न्यास
Hindi
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit न्यास (nyāsa, “placing down; pledge”).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /njɑːs/, [njäːs]
Noun
न्यास • (nyās) m
- (law) trust
- कारबार न्यास ― kārbār nyās ― business trust
- अवसंरचना विनिधान न्यास
- avsanracnā vinidhān nyās
- infrastructure investment trust
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | न्यास nyās |
न्यास nyās |
| oblique | न्यास nyās |
न्यासों nyāsõ |
| vocative | न्यास nyās |
न्यासो nyāso |
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ন্যাস (Assamese script)
- ᬦ᭄ᬬᬵᬲ (Balinese script)
- ন্যাস (Bengali script)
- 𑰡𑰿𑰧𑰯𑰭 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀦𑁆𑀬𑀸𑀲 (Brahmi script)
- နျာသ (Burmese script)
- ન્યાસ (Gujarati script)
- ਨ੍ਯਾਸ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌨𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌸 (Grantha script)
- ꦤꦾꦴꦱ (Javanese script)
- 𑂢𑂹𑂨𑂰𑂮 (Kaithi script)
- ನ್ಯಾಸ (Kannada script)
- ន្យាស (Khmer script)
- ນ຺ຍາສ (Lao script)
- ന്യാസ (Malayalam script)
- ᠨᠶᠠ᠊ᠠᠰ᠌ᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘡𑘿𑘧𑘰𑘭 (Modi script)
- ᠨᠶ᠋ᠠᢗᠰᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧁𑧠𑧇𑧑𑧍 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐣𑑂𑐫𑐵𑐳 (Newa script)
- ନ୍ଯାସ (Odia script)
- ꢥ꣄ꢫꢵꢱ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆤𑇀𑆪𑆳𑆱 (Sharada script)
- 𑖡𑖿𑖧𑖯𑖭 (Siddham script)
- න්යාස (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩯 𑪙𑩻𑩛𑪁 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚝𑚶𑚣𑚭𑚨 (Takri script)
- ந்யாஸ (Tamil script)
- న్యాస (Telugu script)
- นฺยาส (Thai script)
- ནྱཱ་ས (Tibetan script)
- 𑒢𑓂𑒨𑒰𑒮 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨝𑩇𑨪𑨊𑨰 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From न्यस् (nyas, “to throw down”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /njɑː.sɐ/, [j̃jɑː.sɐ]
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /n̪jɑː.s̪ɐ/
Noun
न्यास • (nyāsa) stem, m
- putting down or in, placing, fixing, inserting, applying, impressing, drawing, painting, writing down
- putting away, taking off, laying aside
- abandoning, resigning
- depositing, intrusting, delivering
- any deposit or pledge
- written or literal text
- lowering (the voice)
- (music) the final tone
- bringing forward, introducing
- consigning or intrusting anything to the mind
- mental appropriation or assignment of various parts of the body to tutelary deities
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | न्यासः (nyāsaḥ) | न्यासौ (nyāsau) न्यासा¹ (nyāsā¹) |
न्यासाः (nyāsāḥ) न्यासासः¹ (nyāsāsaḥ¹) |
| accusative | न्यासम् (nyāsam) | न्यासौ (nyāsau) न्यासा¹ (nyāsā¹) |
न्यासान् (nyāsān) |
| instrumental | न्यासेन (nyāsena) | न्यासाभ्याम् (nyāsābhyām) | न्यासैः (nyāsaiḥ) न्यासेभिः¹ (nyāsebhiḥ¹) |
| dative | न्यासाय (nyāsāya) | न्यासाभ्याम् (nyāsābhyām) | न्यासेभ्यः (nyāsebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | न्यासात् (nyāsāt) | न्यासाभ्याम् (nyāsābhyām) | न्यासेभ्यः (nyāsebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | न्यासस्य (nyāsasya) | न्यासयोः (nyāsayoḥ) | न्यासानाम् (nyāsānām) |
| locative | न्यासे (nyāse) | न्यासयोः (nyāsayoḥ) | न्यासेषु (nyāseṣu) |
| vocative | न्यास (nyāsa) | न्यासौ (nyāsau) न्यासा¹ (nyāsā¹) |
न्यासाः (nyāsāḥ) न्यासासः¹ (nyāsāsaḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Derived terms
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “न्यास”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 572, column 1.
- Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “न्यास”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
Further reading
- Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “nyāsa”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.