𑀡𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀇

Prakrit

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *neḱ-

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-Iranian *náćyati

Sanskrit नश्य॑ति (náśyati)

Prakrit 𑀡𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀇 (ṇassaï)

𑀡𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀇 (ṇassaï) (Devanagari णस्सइ, Kannada ಣಸ್ಸಇ) (intransitive) (Māhārāṣṭrī) ^[1]^[2]^[3]

Central Indo-Aryan:
- Hindustani:
  - Hindi: नासना (nāsnā)
  - Urdu: ناسْنا (nāsnā)
Eastern Indo-Aryan:
- Odia: ନସିବା (nasibā, “to be destroyed”)
Insular Indo-Aryan:
- Sinhalese: නසිනවා (nasinawā, “to die”)
Northwestern Indo-Aryan:
- Kumaoni: नास्णो (nāsṇo)
- Punjabi:
  Gurmukhi script: ਨੱਸਣਾ (nassaṇā)
  
  Shahmukhi script: نَسّݨا (nassṇā)
Southern Indo-Aryan:
- Old Marathi: 𑘡𑘰𑘭𑘜𑘹 (nāsaṇe), 𑘡𑘰𑘫𑘜𑘹 (nāśaṇe)
  - Marathi: नासणे (nāsṇe)
Western Indo-Aryan:
- Gujarati: નાસવું (nāsvũ)
- Romani: naśel, našel (Pan-Vlax)

^ Sheth, Hargovind Das T[rikamcand] (1923–1928) “नस्स”, in पाइअ-सद्द-महण्णवो [pāia-sadda-mahaṇṇavo, Ocean of Prakrit words] (in Hindi), Calcutta: [Published by the Author].
^ Pischel, Richard, Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 349
^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “náśyati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 403