निष्ठ
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit निष्ठ (niṣṭha).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /nɪʂʈʰ/
Adjective
निष्ठ • (niṣṭh) (indeclinable)
Related terms
- -निष्ठ (-niṣṭh)
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- নিষ্ঠ (Assamese script)
- ᬦᬶᬱ᭄ᬞ (Balinese script)
- নিষ্ঠ (Bengali script)
- 𑰡𑰰𑰬𑰿𑰙 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀦𑀺𑀱𑁆𑀞 (Brahmi script)
- နိၑ္ဌ (Burmese script)
- નિષ્ઠ (Gujarati script)
- ਨਿਸ਼੍ਠ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌨𑌿𑌷𑍍𑌠 (Grantha script)
- ꦤꦶꦰ꧀ꦜ (Javanese script)
- 𑂢𑂱𑂭𑂹𑂘 (Kaithi script)
- ನಿಷ್ಠ (Kannada script)
- និឞ្ឋ (Khmer script)
- ນິຩ຺ຐ (Lao script)
- നിഷ്ഠ (Malayalam script)
- ᠨᡳᢢᡱᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘡𑘱𑘬𑘿𑘙 (Modi script)
- ᠨᠢᢔᢍᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧁𑧒𑧌𑧠𑦹 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐣𑐶𑐲𑑂𑐛 (Newa script)
- ନିଷ୍ଠ (Odia script)
- ꢥꢶꢰ꣄ꢝ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆤𑆴𑆰𑇀𑆜 (Sharada script)
- 𑖡𑖰𑖬𑖿𑖙 (Siddham script)
- නිෂ්ඨ (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩯𑩑𑪀 𑪙𑩧 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚝𑚮𑚶𑚕 (Takri script)
- நிஷ்ட² (Tamil script)
- నిష్ఠ (Telugu script)
- นิษฺฐ (Thai script)
- ནི་ཥྛ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒢𑒱𑒭𑓂𑒚 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨝𑨁𑨯𑩇𑨕 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /niʂ.ʈʰɐ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /n̪iʂ.ʈʰɐ/
Noun
निष्ठ • (niṣṭha) stem, f (root स्था)
- basis, state; intentness; perfection, completion; summit, limit; end, catastrophe, death
- decision
- firmness
Descendants
- Pali: niṭṭhā
- Assamese: নিঠ (nith)
- Gujarati: નિઠિ (niṭhi)
- Hindustani: nīṭh
- Hindi: नीठ
- Urdu: نِیٹھ
- Odia: ନିଠା (niṭhā), ନିଠାଇବା (niṭhāibā)
Borrowed terms
- → Hindustani:
- Hindi: निष्ठ
- Urdu: نِشٹھ
References
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “niṣṭha”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press