निर्मा

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• নিৰ্মা (Assamese script)
• ᬦᬶᬃᬫᬵ (Balinese script)
• নির্মা (Bengali script)
• 𑰡𑰰𑰨𑰿𑰦𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀦𑀺𑀭𑁆𑀫𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• နိရ်္မာ (Burmese script)
• નિર્મા (Gujarati script)
• ਨਿਰ੍ਮਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌨𑌿𑌰𑍍𑌮𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ꦤꦶꦂꦩꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂢𑂱𑂩𑂹𑂧𑂰 (Kaithi script)
• ನಿರ್ಮಾ (Kannada script)
• និម៌ា (Khmer script)
• ນິຣ຺ມາ (Lao script)
• നിര്മാ (Malayalam script)
• ᠨᡳᡵᠮᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• 𑘡𑘱𑘨𑘿𑘦𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᠨᠢᠷᠮᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧁𑧒𑧈𑧠𑧆𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐣𑐶𑐬𑑂𑐩𑐵 (Newa script)
• ନିର୍ମା (Odia script)
• ꢥꢶꢬ꣄ꢪꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆤𑆴𑆫𑇀𑆩𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖡𑖰𑖨𑖿𑖦𑖯 (Siddham script)
• නිර්‍මා (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩯𑩑𑩼 𑪙𑩴𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚝𑚮𑚤𑚶𑚢𑚭 (Takri script)
• நிர்மா (Tamil script)
• నిర్మా (Telugu script)
• นิรฺมา (Thai script)
• ནི་རྨཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒢𑒱𑒩𑓂𑒧𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨝𑨁𑨫𑩇𑨢𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

निर्- (nir-, “combining form of निस् (nis, “out”)”) +‎ मा (mā, “to measure”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /niɾ.mɑː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈn̪iɾ.mɑː/

Root

निर्मा • (nirmā)

1. to mete out, measure
2. to build, make out of, form, fabricate, produce, create
3. to paint
4. to compose or write
5. to utter
6. to show, betray

Derived terms

• निर्माण (nirmāṇa)
• निर्माति (nirmāti)
• निर्मातुम् (nirmātum)
• निर्माते (nirmāte)
• निर्माय (nirmāya)

 

Noun

निर्मा • (nirmā) stem, f

1. value, measure, equivalent

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of निर्मा (nirmā)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	निर्मा nirmā	निर्मे nirme	निर्माः nirmāḥ
Vocative	निर्मे nirme	निर्मे nirme	निर्माः nirmāḥ
Accusative	निर्माम् nirmām	निर्मे nirme	निर्माः nirmāḥ
Instrumental	निर्मया / निर्मा¹ nirmayā / nirmā¹	निर्माभ्याम् nirmābhyām	निर्माभिः nirmābhiḥ
Dative	निर्मायै nirmāyai	निर्माभ्याम् nirmābhyām	निर्माभ्यः nirmābhyaḥ
Ablative	निर्मायाः / निर्मायै² nirmāyāḥ / nirmāyai²	निर्माभ्याम् nirmābhyām	निर्माभ्यः nirmābhyaḥ
Genitive	निर्मायाः / निर्मायै² nirmāyāḥ / nirmāyai²	निर्मयोः nirmayoḥ	निर्माणाम् nirmāṇām
Locative	निर्मायाम् nirmāyām	निर्मयोः nirmayoḥ	निर्मासु nirmāsu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Brāhmaṇas

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “निर्मा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 556/2.