निस्-

See also: नस, नासा, and निस्

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• निर्- (nir-) (before some consonants)
• नी- (nī-) (before r)

Etymology

From नि- (ni-), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *ní, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ní, from Proto-Indo-European *(h₁)ni (thus ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁én). Cognate with Avestan 𐬥𐬌 (ni), German nieder, English nether, beneath, Old Church Slavonic нищь (ništĭ, “poor”).

Pronunciation

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

Prefix

निस्- • (nís)

1. out, forth, away &c.

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms prefixed with निस्-

• निरय (niraya)
• निर्गुण (nirguṇa)
• निर्वाण (nirvāṇa)
• निष्कल (niṣkala​​)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “निस्-”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 543/2.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 47