The Sanskrit term Nairāśya can be transliterated into English as Nairasya or Nairashya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Alternative spellings of this word include Nairashy.

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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

nairāśya (नैराश्य).—n S Despair or despondence: also frustration of hope, disappointment.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Nairāśya (नैराश्य).—

1) Hopelessness, despair, despondency; आशा हि परमं दुःखं नैराश्यं परमं सुखम् (āśā hi paramaṃ duḥkhaṃ nairāśyaṃ paramaṃ sukham) Bhāgavata 11.8.44; तटस्थं नैराश्यात् (taṭasthaṃ nairāśyāt) Uttararāmacarita 3.13.

2) Absence of wish or expectation; येनाशाः पृष्ठतः कृत्वा नैराश्यमवलम्बितम् (yenāśāḥ pṛṣṭhataḥ kṛtvā nairāśyamavalambitam) H.1.124; Bv.4.2.

Derivable forms: nairāśyam (नैराश्यम्).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Nairāśyā (नैराश्या).—n.

(-śyaṃ) Despair. E. nirāśa, and ṣyañ aff.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Nairāśya (नैराश्य).—i. e. nis-āśa + ya (cf. āśā), n. Hopelessness.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Nairāśya (नैराश्य).—[neuter] hopelessness, despair.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Nairāśya (नैराश्य):—[=nair-āśya] [from nair > naiḥ] n. hopelessness, non-expectancy, despair at (prati or [compound]), [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa etc.]

2) Nairāsya (नैरास्य):—[=nair-āsya] [from nair > naiḥ] m. Name of a magical formula pronounced over weapons, [Rāmāyaṇa]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Nairāśya (नैराश्य):—(śyaṃ) 1. n. Despair.

[Sanskrit to German]

Nairashya in German

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Nairāśya (नैराश्य) [Also spelled nairashy]:—(nm) frustration; disappointment, despair; —[bhāvanā] sense of frustration/despair.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Nairasya (ನೈರಸ್ಯ):—[noun] dullness caused by absence of vigour, taste, emotions, interest, etc.

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Nairāśya (ನೈರಾಶ್ಯ):—[noun] utter loss of hope; absolute disappointment.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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Partial matches: Asya, Nair.

Starts with: Nairashyanirata.

Full-text: Nairashy, Asha, Nirasa, Duhkha, Lamb.

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