निस्-

See also: नस, नासा, and निस्

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• निर्- (nir-) (before vowels and some consonants)
• नी- (nī-) (before r)

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

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *nis (“out, away”). Cognate with Old Avestan 𐬥𐬍𐬱 (nīš), Old Church Slavonic нищь (ništĭ, “poor”).

Pronunciation

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

Prefix

निस्- • (nís)

1. out, forth, away &c.

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms prefixed with निस्-

निरानन्द

निरामय

निष्कल्

निष्कारण

निर्भय

निर्भर

संनिर्गच्छति

• निरय (niraya)
• निर्गुण (nirguṇa)
• निर्वाण (nirvāṇa)
• निष्कल (niṣkala​​)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “निस्-”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 543, column 2.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “níṣ-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 47