नैराश्य

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Sanskrit निराशा (nirāśā)

Sanskrit नैराश्य (nairāśya)bor.

Hindi नैराश्य (nairāśya)

Borrowed from Sanskrit नैराश्य (nairāśya), from निराशा (nirāśā).

Pronunciation

(Delhi) IPA^(key): /nɛː.ɾɑːʃ.jᵊ/, [nɛː.ɾäːʃ.jᵊ]

Noun

नैराश्य • (nairāśya) m

hopelessness, despair, sorrow
Synonyms: निराशा (nirāśā), उदासी (udāsī), शोक (śok), अँधेरा (andherā)

Declension

Declension of *नैराश्य* (masc cons-stem)
	singular	plural
direct	नैराश्य nairāśya	नैराश्य nairāśya
oblique	नैराश्य nairāśya	नैराश्यों nairāśyõ
vocative	नैराश्य nairāśya	नैराश्यो nairāśyo

References

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “नैराश्य”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Sanskrit

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Sanskrit निराशा (nirāśā)

Sanskrit नैराश्य (nairāśya)

Vṛddhi derivative of निराशा (nirāśā, “hopeless”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /n̪ɑj.ɾɑːɕ.jɐ/

Noun

नैराश्य • (nairāśya) stem, n

hopelessness, despair, sorrow
- c. 400 BCE, Mahābhārata
- c. 500 BCE – 100 BCE, Rāmāyaṇa

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of नैराश्य
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	नैराश्यम् (nairāśyam)	नैराश्ये (nairāśye)	नैराश्यानि (nairāśyāni)
accusative	नैराश्यम् (nairāśyam)	नैराश्ये (nairāśye)	नैराश्यानि (nairāśyāni)
instrumental	नैराश्येन (nairāśyena)	नैराश्याभ्याम् (nairāśyābhyām)	नैराश्यैः (nairāśyaiḥ)
dative	नैराश्याय (nairāśyāya)	नैराश्याभ्याम् (nairāśyābhyām)	नैराश्येभ्यः (nairāśyebhyaḥ)
ablative	नैराश्यात् (nairāśyāt)	नैराश्याभ्याम् (nairāśyābhyām)	नैराश्येभ्यः (nairāśyebhyaḥ)
genitive	नैराश्यस्य (nairāśyasya)	नैराश्ययोः (nairāśyayoḥ)	नैराश्यानाम् (nairāśyānām)
locative	नैराश्ये (nairāśye)	नैराश्ययोः (nairāśyayoḥ)	नैराश्येषु (nairāśyeṣu)
vocative	नैराश्य (nairāśya)	नैराश्ये (nairāśye)	नैराश्यानि (nairāśyāni)

Descendants

→ Hindi: नैराश्य (nairāśya) (learned)

References

Monier Williams (1899) “नैराश्य”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 570/2.