Nirvira, Nirvīra, Nir-vira, Nirvīrā: 10 definitions
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Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarynirvīra (निर्वीर).—a (S) Destitute of heroes. Ex. ni0 jhālī kṣōṇī ||.
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 dictionaryNirvīra (निर्वीर).—a.
1) deprived of heroes; निर्वीरमुर्वीतलम् (nirvīramurvītalam) P. R.1.31.
2) cowardly.
Nirvīra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms nir and vīra (वीर).
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Nirvīrā (निर्वीरा).—a woman whose husband and children are dead.
Nirvīrā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms nir and vīrā (वीरा).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryNirvīra (निर्वीर).—mfn.
(-raḥ-rā-raṃ) Unheroic, cowardly. f.
(-rā) A woman whose husband and children are dead, a childless widow. E. nira privative, and vīra a hero, a champion.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryNirvīra (निर्वीर).—f. rā, a woman who has neither husband nor son, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 4, 213.
Nirvīra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms nis and vīra (वीर).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryNirvīra (निर्वीर).—[adjective] destitute of men or heroes, [abstract] nirvīratā [feminine]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Nirvīra (निर्वीर):—[=nir-vīra] [from nir > niḥ] mfn. (nir-) deprived of men or heroes, [Taittirīya-saṃhitā] (ra-tā f., [Maitrāyaṇī-saṃhitā])
2) [v.s. ...] unheroic, cowardly, [Horace H. Wilson]
3) Nirvīrā (निर्वीरा):—[=nir-vīrā] [from nir-vīra > nir > niḥ] f. a woman whose husband and sons are dead, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
4) [v.s. ...] Name of a river, [Mahābhārata]
5) Nirvīra (निर्वीर):—[=nir-vīra] [from nir > niḥ] n. Name of a place of pilgrimage, [ib.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryNirvīra (निर्वीर):—[nir-vīra] (raḥ-rā-raṃ) a. Unheroic, cowardly. f. A childless widow.
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Nirvīrā (निर्वीरा) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Ṇivvīrā.
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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.
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Partial matches: Vira, Nir, Nish.
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