निमिष

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

নিমিষ (Assamese script)
ᬦᬶᬫᬶᬱ (Balinese script)
নিমিষ (Bengali script)
𑰡𑰰𑰦𑰰𑰬 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀦𑀺𑀫𑀺𑀱 (Brahmi script)
နိမိၑ (Burmese script)
નિમિષ (Gujarati script)
ਨਿਮਿਸ਼ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌨𑌿𑌮𑌿𑌷 (Grantha script)
ꦤꦶꦩꦶꦰ (Javanese script)
𑂢𑂱𑂧𑂱𑂭 (Kaithi script)
ನಿಮಿಷ (Kannada script)
និមិឞ (Khmer script)
ນິມິຩ (Lao script)
നിമിഷ (Malayalam script)
ᠨᡳᠮᡳᢢᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘡𑘱𑘦𑘱𑘬 (Modi script)
ᠨᠢᠮᠢᢔᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
𑧁𑧒𑧆𑧒𑧌 (Nandinagari script)
𑐣𑐶𑐩𑐶𑐲 (Newa script)
ନିମିଷ (Odia script)
ꢥꢶꢪꢶꢰ (Saurashtra script)
𑆤𑆴𑆩𑆴𑆰 (Sharada script)
𑖡𑖰𑖦𑖰𑖬 (Siddham script)
නිමිෂ (Sinhalese script)
𑩯𑩑𑩴𑩑𑪀 (Soyombo script)
𑚝𑚮𑚢𑚮 (Takri script)
நிமிஷ (Tamil script)
నిమిష (Telugu script)
นิมิษ (Thai script)
ནི་མི་ཥ (Tibetan script)
𑒢𑒱𑒧𑒱𑒭 (Tirhuta script)
𑨝𑨁𑨢𑨁𑨯 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From निमिषति (nimiṣati, “to shut the eyelids, wink, fall asleep”), from नि- (ni-) + मिषति (miṣati), the latter from the root मिष् (miṣ, “to open the eyes, wink, bink”).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ni.mi.ʂɐ/
(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈn̪i.mi.ʂɐ/

Noun

निमिष • (nimiṣa) stem, m

twinkling, shutting the eye
a measure of time, a moment

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of निमिष (nimiṣa)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	निमिषः nimiṣaḥ	निमिषौ / निमिषा¹ nimiṣau / nimiṣā¹	निमिषाः / निमिषासः¹ nimiṣāḥ / nimiṣāsaḥ¹
Vocative	निमिष nimiṣa	निमिषौ / निमिषा¹ nimiṣau / nimiṣā¹	निमिषाः / निमिषासः¹ nimiṣāḥ / nimiṣāsaḥ¹
Accusative	निमिषम् nimiṣam	निमिषौ / निमिषा¹ nimiṣau / nimiṣā¹	निमिषान् nimiṣān
Instrumental	निमिषेण nimiṣeṇa	निमिषाभ्याम् nimiṣābhyām	निमिषैः / निमिषेभिः¹ nimiṣaiḥ / nimiṣebhiḥ¹
Dative	निमिषाय nimiṣāya	निमिषाभ्याम् nimiṣābhyām	निमिषेभ्यः nimiṣebhyaḥ
Ablative	निमिषात् nimiṣāt	निमिषाभ्याम् nimiṣābhyām	निमिषेभ्यः nimiṣebhyaḥ
Genitive	निमिषस्य nimiṣasya	निमिषयोः nimiṣayoḥ	निमिषाणाम् nimiṣāṇām
Locative	निमिषे nimiṣe	निमिषयोः nimiṣayoḥ	निमिषेषु nimiṣeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Derived terms

निमिषान्तर (nimiṣāntara)

Descendants

→Tatsama:
- Gujarati: નિમિષ (nimiṣ)
- Hindi: निमिष (nimiṣ)
- Kannada: ನಿಮಿಷ (nimiṣa)
- Malayalam: നിമിഷം (nimiṣaṁ)
- Tamil: நிமிஷம் (nimiṣam)
- Telugu: నిమిషము (nimiṣamu)

References

Monier Williams (1899) “निमिष”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 551/2.

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