निर्मा
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- নিৰ্মা (Assamese script)
- ᬦᬶᬃᬫᬵ (Balinese script)
- নির্মা (Bengali script)
- 𑰡𑰰𑰨𑰿𑰦𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀦𑀺𑀭𑁆𑀫𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- နိရ်္မာ (Burmese script)
- નિર્મા (Gujarati script)
- ਨਿਰ੍ਮਾ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌨𑌿𑌰𑍍𑌮𑌾 (Grantha script)
- ꦤꦶꦂꦩꦴ (Javanese script)
- 𑂢𑂱𑂩𑂹𑂧𑂰 (Kaithi script)
- ನಿರ್ಮಾ (Kannada script)
- និម៌ា (Khmer script)
- ນິຣ຺ມາ (Lao script)
- നിര്മാ (Malayalam script)
- ᠨᡳᡵᠮᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
- 𑘡𑘱𑘨𑘿𑘦𑘰 (Modi script)
- ᠨᠢᠷᠮᠠ᠋ᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧁𑧒𑧈𑧠𑧆𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐣𑐶𑐬𑑂𑐩𑐵 (Newa script)
- ନିର୍ମା (Odia script)
- ꢥꢶꢬ꣄ꢪꢵ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆤𑆴𑆫𑇀𑆩𑆳 (Sharada script)
- 𑖡𑖰𑖨𑖿𑖦𑖯 (Siddham script)
- නිර්මා (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩯𑩑𑩼 𑪙𑩴𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚝𑚮𑚤𑚶𑚢𑚭 (Takri script)
- நிர்மா (Tamil script)
- నిర్మా (Telugu script)
- นิรฺมา (Thai script)
- ནི་རྨཱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒢𑒱𑒩𑓂𑒧𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨝𑨁𑨫𑩇𑨢𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
निर्- (nir-, “combining form of निस् (nis, “out”)”) + मा (mā, “to measure”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /niɾ.mɑː/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /n̪iɾ.mɑː/
Root
निर्मा • (nirmā)
- to mete out, measure
- to build, make out of, form, fabricate, produce, create
- to paint
- to compose or write
- to utter
- to show, betray
Derived terms
Noun
निर्मा • (nirmā) stem, f
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | निर्मा (nirmā) | निर्मे (nirme) | निर्माः (nirmāḥ) |
| accusative | निर्माम् (nirmām) | निर्मे (nirme) | निर्माः (nirmāḥ) |
| instrumental | निर्मया (nirmayā) निर्मा¹ (nirmā¹) |
निर्माभ्याम् (nirmābhyām) | निर्माभिः (nirmābhiḥ) |
| dative | निर्मायै (nirmāyai) | निर्माभ्याम् (nirmābhyām) | निर्माभ्यः (nirmābhyaḥ) |
| ablative | निर्मायाः (nirmāyāḥ) निर्मायै² (nirmāyai²) |
निर्माभ्याम् (nirmābhyām) | निर्माभ्यः (nirmābhyaḥ) |
| genitive | निर्मायाः (nirmāyāḥ) निर्मायै² (nirmāyai²) |
निर्मयोः (nirmayoḥ) | निर्माणाम् (nirmāṇām) |
| locative | निर्मायाम् (nirmāyām) | निर्मयोः (nirmayoḥ) | निर्मासु (nirmāsu) |
| vocative | निर्मे (nirme) | निर्मे (nirme) | निर्माः (nirmāḥ) |
- ¹Vedic
- ²Brāhmaṇas
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “निर्मा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 556/2.