"निमिष" meaning in Sanskrit

See निमिष in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ni.mi.ʂɐ/ [Vedic], /ˈn̪i.mi.ʂɐ/ [Classical-Sanskrit]
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”). Head templates: {{sa-noun|g=m}} निमिष • (nimiṣa) stem, m Inflection templates: {{sa-decl-noun-m}} Forms: nimiṣa [romanization], no-table-tags [table-tags], निमिषः [nominative, singular], निमिषौ [dual, nominative], निमिषा1 [dual, nominative], निमिषाः [nominative, plural], निमिषासः1 [nominative, plural], निमिष [singular, vocative], निमिषौ [dual, vocative], निमिषा1 [dual, vocative], निमिषाः [plural, vocative], निमिषासः1 [plural, vocative], निमिषम् [accusative, singular], निमिषौ [accusative, dual], निमिषा1 [accusative, dual], निमिषान् [accusative, plural], निमिषेण [instrumental, singular], निमिषाभ्याम् [dual, instrumental], निमिषैः [instrumental, plural], निमिषेभिः1 [instrumental, plural], निमिषाय [dative, singular], निमिषाभ्याम् [dative, dual], निमिषेभ्यः [dative, plural], निमिषात् [ablative, singular], निमिषाभ्याम् [ablative, dual], निमिषेभ्यः [ablative, plural], निमिषस्य [genitive, singular], निमिषयोः [dual, genitive], निमिषाणाम् [genitive, plural], निमिषे [locative, singular], निमिषयोः [dual, locative], निमिषेषु [locative, plural]
  1. twinkling, shutting the eye
    Sense id: en-निमिष-sa-noun-X-c2L7uC Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header, Sanskrit terms with redundant transliterations Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 75 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 89 11 Disambiguation of Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header: 92 8 Disambiguation of Sanskrit terms with redundant transliterations: 97 3
  2. a measure of time, a moment
    Sense id: en-निमिष-sa-noun-eV6Fql7L
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: निमिषान्तर (nimiṣāntara)
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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "nimiṣāntara",
      "word": "निमिषान्तर"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "bn",
            "2": "নিমিষ",
            "lbor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Bengali: নিমিষ (nimiś) (learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Bengali: নিমিষ (nimiś) (learned)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gu",
            "2": "નિમિષ",
            "lbor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Gujarati: નિમિષ (nimiṣ) (learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Gujarati: નિમિષ (nimiṣ) (learned)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hi",
            "2": "निमिष",
            "lbor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Hindi: निमिष (nimiṣ) (learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Hindi: निमिष (nimiṣ) (learned)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "kn",
            "2": "ನಿಮಿಷ",
            "lbor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Kannada: ನಿಮಿಷ (nimiṣa) (learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Kannada: ನಿಮಿಷ (nimiṣa) (learned)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ml",
            "2": "നിമിഷം",
            "lbor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Malayalam: നിമിഷം (nimiṣaṁ) (learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Malayalam: നിമിഷം (nimiṣaṁ) (learned)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ta",
            "2": "நிமிஷம்",
            "lbor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Tamil: நிமிஷம் (nimiṣam) (learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Tamil: நிமிஷம் (nimiṣam) (learned)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "te",
            "2": "నిమిషము",
            "lbor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Telugu: నిమిషము (nimiṣamu) (learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Telugu: నిమిషము (nimiṣamu) (learned)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "nimiṣa",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sa-decl-noun-m",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a-stem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "निमिषः",
      "roman": "nimiṣaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "निमिषौ",
      "roman": "nimiṣau",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "निमिषा1",
      "roman": "nimiṣā1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "निमिषाः",
      "roman": "nimiṣāḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "निमिषासः1",
      "roman": "nimiṣāsaḥ1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "निमिष",
      "roman": "nimiṣa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "निमिषौ",
      "roman": "nimiṣau",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "निमिषा1",
      "roman": "nimiṣā1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "निमिषाः",
      "roman": "nimiṣāḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "निमिषासः1",
      "roman": "nimiṣāsaḥ1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "निमिषम्",
      "roman": "nimiṣam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "निमिषौ",
      "roman": "nimiṣau",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "निमिषा1",
      "roman": "nimiṣā1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "निमिषान्",
      "roman": "nimiṣān",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "निमिषेण",
      "roman": "nimiṣeṇa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "निमिषाभ्याम्",
      "roman": "nimiṣābhyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "instrumental"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "निमिषैः",
      "roman": "nimiṣaiḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "निमिषेभिः1",
      "roman": "nimiṣebhiḥ1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "निमिषाय",
      "roman": "nimiṣāya",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "निमिषाभ्याम्",
      "roman": "nimiṣābhyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "निमिषेभ्यः",
      "roman": "nimiṣebhyaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "निमिषात्",
      "roman": "nimiṣāt",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "निमिषाभ्याम्",
      "roman": "nimiṣābhyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "निमिषेभ्यः",
      "roman": "nimiṣebhyaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "निमिषस्य",
      "roman": "nimiṣasya",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "निमिषयोः",
      "roman": "nimiṣayoḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "निमिषाणाम्",
      "roman": "nimiṣāṇām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "निमिषे",
      "roman": "nimiṣe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "निमिषयोः",
      "roman": "nimiṣayoḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "locative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "निमिषेषु",
      "roman": "nimiṣeṣu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "निमिष • (nimiṣa) stem, m",
      "name": "sa-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "sa-decl-noun-m"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Sanskrit",
  "lang_code": "sa",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "75 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "89 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "92 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "97 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sanskrit terms with redundant transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "twinkling, shutting the eye"
      ],
      "id": "en-निमिष-sa-noun-X-c2L7uC",
      "links": [
        [
          "twinkling",
          "twinkling"
        ],
        [
          "shutting",
          "shutting"
        ],
        [
          "eye",
          "eye"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a measure of time, a moment"
      ],
      "id": "en-निमिष-sa-noun-eV6Fql7L",
      "links": [
        [
          "measure",
          "measure"
        ],
        [
          "time",
          "time"
        ],
        [
          "moment",
          "moment"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ni.mi.ʂɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Vedic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈn̪i.mi.ʂɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Sanskrit"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "निमिष"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Sanskrit a-stem nouns",
    "Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header",
    "Sanskrit lemmas",
    "Sanskrit masculine nouns",
    "Sanskrit nouns",
    "Sanskrit nouns in Devanagari script",
    "Sanskrit terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Sanskrit terms with redundant transliterations"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "nimiṣāntara",
      "word": "निमिषान्तर"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "bn",
            "2": "নিমিষ",
            "lbor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Bengali: নিমিষ (nimiś) (learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Bengali: নিমিষ (nimiś) (learned)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gu",
            "2": "નિમિષ",
            "lbor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Gujarati: નિમિષ (nimiṣ) (learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Gujarati: નિમિષ (nimiṣ) (learned)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hi",
            "2": "निमिष",
            "lbor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Hindi: निमिष (nimiṣ) (learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Hindi: निमिष (nimiṣ) (learned)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "kn",
            "2": "ನಿಮಿಷ",
            "lbor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Kannada: ನಿಮಿಷ (nimiṣa) (learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Kannada: ನಿಮಿಷ (nimiṣa) (learned)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ml",
            "2": "നിമിഷം",
            "lbor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Malayalam: നിമിഷം (nimiṣaṁ) (learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Malayalam: നിമിഷം (nimiṣaṁ) (learned)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ta",
            "2": "நிமிஷம்",
            "lbor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Tamil: நிமிஷம் (nimiṣam) (learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Tamil: நிமிஷம் (nimiṣam) (learned)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "te",
            "2": "నిమిషము",
            "lbor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Telugu: నిమిషము (nimiṣamu) (learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Telugu: నిమిషము (nimiṣamu) (learned)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "nimiṣa",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sa-decl-noun-m",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a-stem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "निमिषः",
      "roman": "nimiṣaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "निमिषौ",
      "roman": "nimiṣau",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "निमिषा1",
      "roman": "nimiṣā1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "निमिषाः",
      "roman": "nimiṣāḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "निमिषासः1",
      "roman": "nimiṣāsaḥ1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "निमिष",
      "roman": "nimiṣa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "निमिषौ",
      "roman": "nimiṣau",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "निमिषा1",
      "roman": "nimiṣā1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "निमिषाः",
      "roman": "nimiṣāḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "निमिषासः1",
      "roman": "nimiṣāsaḥ1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "निमिषम्",
      "roman": "nimiṣam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "निमिषौ",
      "roman": "nimiṣau",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "निमिषा1",
      "roman": "nimiṣā1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "निमिषान्",
      "roman": "nimiṣān",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "निमिषेण",
      "roman": "nimiṣeṇa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "निमिषाभ्याम्",
      "roman": "nimiṣābhyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "instrumental"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "निमिषैः",
      "roman": "nimiṣaiḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "निमिषेभिः1",
      "roman": "nimiṣebhiḥ1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "निमिषाय",
      "roman": "nimiṣāya",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "निमिषाभ्याम्",
      "roman": "nimiṣābhyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "निमिषेभ्यः",
      "roman": "nimiṣebhyaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "निमिषात्",
      "roman": "nimiṣāt",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "निमिषाभ्याम्",
      "roman": "nimiṣābhyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "निमिषेभ्यः",
      "roman": "nimiṣebhyaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "निमिषस्य",
      "roman": "nimiṣasya",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "निमिषयोः",
      "roman": "nimiṣayoḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "निमिषाणाम्",
      "roman": "nimiṣāṇām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "निमिषे",
      "roman": "nimiṣe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "निमिषयोः",
      "roman": "nimiṣayoḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "locative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "निमिषेषु",
      "roman": "nimiṣeṣu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "निमिष • (nimiṣa) stem, m",
      "name": "sa-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "sa-decl-noun-m"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Sanskrit",
  "lang_code": "sa",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "twinkling, shutting the eye"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "twinkling",
          "twinkling"
        ],
        [
          "shutting",
          "shutting"
        ],
        [
          "eye",
          "eye"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a measure of time, a moment"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "measure",
          "measure"
        ],
        [
          "time",
          "time"
        ],
        [
          "moment",
          "moment"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ni.mi.ʂɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Vedic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈn̪i.mi.ʂɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Sanskrit"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "निमिष"
}

Download raw JSONL data for निमिष meaning in Sanskrit (6.7kB)

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