नेस्तनाबूद

Hindi

Alternative forms

• नेस्त-ओ-नाबूद (nest-o-nābūd), नेस्तोनाबूद (nestonābūd), नेस्तनाबूत (nestanābūt), नेस्तोनाबूत (nestonābūt)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian نیست و نابود (nēst-u-nābūd), from نیست (nēst, “annihilated”) +‎ و (u, “and”) +‎ نابود (nābūd, “nonexistent”). Compare Gujarati નેસ્તનાબૂદ (nestanābūd), Punjabi ਨੇਸਤੋਨਾਬੂਦ (nestonābūd) / نیستونابود (nestonābod).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /neːs.t̪ə.nɑː.buːd̪/, [neːs.t̪ɐ.näː.buːd̪]

Adjective

नेस्तनाबूद • (nestanābūd) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling نیست و نابود)

1. annihilated, obliterated, utterly destroyed

   Synonyms: नष्ट-भ्रष्ट (naṣṭ-bhraṣṭ), विध्वस्त (vidhvast)

Derived terms

• नेस्तनाबूद करना (nestanābūd karnā)
• नेस्तनाबूद होना (nestanābūd honā)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “नेस्त”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Hardev Bahri (2013) “नेस्तनाबूद”, in राजपाल हिंदी शब्दकोश [rājpāl hindī śabdakoś, Rajpal Hindi Dictionary], Rajpal and Sons, →ISBN