰡𑰰𑰦𑰰𑰬 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀦𑀺𑀫𑀺𑀱 (Brahmi script)
နိမိၑ (Burmese script)
નિમિષ (Gujarati script)
ਨਿਮਿਸ਼ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌨𑌿𑌮𑌿𑌷 (Grantha script)
ꦤꦶꦩꦶꦰ (Javanese script)
𑂢𑂱𑂧𑂱𑂭 (Kaithi script)
ನಿಮಿಷ (Kannada script)
និមិឞ (Khmer script)
ນິມິຩ (Lao script)
നിമിഷ (Malayalam script)
ᠨᡳᠮᡳᢢᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘡𑘱𑘦𑘱𑘬 (Modi script)
ᠨᠢᠮᠢᢔᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
𑧁𑧒𑧆𑧒𑧌 (Nandinagari script)
𑐣𑐶𑐩𑐶𑐲 (Newa script)
ନିମିଷ (Odia script)
ꢥꢶꢪꢶꢰ (Saurashtra script)
𑆤𑆴𑆩𑆴𑆰 (Sharada script)
𑖡𑖰𑖦𑖰𑖬 (Siddham script)
නිමිෂ (Sinhalese script)
𑩯𑩑𑩴𑩑𑪀 (Soyombo script)
𑚝𑚮𑚢𑚮 (Takri script)
நிமிஷ (Tamil script)
నిమిష (Telugu script)
นิมิษ (Thai script)
ནི་མི་ཥ (Tibetan script)
𑒢𑒱𑒧𑒱𑒭 (Tirhuta script)
𑨝𑨁𑨢𑨁𑨯 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From निमिषति (nimiṣati, “to shut the eyelids, wink, fall asleep”), from नि- (ni-) + मिषति (miṣati), the latter from the root मिष् (miṣ, “to open the eyes, wink, bink”).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ni.mi.ʂɐ/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /n̪i.mi.ʂɐ/

Noun

निमिष • (nimiṣa) stem, m

twinkling, shutting the eye
a measure of time, a moment

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of निमिष
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	निमिषः (nimiṣaḥ)	निमिषौ (nimiṣau) निमिषा¹ (nimiṣā¹)	निमिषाः (nimiṣāḥ) निमिषासः¹ (nimiṣāsaḥ¹)
vocative	निमिष (nimiṣa)	निमिषौ (nimiṣau) निमिषा¹ (nimiṣā¹)	निमिषाः (nimiṣāḥ) निमिषासः¹ (nimiṣāsaḥ¹)
accusative	निमिषम् (nimiṣam)	निमिषौ (nimiṣau) निमिषा¹ (nimiṣā¹)	निमिषान् (nimiṣān)
instrumental	निमिषेण (nimiṣeṇa)	निमिषाभ्याम् (nimiṣābhyām)	निमिषैः (nimiṣaiḥ) निमिषेभिः¹ (nimiṣebhiḥ¹)
dative	निमिषाय (nimiṣāya)	निमिषाभ्याम् (nimiṣābhyām)	निमिषेभ्यः (nimiṣebhyaḥ)
ablative	निमिषात् (nimiṣāt)	निमिषाभ्याम् (nimiṣābhyām)	निमिषेभ्यः (nimiṣebhyaḥ)
genitive	निमिषस्य (nimiṣasya)	निमिषयोः (nimiṣayoḥ)	निमिषाणाम् (nimiṣāṇām)
locative	निमिषे (nimiṣe)	निमिषयोः (nimiṣayoḥ)	निमिषेषु (nimiṣeṣu)

¹Vedic

Derived terms

निमिषान्तर (nimiṣāntara)

Descendants

→ Bengali: নিমিষ (nimiś) (learned)
→ Gujarati: નિમિષ (nimiṣ) (learned)
→ Hindi: निमिष (nimiṣ) (learned)
→ Kannada: ನಿಮಿಷ (nimiṣa) (learned)
→ Malayalam: നിമിഷം (nimiṣaṁ) (learned)
→ Tamil: நிமிஷம் (nimiṣam) (learned)
→ Telugu: నిమిషము (nimiṣamu) (learned)

References

Monier Williams (1899) “निमिष”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 551/2.