niraya

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀦𑀺𑀭𑀬 (Brahmi script)
• निरय (Devanagari script)
• নিরয (Bengali script)
• නිරය (Sinhalese script)
• နိရယ or ၼိရယ (Burmese script)
• นิรย or นิระยะ (Thai script)
• ᨶᩥᩁᨿ (Tai Tham script)
• ນິຣຍ or ນິຣະຍະ or ນິຣະຢະ (Lao script)
• និរយ (Khmer script)
• 𑄚𑄨𑄢𑄠 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Derived from Sanskrit निरय (niraya), made from निस् (nis, “out”) + अय (aya, “going [towards destruction]”), the second part from इ (i, “to go”).

Noun

niraya n

1. Purgatory; hell

Descendants

• → Burmese: ငရဲ (nga.rai:)
• → Khmer: និរៃ (nirɨy)
• → Sinhalese: නිරය (niraya)
• → Thai: นิรยะ (ní-rá-yá)

Further reading

• Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “niraya”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead
• "Niraya" in wisdomlib.org