निस्

See also: नस and नासा

Sanskrit edit

Alternative scripts edit

Alternative scripts

নিস্ (Assamese script)
ᬦᬶᬲ᭄ (Balinese script)
নিস্ (Bengali script)
𑰡𑰰𑰭𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀦𑀺𑀲𑁆 (Brahmi script)
နိသ် (Burmese script)
નિસ્ (Gujarati script)
ਨਿਸ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌨𑌿𑌸𑍍 (Grantha script)
ꦤꦶꦱ꧀ (Javanese script)
𑂢𑂱𑂮𑂹 (Kaithi script)
ನಿಸ್ (Kannada script)
និស៑ (Khmer script)
ນິສ຺ (Lao script)
നിസ് (Malayalam script)
ᠨᡳᠰ᠌ (Manchu script)
𑘡𑘱𑘭𑘿 (Modi script)
ᠨᠢᠰ (Mongolian script)
𑧁𑧒𑧍𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
𑐣𑐶𑐳𑑂 (Newa script)
ନିସ୍ (Odia script)
ꢥꢶꢱ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
𑆤𑆴𑆱𑇀 (Sharada script)
𑖡𑖰𑖭𑖿 (Siddham script)
නිස් (Sinhalese script)
𑩯𑩑𑪁 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
𑚝𑚮𑚨𑚶 (Takri script)
நிஸ் (Tamil script)
నిస్ (Telugu script)
นิสฺ (Thai script)
ནི་ས྄ (Tibetan script)
𑒢𑒱𑒮𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
𑨝𑨁𑨰𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology edit

From नि (ní).

Pronunciation edit

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /nís/
(Classical) IPA^(key): /n̪is̪/

Adverb edit

निस् • (nís)

out, forth, away &c.

Usage notes edit

Rarely used independently (AV.), but normally as a prefix to verbs and their derivatives, or to nouns not immediately connected with verbs, in which case it has the sense, "out of", "away from" or that of a negative adverb.

References edit

Monier Williams (1899) “निस्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 543.