नीरस
Hindi edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit नीरस (nīrasa).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
नीरस • (nīras) (indeclinable)
- without sap, without taste or flavor
- dry, arid (of terrain)
- empty, uninteresting (of remarks, writings)
- unfeeling, insensitive
Noun edit
नीरस • (nīras) m
Declension edit
Declension of नीरस (masc cons-stem)
Related terms edit
- नीरसता (nīrastā, “dullness”)
References edit
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “नीरस”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
Sanskrit edit
Alternative forms edit
Alternative scripts
- নীৰস (Assamese script)
- ᬦᬷᬭᬲ (Balinese script)
- নীরস (Bengali script)
- 𑰡𑰱𑰨𑰭 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀦𑀻𑀭𑀲 (Brahmi script)
- နီရသ (Burmese script)
- નીરસ (Gujarati script)
- ਨੀਰਸ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌨𑍀𑌰𑌸 (Grantha script)
- ꦤꦷꦫꦱ (Javanese script)
- 𑂢𑂲𑂩𑂮 (Kaithi script)
- ನೀರಸ (Kannada script)
- នីរស (Khmer script)
- ນີຣສ (Lao script)
- നീരസ (Malayalam script)
- ᠨᡳᡳᡵᠠᠰ᠌ᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘡𑘲𑘨𑘭 (Modi script)
- ᠨᠢᠢᠷᠠᠰᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧁𑧓𑧈𑧍 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐣𑐷𑐬𑐳 (Newa script)
- ନୀରସ (Odia script)
- ꢥꢷꢬꢱ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆤𑆵𑆫𑆱 (Sharada script)
- 𑖡𑖱𑖨𑖭 (Siddham script)
- නීරස (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩯𑩑𑩛𑩼𑪁 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚝𑚯𑚤𑚨 (Takri script)
- நீரஸ (Tamil script)
- నీరస (Telugu script)
- นีรส (Thai script)
- ནཱི་ར་ས (Tibetan script)
- 𑒢𑒲𑒩𑒮 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨝𑨁𑨊𑨫𑨰 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology edit
निर्- (nir-, “without”) + रस (rasa, “juice”).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
नीरस • (nīrasa) stem
Noun edit
नीरस • (nīrasa) stem, ?
Derived terms edit
References edit
- Monier Williams (1899) “नीरस”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 543.