nirvana

See also: Nirvana and nirvána

English

WOTD – 21 June 2006

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit निर्वाण (nirvāṇa, “blown or put out, extinguished”), from निस् (nis, “out”) + वा (vā, “to blow”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /nɪəˈvɑːnə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /nɪɹˈvɑnə/, /nɚˈvɑnə/

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• (Indian English) IPA^(key): /nɪɾˈʋɑːn(ə)/

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• Rhymes: -ɑːnə

Noun

nirvana (countable and uncountable, plural nirvanas)

1. (Buddhism) Complete cessation of suffering; a blissful state attained through realization of sunyata; enlightened experience.
2. (non-Buddhist, colloquial) State of paradise; heightened or great pleasure.

Derived terms

• nerdvana
• nirvanic

Translations

Buddhism: cessation of suffering

• Arabic: اَلنِّرْفَانَا‎ f (an-nirfanā)
• Belarusian: нірва́на f (nirvána)
• Bengali: নির্বাণ (bn) (nirban)
• Burmese: နိဗ္ဗာန် (my) (nibban)
• Catalan: nirvana m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 涅槃 (zh) (nip6 pun4)

  Mandarin: 涅槃 (zh) (nièpán)

• Dutch: nirwana (nl) n
• Esperanto: nirvano
• Finnish: onni (fi), autuus (fi)
• French: nirvana (fr) m
• German: Nirvana (de) n, Nirwana (de) n
• Greek: μακαριότητα (el) (makariótita), Νιρβάνα (el) (Nirvána)
• Hindi: निर्वाण (hi) m (nirvāṇ)
• Hungarian: nirvána (hu)
• Ido: nirvana (io)
• Indonesian: nirwana (id)
• Irish: nirbheána m
• Japanese: 寂滅 (jakumetsu), 涅槃 (ja) (nehan)
• Kalmyk: нирван (nirvan)
• Khmer: និព្វាន (km) (nɨppiən)

• Korean: 열반 (ko) (yeolban), 니르바나 (nireubana), 해탈 (haetal)
• Lao: ນິພານ (ni phān)
• Latvian: nirvāna f
• Lithuanian: nirvana f
• Malay: nirwana
• Mon: [script needed] (nìppàn)
• Mongolian: ᠭᠠᠰᠠᠯᠠᠩ
  ᠠᠴᠠ
  ᠨᠥᠭᠴᠢᠭᠰᠡᠨ (ɣasalang ača nöɣčiɣsen)
• Pali: nibbāna
• Polish: nirwana (pl) f
• Portuguese: nirvana (pt) m
• Russian: нирва́на (ru) f (nirvána)
• Sanskrit: निर्वाण (sa) (nirvāṇa)
• Shan: ၼိၵ်ႈပၢၼ်ႇ (nīk pàan)
• Sinhalese: නිවන (si) (nivana)
• Spanish: nirvana (es) m
• Thai: นิพพาน (níp-paan)
• Tibetan: མྱ་ངན་ལས་འདས་པ (mya ngan las 'das pa), མྱང་འདས (myang 'das)
• Ukrainian: нірва́на f (nirvána)
• Urdu: نروان‎ m (nirvāṇ)
• Vietnamese: niết bàn (vi)

state of bliss

• Arabic: اَلنِّرْفَانَا‎ f (an-nirfanā)
• Bengali: নির্বাণ (bn) (nirban)
• Burmese: နိဗ္ဗာန် (my) (nibban)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 涅槃 (zh) (nièpán), 入寂 (zh) (rùjì)

• Czech: nirvána (cs) f
• Dutch: nirwana (nl) n
• Esperanto: nirvano
• Finnish: nirvana
• French: nirvana (fr) m
• German: Nirvana (de) n, Nirwana (de) n
• Greek: νιρβάνα (el) f (nirvána)
• Hindi: निर्वाण (hi) m (nirvāṇ)
• Hungarian: nirvána (hu)
• Ido: nirvana (io)
• Irish: nirbheána m

• Japanese: 入寂 (ja) (にゅうじゃく, nyūjaku), 涅槃 (ja) (ねはん, nehan)
• Kalmyk: нирван (nirvan)
• Kannada: ನಿರ್ವಾಣ (kn) (nirvāṇa)
• Korean: 열반 (ko) (yeolban) (涅槃 (ko)), 니르바나 (nireubana), 해탈 (haetal)
• Malay: nirwana
• Polish: nirwana (pl) f
• Portuguese: nirvana (pt) m
• Russian: нирва́на (ru) f (nirvána)
• Sanskrit: निर्वाण (sa) (nirvāṇa)
• Sinhalese: නිර්වාණ (nirvāṇa)
• Spanish: nirvana (es) m
• Swedish: nirvana (sv)
• Thai: นิพพาน (níp-paan)
• Ukrainian: нірва́на f (nirvána)
• Urdu: نروان‎
• Vietnamese: niết bàn (vi) (涅槃)

Further reading

• nirvana on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Anirvan, navarin

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Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit निर्वाण (nir-vāṇa, “blown or put out, extinguished”), from निस् (nis, “out”) + वा (vā, “to blow”).

Noun

nirvana

1. nirvana

Declension

Inflection of nirvana (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative		nirvana	nirvanat
genitive		nirvanan	nirvanoiden nirvanoitten
partitive		nirvanaa	nirvanoita
illative		nirvanaan	nirvanoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		nirvana	nirvanat
accusative	nom.	nirvana	nirvanat
	gen.	nirvanan
genitive		nirvanan	nirvanoiden nirvanoitten nirvanainrare
partitive		nirvanaa	nirvanoita
inessive		nirvanassa	nirvanoissa
elative		nirvanasta	nirvanoista
illative		nirvanaan	nirvanoihin
adessive		nirvanalla	nirvanoilla
ablative		nirvanalta	nirvanoilta
allative		nirvanalle	nirvanoille
essive		nirvanana	nirvanoina
translative		nirvanaksi	nirvanoiksi
instructive		—	nirvanoin
abessive		nirvanatta	nirvanoitta
comitative		—	nirvanoineen

Possessive forms of nirvana (type kulkija)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	nirvanani	nirvanamme
2nd person	nirvanasi	nirvananne
3rd person	nirvanansa

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit निर्वाण (nir-vāṇa, “blown or put out, extinguished”), from निस् (nis, “out”) + वा (vā, “to blow”).

Noun

nirvana m (plural nirvana)

1. nirvana

Related terms

• nirvanico

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit निर्वाण (nir-vāṇa, “blown or put out, extinguished”), from निस् (nis, “out”) + वा (vā, “to blow”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɐ̃na

Noun

nirvana m (plural nirvanas)

1. (Buddhism) nirvana (complete cessation of suffering)

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit निर्वाण (nir-vāṇa, “blown or put out, extinguished”), from निस् (nis, “out”) + वा (vā, “to blow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nirʋǎna/
• Hyphenation: nir‧va‧na

Noun

nirvàna f (Cyrillic spelling нирва̀на)

1. nirvana

Declension

Declension of nirvana

	singular	plural
nominative	nirvana	nirvane
genitive	nirvane	nirvana
dative	nirvani	nirvanama
accusative	nirvanu	nirvane
vocative	nirvano	nirvane
locative	nirvani	nirvanama
instrumental	nirvanom	nirvanama

References

• “nirvana” in Hrvatski jezični portal

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit निर्वाण (nir-vāṇa, “blown or put out, extinguished”), from निस् (nis, “out”) + वा (vā, “to blow”).

Noun

nirvana m (plural nirvanas)

1. nirvana