nirvana
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/
Audio (US) (file)
- (Indian English) IPA(key): /nɪɾˈʋɑːn(ə)/
Audio (AU) (file) - Rhymes: -ɑːnə
Noun
nirvana (countable and uncountable, plural nirvanas)
- (Buddhism) Complete cessation of suffering; a blissful state attained through realization of sunyata; enlightened experience.
- (non-Buddhist colloquial usage) State of paradise; heightened or great pleasure.
Translations
Buddhism: cessation of suffering
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state of bliss
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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”).
Declension
Inflection of nirvana (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | |||
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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 |
Italian
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit निर्वाण (nir-vāṇa, “blown or put out, extinguished”), from निस् (nis, “out”) + वा (vā, “to blow”).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɐ̃na
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
Declension
Declension of nirvana
singular | plural | |
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nominative | nirvana | nirvane |
genitive | nirvane | nirvana |
dative | nirvani | nirvanama |
accusative | nirvanu | nirvane |
vocative | nirvano | nirvane |
locative | nirvani | nirvanama |
instrumental | nirvanom | nirvanama |
Spanish
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