nimitta

Pali

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts
  • 𑀦𑀺𑀫𑀺𑀢𑁆𑀢 (Brahmi script)
  • निमित्त (Devanagari script)
  • নিমিত্ত (Bengali script)
  • නිමිත‍්ත (Sinhalese script)
  • နိမိတ္တ or ၼိမိတ္တ or ၼိမိတ်တ (Burmese script)
  • นิมิตฺต or นิมิตตะ (Thai script)
  • ᨶᩥᨾᩥᨲ᩠ᨲ (Tai Tham script)
  • ນິມິຕ຺ຕ or ນິມິຕຕະ (Lao script)
  • និមិត្ត (Khmer script)
  • 𑄚𑄨𑄟𑄨𑄖𑄴𑄖 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit निमित्त (nimitta​).

Noun

nimitta n

  1. sign, omen, portent, prognostication
  2. outward appearance, mark, characteristic, attribute, phenomenon

Declension

Declension table of "nimitta" (neuter)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)nimittaṃnimittāni
Accusative (second)nimittaṃnimittāni
Instrumental (third)nimittenanimittehi or nimittebhi
Dative (fourth)nimittassa or nimittāya or nimittatthaṃnimittānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)nimittasmā or nimittamhā or nimittānimittehi or nimittebhi
Genitive (sixth)nimittassanimittānaṃ
Locative (seventh)nimittasmiṃ or nimittamhi or nimittenimittesu
Vocative (calling)nimittanimittāni

Descendants

  • → Burmese: နိမိတ် (ni.mit)

Further reading

  • Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “nimitta”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead
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