See nirvana in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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},
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"code": "yue",
"english": "nip⁶ pun⁴",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
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"sense": "Buddhism: cessation of suffering",
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"word": "涅槃"
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"code": "cmn",
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"code": "cmn",
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"lang_code": "cmn",
"roman": "yuánjì",
"sense": "Buddhism: cessation of suffering",
"word": "圓寂 /圆寂"
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"word": "nirvano"
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"lang_code": "et",
"sense": "Buddhism: cessation of suffering",
"word": "nirvaana"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "Buddhism: cessation of suffering",
"word": "onni"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "Buddhism: cessation of suffering",
"word": "autuus"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "Buddhism: cessation of suffering",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "nirvana"
},
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"code": "de",
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"lang_code": "de",
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"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Nirvana"
},
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"code": "de",
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"tags": [
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"lang_code": "el",
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"word": "νιρβάνα"
},
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"roman": "nirvāṇ",
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"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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"code": "hu",
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"lang_code": "hu",
"sense": "Buddhism: cessation of suffering",
"word": "nirvána"
},
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"code": "io",
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"lang_code": "io",
"sense": "Buddhism: cessation of suffering",
"word": "nirvana"
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{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"lang_code": "id",
"sense": "Buddhism: cessation of suffering",
"word": "nirwana"
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{
"code": "ga",
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"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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"alt": "じゃくめつ",
"code": "ja",
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"word": "寂滅"
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"alt": "ねはん",
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"word": "нирван"
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"code": "kk",
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"word": "нирвана"
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"code": "km",
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"word": "និព្វាន"
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"alt": "涅槃",
"code": "ko",
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"sense": "Buddhism: cessation of suffering",
"word": "열반"
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"code": "ko",
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"lang_code": "ko",
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"word": "니르바나"
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"code": "ko",
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"lang_code": "ko",
"roman": "jeongmyeol",
"sense": "Buddhism: cessation of suffering",
"word": "적멸"
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"code": "lo",
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"lang_code": "lo",
"roman": "ni phān",
"sense": "Buddhism: cessation of suffering",
"word": "ນິພານ"
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"code": "la",
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"lang_code": "la",
"sense": "Buddhism: cessation of suffering",
"word": "nirvāna"
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"code": "lv",
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"feminine"
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"code": "lt",
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"word": "နိဗ္ဗာန်"
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"lang_code": "mn",
"roman": "ɣasalang ača nöɣčiɣsen",
"sense": "Buddhism: cessation of suffering",
"word": "ᠭᠠᠰᠠᠯᠠᠩ ᠠᠴᠠ ᠨᠥᠭᠴᠢᠭᠰᠡᠨ"
},
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"code": "pi",
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"lang_code": "pi",
"sense": "Buddhism: cessation of suffering",
"word": "nibbāna"
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"code": "pl",
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"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "Buddhism: cessation of suffering",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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{
"code": "pt",
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"lang_code": "pt",
"sense": "Buddhism: cessation of suffering",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "nirvana"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "nirvána",
"sense": "Buddhism: cessation of suffering",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "нирва́на"
},
{
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"lang_code": "sa",
"roman": "nirvāṇa",
"sense": "Buddhism: cessation of suffering",
"word": "निर्वाण"
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"code": "shn",
"lang": "Shan",
"lang_code": "shn",
"roman": "nīk pàan",
"sense": "Buddhism: cessation of suffering",
"word": "ၼိၵ်ႈပၢၼ်ႇ"
},
{
"code": "si",
"lang": "Sinhala",
"lang_code": "si",
"roman": "niwana",
"sense": "Buddhism: cessation of suffering",
"word": "නිවන"
},
{
"code": "si",
"lang": "Sinhala",
"lang_code": "si",
"roman": "nirwāṇa",
"sense": "Buddhism: cessation of suffering",
"word": "නිර්වාණ"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "Buddhism: cessation of suffering",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "nirvana"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"lang_code": "th",
"roman": "níp-paan",
"sense": "Buddhism: cessation of suffering",
"word": "นิพพาน"
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"code": "bo",
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"lang_code": "bo",
"roman": "mya ngan las 'das pa",
"sense": "Buddhism: cessation of suffering",
"word": "མྱ་ངན་ལས་འདས་པ"
},
{
"code": "bo",
"lang": "Tibetan",
"lang_code": "bo",
"roman": "myang 'das",
"sense": "Buddhism: cessation of suffering",
"word": "མྱང་འདས"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"lang_code": "uk",
"roman": "nirvána",
"sense": "Buddhism: cessation of suffering",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "нірва́на"
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{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"lang_code": "ur",
"roman": "nirvāṇ",
"sense": "Buddhism: cessation of suffering",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "نروان"
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{
"alt": "涅槃",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"lang_code": "vi",
"sense": "Buddhism: cessation of suffering",
"word": "niết bàn"
},
{
"alt": "無為",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"lang_code": "vi",
"sense": "Buddhism: cessation of suffering",
"word": "vô vi"
},
{
"alt": "自在",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"lang_code": "vi",
"sense": "Buddhism: cessation of suffering",
"word": "tự tại"
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"alt": "安樂",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"lang_code": "vi",
"sense": "Buddhism: cessation of suffering",
"word": "an lạc"
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"lang_code": "ar",
"roman": "an-nirfanā",
"sense": "state of bliss",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"code": "bn",
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"lang_code": "bn",
"roman": "nirban",
"sense": "state of bliss",
"word": "নির্বাণ"
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"roman": "nibban",
"sense": "state of bliss",
"word": "နိဗ္ဗာန်"
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"roman": "nièpán",
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"word": "涅槃"
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"lang_code": "cmn",
"roman": "rùjì",
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"feminine"
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"word": "nirvaana"
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"masculine"
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"word": "nirvana"
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"code": "de",
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"tags": [
"neuter"
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"code": "de",
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"tags": [
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"code": "el",
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"feminine"
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"word": "νιρβάνα"
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"roman": "nirvāṇ",
"sense": "state of bliss",
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"masculine"
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"word": "nirvána"
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"lang_code": "io",
"sense": "state of bliss",
"word": "nirvana"
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"code": "ga",
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"alt": "にゅうじゃく",
"code": "ja",
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"word": "入寂"
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{
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"lang_code": "kn",
"roman": "nirvāṇa",
"sense": "state of bliss",
"word": "ನಿರ್ವಾಣ"
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"code": "ko",
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"lang_code": "ko",
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"sense": "state of bliss",
"word": "열반"
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"code": "ko",
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"sense": "state of bliss",
"word": "니르바나"
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"word": "nirwana"
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"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "nirwana"
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"code": "pt",
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"lang_code": "pt",
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"feminine"
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"word": "nirvana"
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