न्याय

Borrowed from Sanskrit न्याय (nyāya).

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /njɑːj/, [njäːj]

न्याय • (nyāy) m (Urdu spelling نیائے)

1. justice, law

   Synonyms: क़ानून (qānūn), इनसाफ़ (insāf)

   न्याय न्यायी होना चाहिए। ― nyāy nyāyī honā cāhie. ― The law should be just.

2. judgement, decision (as of a court)
3. rule

   Synonym: नियम (niyam)

4. (philosophy) Nyaya

• न्यायालय (nyāyālay, “court”)
• न्यायिक (nyāyik, “judicial”)
• न्यायी (nyāyī, “just”)

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “न्याय”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 583

Literally means "that into which a thing goes back"; ultimately formed from नि (ni, “back, into”) + इ (i, “to go”).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /njɑː.jɐ/, [j̃jɑː.jɐ]
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈn̪jɑː.jɐ/

न्याय • (nyāyá) stem, m

1. that into which a thing goes back i.e. an original type, standard, method, rule, (esp.) a general or universal rule, model, axiom, system, plan, manner, right or fit manner or way, fitness, propriety
2. a lawsuit, legal proceeding, judicial sentence, judgement
3. a logical or syllogistic argument or inference (consisting of a combination of enthymeme and syllogism, and so having, according to the नैयायिकs 5 members, viz. प्रतिज्ञा, हेतु, उदाहरण, उपनय, निगमन, or according to the वेदान्तिन्s 3 members)
4. a system of philosophy delivered by गोतम or गौतम (it is one of the six दर्शनस् q.v., and is perhaps so called, because it ‘goes into’ all subjects physical and metaphysical according to the above syllogistic method treated of in one division of the system ; its branch is called वैशेषिक)
5. likeness, analogy, a popular maxim or apposite illustration (cf. काकाक्षि-, घुणाक्षर-, दण्डापूप. &c.)

• Pali: ñāya
• Prakrit: 𑀡𑀸𑀬 (ṇāya)
  • → Telugu: నాయము (nāyamu)
• Punjabi: ਨਿਆਂ (niā̃)
• → Hindi: न्याय (nyāy)
• → Kannada: ನ್ಯಾಯ (nyāya)
• → Malayalam: ന്യായം (nyāyaṁ)
• → Tamil: நியாயம் (niyāyam)
• → Telugu: న్యాయము (nyāyamu)

• Monier Williams (1899) “न्याय”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 572.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “nyāya”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press