-निष्ठ

Combining form of Sanskrit निष्ठ (niṣṭha), whence Hindi निष्ठ (niṣṭh) and नीठ (nīṭh).

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /nɪʂʈʰ/

-निष्ठ • (-niṣṭh)

1. forms adjectives: intent on; engrossed in; characterised by; devoted to; faithful to

   ‎संस्कृत (sanskŕt, “Sanskrit”) + ‎-निष्ठ (-niṣṭh) → ‎संस्कृतनिष्ठ (sanskŕtniṣṭh, “Sanskritized”)

   ‎सत्य (satya, “truth”) + ‎-निष्ठ (-niṣṭh) → ‎सत्यनिष्ठ (satyaniṣṭh, “truthful”)

   ‎स्वामी (svāmī, “master, lord”) + ‎-निष्ठ (-niṣṭh) → ‎स्वामीनिष्ठ (svāmīniṣṭh, “loyal, faithful”)

• Caturvedi, Mahendra; Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970), “निष्ठ”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House, page 376
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “-निष्ठ”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 574