नैराश्य

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Sanskrit निराशा (nirāśā)

Sanskrit नैराश्य (nairāśya)bor.

Hindi नैराश्य (nairāśya)

Borrowed from Sanskrit नैराश्य (nairāśya), from निराशा (nirāśā).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /nɛː.ɾɑːʃ.jᵊ/, [nɛː.ɾäːʃ.jᵊ]

Noun

नैराश्य • (nairāśya) m

1. hopelessness, despair, sorrow

   Synonyms: निराशा (nirāśā), उदासी (udāsī), शोक (śok), अँधेरा (andherā)

Declension

Declension of नैराश्य (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	नैराश्य nairāśya	नैराश्य nairāśya
oblique	नैराश्य nairāśya	नैराश्यों nairāśyõ
vocative	नैराश्य nairāśya	नैराश्यो nairāśyo

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “नैराश्य”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Sanskrit

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Sanskrit निराशा (nirāśā)

Sanskrit नैराश्य (nairāśya)

Vṛddhi derivative of निराशा (nirāśā, “hopeless”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /n̪ɑjˈɾɑːɕ.jɐ/

Noun

नैराश्य • (nairāśya) stem, n

1. hopelessness, despair, sorrow
   • c. 400 BCE, Mahābhārata
   • c. 500 BCE – 100 BCE, Rāmāyaṇa

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of नैराश्य (nairāśya)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	नैराश्यम् nairāśyam	नैराश्ये nairāśye	नैराश्यानि nairāśyāni
Vocative	नैराश्य nairāśya	नैराश्ये nairāśye	नैराश्यानि nairāśyāni
Accusative	नैराश्यम् nairāśyam	नैराश्ये nairāśye	नैराश्यानि nairāśyāni
Instrumental	नैराश्येन nairāśyena	नैराश्याभ्याम् nairāśyābhyām	नैराश्यैः nairāśyaiḥ
Dative	नैराश्याय nairāśyāya	नैराश्याभ्याम् nairāśyābhyām	नैराश्येभ्यः nairāśyebhyaḥ
Ablative	नैराश्यात् nairāśyāt	नैराश्याभ्याम् nairāśyābhyām	नैराश्येभ्यः nairāśyebhyaḥ
Genitive	नैराश्यस्य nairāśyasya	नैराश्ययोः nairāśyayoḥ	नैराश्यानाम् nairāśyānām
Locative	नैराश्ये nairāśye	नैराश्ययोः nairāśyayoḥ	नैराश्येषु nairāśyeṣu

Descendants

Borrowed terms

• Hindi: नैराश्य (nairāśya)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “नैराश्य”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 570/2.