निर्भय

Hindi

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /nɪɾ.bʱəj/, [nɪɾ.bʱɐj]

Adjective

निर्भय • (nirbhay) (indeclinable)

  1. fearless, undaunted, unafraid
    Synonyms: निडर (niḍar), निर्दर (nirdar), अभय (abhay), अभीक (abhīk), निर्भीक (nirbhīk)

Further reading

Marathi

Etymology

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value). By surface analysis, निर्- (nir-) + भय (bhay). Compare Old Marathi 𑘡𑘲𑘨𑘿𑘥𑘧𑘝𑘰 (nīrbhayatā, fearlessness).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /niɾ.bʱəj/

Adjective

निर्भय • (nirbhay)

  1. fearless, unafraid
  2. safe, secure

Further reading

  • Berntsen, Maxine, “निर्भय”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
  • Molesworth, James Thomas (1857), निर्भय”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
  • दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950), निर्भय”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From निस्- (nis-, negative prefix) + भय (bhaya, fear).

Pronunciation

Adjective

निर्भय • (nirbhaya) stem

  1. fearless, undaunted, unafraid
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:निर्भय
  2. free from danger, safe, secure, tranquil

Declension

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Feminine ā-stem declension of निर्भया (nirbhayā)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative निर्भया
nirbhayā
निर्भये
nirbhaye
निर्भयाः
nirbhayāḥ
Vocative निर्भये
nirbhaye
निर्भये
nirbhaye
निर्भयाः
nirbhayāḥ
Accusative निर्भयाम्
nirbhayām
निर्भये
nirbhaye
निर्भयाः
nirbhayāḥ
Instrumental निर्भयया / निर्भया¹
nirbhayayā / nirbhayā¹
निर्भयाभ्याम्
nirbhayābhyām
निर्भयाभिः
nirbhayābhiḥ
Dative निर्भयायै
nirbhayāyai
निर्भयाभ्याम्
nirbhayābhyām
निर्भयाभ्यः
nirbhayābhyaḥ
Ablative निर्भयायाः
nirbhayāyāḥ
निर्भयाभ्याम्
nirbhayābhyām
निर्भयाभ्यः
nirbhayābhyaḥ
Genitive निर्भयायाः
nirbhayāyāḥ
निर्भययोः
nirbhayayoḥ
निर्भयाणाम्
nirbhayāṇām
Locative निर्भयायाम्
nirbhayāyām
निर्भययोः
nirbhayayoḥ
निर्भयासु
nirbhayāsu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

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Descendants

  • Pali: nibbhaya
  • Prakrit: 𑀡𑀺𑀩𑁆𑀪𑀬 (ṇibbhaya)
    • Maharastri Prakrit:
      • Old Marathi:
        Devanagari script: निभ (nibha)
        Modi script: 𑘡𑘲𑘥 (nībha)
  • Assamese: নিৰ্ভয় (nirbhoy) (learned)
  • Bengali: নির্ভয় (nirbhoẏ) (learned)
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  • Gujarati: નિર્ભય (nirbhaya) (learned)
  • Kannada: ನಿರ್ಭಯ (nirbhaya) (learned)
  • Maithili: (learned)
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    Tirhuta script: 𑒢𑒱𑒩𑓂𑒦𑒨 (nirbhaya)
  • Malayalam: നിർഭയം (niṟbhayaṁ) (learned)
  • Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
  • Odia: ନିର୍ଭୟ (nirbhôyô) (learned)
  • Sinhalese: නිර්‍භය (nirbhaya) (learned)
  • Telugu: నిర్భయము (nirbhayamu)

Noun

निर्भय • (nirbhaya) stem, n

  1. fearlessness, security

Declension

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Further reading

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