निस्

See also: नस and नासा

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• নিস্ (Assamese script)
• ᬦᬶᬲ᭄ (Balinese script)
• নিস্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰡𑰰𑰭𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀦𑀺𑀲𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• နိသ် (Burmese script)
• નિસ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਨਿਸ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌨𑌿𑌸𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦤꦶꦱ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂢𑂱𑂮𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ನಿಸ್ (Kannada script)
• និស៑ (Khmer script)
• ນິສ຺ (Lao script)
• നിസ് (Malayalam script)
• ᠨᡳᠰ᠌ (Manchu script)
• 𑘡𑘱𑘭𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠨᠢᠰ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧁𑧒𑧍𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐣𑐶𑐳𑑂 (Newa script)
• ନିସ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢥꢶꢱ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆤𑆴𑆱𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖡𑖰𑖭𑖿 (Siddham script)
• නිස් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩯𑩑𑪁 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚝𑚮𑚨𑚶 (Takri script)
• நிஸ் (Tamil script)
• నిస్ (Telugu script)
• นิสฺ (Thai script)
• ནི་ས྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒢𑒱𑒮𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨝𑨁𑨰𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From नि (ní).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /nís/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /n̪is̪/

Adverb

निस् • (nís)

1. out, forth, away &c.

Usage notes

Rarely used independently (AV.), but normally as a prefix to verbs and their derivatives, or to nouns not immediately connected with verbs, in which case it has the sense, "out of", "away from" or that of a negative adverb.

Derived terms

• निस्- (nis-)
• निरय (niraya)
• निर्मल (nirmala)
• निर्वाण (nirvāṇa)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “निस्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 543.