निमिष
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- নিমিষ (Assamese script)
- ᬦᬶᬫᬶᬱ (Balinese script)
- নিমিষ (Bengali script)
- 𑰡𑰰𑰦𑰰𑰬 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀦𑀺𑀫𑀺𑀱 (Brahmi script)
- နိမိၑ (Burmese script)
- નિમિષ (Gujarati script)
- ਨਿਮਿਸ਼ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌨𑌿𑌮𑌿𑌷 (Grantha script)
- ꦤꦶꦩꦶꦰ (Javanese script)
- 𑂢𑂱𑂧𑂱𑂭 (Kaithi script)
- ನಿಮಿಷ (Kannada script)
- និមិឞ (Khmer script)
- ນິມິຩ (Lao script)
- നിമിഷ (Malayalam script)
- ᠨᡳᠮᡳᢢᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘡𑘱𑘦𑘱𑘬 (Modi script)
- ᠨᠢᠮᠢᢔᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧁𑧒𑧆𑧒𑧌 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐣𑐶𑐩𑐶𑐲 (Newa script)
- ନିମିଷ (Odia script)
- ꢥꢶꢪꢶꢰ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆤𑆴𑆩𑆴𑆰 (Sharada script)
- 𑖡𑖰𑖦𑖰𑖬 (Siddham script)
- නිමිෂ (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩯𑩑𑩴𑩑𑪀 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚝𑚮𑚢𑚮 (Takri script)
- நிமிஷ (Tamil script)
- నిమిష (Telugu script)
- นิมิษ (Thai script)
- ནི་མི་ཥ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒢𑒱𑒧𑒱𑒭 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨝𑨁𑨢𑨁𑨯 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From निमिषति (nimiṣati, “to shut the eyelids, wink, fall asleep”), from नि- (ni-) + मिषति (miṣati), the latter from the root मिष् (miṣ, “to open the eyes, wink, bink”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ni.mi.ʂɐ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /n̪i.mi.ʂɐ/
Noun
निमिष • (nimiṣa) stem, m
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | निमिषः (nimiṣaḥ) | निमिषौ (nimiṣau) निमिषा¹ (nimiṣā¹) |
निमिषाः (nimiṣāḥ) निमिषासः¹ (nimiṣāsaḥ¹) |
| accusative | निमिषम् (nimiṣam) | निमिषौ (nimiṣau) निमिषा¹ (nimiṣā¹) |
निमिषान् (nimiṣān) |
| instrumental | निमिषेण (nimiṣeṇa) | निमिषाभ्याम् (nimiṣābhyām) | निमिषैः (nimiṣaiḥ) निमिषेभिः¹ (nimiṣebhiḥ¹) |
| dative | निमिषाय (nimiṣāya) | निमिषाभ्याम् (nimiṣābhyām) | निमिषेभ्यः (nimiṣebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | निमिषात् (nimiṣāt) | निमिषाभ्याम् (nimiṣābhyām) | निमिषेभ्यः (nimiṣebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | निमिषस्य (nimiṣasya) | निमिषयोः (nimiṣayoḥ) | निमिषाणाम् (nimiṣāṇām) |
| locative | निमिषे (nimiṣe) | निमिषयोः (nimiṣayoḥ) | निमिषेषु (nimiṣeṣu) |
| vocative | निमिष (nimiṣa) | निमिषौ (nimiṣau) निमिषा¹ (nimiṣā¹) |
निमिषाः (nimiṣāḥ) निमिषासः¹ (nimiṣāsaḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Derived terms
- निमिषान्तर (nimiṣāntara)
Descendants
- → Bengali: নিমিষ (nimiś) (learned)
- → Gujarati: નિમિષ (nimiṣ) (learned)
- → Hindi: निमिष (nimiṣ) (learned)
- → Kannada: ನಿಮಿಷ (nimiṣa) (learned)
- → Malayalam: നിമിഷം (nimiṣaṁ) (learned)
- → Tamil: நிமிஷம் (nimiṣam) (learned)
- → Telugu: నిమిషము (nimiṣamu) (learned)
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “निमिष”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 551/2.