अनिष्ट

Sanskrit

Etymology

अन्- (an-) +‎ इष्ट (iṣṭa).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐ.niʂ.ʈɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɐˈn̪iʂ.ʈɐ/

Adjective

अनिष्ट • (aniṣṭa) stem

1. unwished, undesirable; unfavorable, disagreeable, ill, bad

Descendants

• Pali: aniṭṭha
• Prakrit: 𑀅𑀡𑀺𑀝𑁆𑀞 (aṇiṭṭha)
  • Central:
    • Hindustani: anīṭh
      • Hindi: अनीठ
      • Urdu: اَنِیٹھ
  • Southern:
    • Sinhalese: අනිටු (aniṭu)

Borrowed terms

• → Malayalam: അനിഷ്ടം (aniṣṭaṁ)

References

• Apte, Macdonell (2022) “अनिष्ट”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “aniṣṭa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press