نشہ

• نشا (naśā)

Derived from Classical Persian نشئه (naš'a)/نشا (našâ), from Arabic نَشْأَة (našʔa). Compare Assamese নিচা (nisa), Bengali নেশা (neśa), Gujarati નશો (naśo).

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /nə.ʃə/

نشہ • (naśa) m (Hindi spelling नशा)

1. (indeclinable) intoxication, drunkenness

   Synonyms: خمار (xumār), مستی (mastī)

   نشہ اُترنا ― naśa utarnā ― to become sober

2. addiction

   Synonym: لت (lat)

3. intoxicants, psychoactive substances; alcohol, alcoholic beverage, drug, narcotic

   Synonym: منشّی (munaśśī)

4. (figurative) delusion

   Synonym: مدہوشی (madhośī)

   نشہ اُترنا ― naśa utarnā ― to come one's senses

• “نشہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.