निष्ठ

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit निष्ठ (niṣṭha).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /nɪʂʈʰ/

Adjective

निष्ठ • (niṣṭh) (indeclinable)

1. believing in, having faith
2. owing allegiance to, following
3. inclined to, disposed to

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Sanskrit

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /niʂ.ʈʰɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈn̪iʂ.ʈʰɐ/

Noun

निष्ठ • (niṣṭha) stem, f (root स्था)

1. basis, state; intentness; perfection, completion; summit, limit; end, catastrophe, death
2. decision
3. firmness

Descendants

• Pali: niṭṭhā
• Assamese: নিঠ (nith)
• Gujarati: નિઠિ (niṭhi)
• Hindustani: nīṭh
  • Hindi: नीठ
  • Urdu: نِیٹھ
• Odia: ନିଠା (niṭhā), ନିଠାଇବା (niṭhāibā)

Borrowed terms

• → Hindustani:
  • Hindi: निष्ठ
  • Urdu: نِشٹھ

References

• Apte, Macdonell (2022) “निष्ठ”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “niṣṭha”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press