निमिष

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

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

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Derived terms

निमिषान्तर (nimiṣāntara)

Descendants

→Tatsama:
- Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
- Gujarati: નિમિષ (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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