नेस्तनाबूद
Hindi
editAlternative forms
edit- नेस्त-ओ-नाबूद (nest-o-nābūd), नेस्तोनाबूद (nestonābūd), नेस्तनाबूत (nestanābūt), नेस्तोनाबूत (nestonābūt)
Etymology
editBorrowed from Classical Persian نیست و نابود (nēst-u-nābūd), from نیست (nēst, “annihilated”) + و (u, “and”) + نابود (nābūd, “nonexistent”). Compare Gujarati નેસ્તનાબૂદ (nestanābūd), Punjabi ਨੇਸਤੋਨਾਬੂਦ (nestonābūd) / نیستونابود (nestonābod).
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editनेस्तनाबूद • (nestanābūd) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling نیست و نابود)
- annihilated, utterly destroyed
- Synonyms: नष्ट-भ्रष्ट (naṣṭ-bhraṣṭ), विध्वस्त (vidhvast)
Derived terms
edit- नेस्तनाबूद करना (nestanābūd karnā)
- नेस्तनाबूद होना (nestanābūd honā)
References
edit- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “नेस्त”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- Hardev Bahri (2013) “नेस्तनाबूद”, in राजपाल हिंदी शब्दकोश [rājpāl hindī śabdakoś, Rajpal Hindi Dictionary], Rajpal and Sons, →ISBN