नाशयति

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *nāśáyati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *nāćáyati, from Proto-Indo-European *noḱ-éye-ti, from *neḱ- (“to perish, disappear”). Cognate with Latin noceō (“to harm, hurt”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /n̪ɑː.ɕɐ́.jɐ.t̪i/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈn̪ɑː.ɕɐ.jɐ.t̪i/

Verb

नाशयति • (nāśáyati) (root नश्, class 4, type P, causative)

1. causative of नश्यति (naśyati):
   1. to cause to be lost or disappear; to disappear (transitive)
   2. to drive away
   3. to expel
   4. to remove
   5. to destroy
   6. to efface

References

• Monier Williams (1899) , “नाशयति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 0532.