As a Hindi name
नाश · noun · masculine
न रह जाना । लोप । ध्वंस । बरबादी · गायब होना । अदर्शन · पलायन — Śabdasāgara
नाश · nāś · s.m.
Disappearance; loss perdition, destruction, ruin, devastation annihilation; non-existence; death — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1114
नाश · masculine
destruction, devastation; waste
Cited formation "नाश" is ना- + श: श means "the thirtieth consonant in Hindi", and the prefix ना- forms without. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §5(2) — cited from the extracted rule table
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi नाश — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit नाश (nāśa).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
1. nāśa m. (√ 1. naś) attainment (see dūṇ˚).
2. nāśa m. (√ 2. naś) the being lost, loss, disappearance, destruction, annihilation, ruin, death, Br.; Mn.; MBh. &c. (ifc. destroying, annihilating, cf. karma-nāśā, graha-nāśa, duḥ-svapna-n˚)
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
flight, desertion
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M3 · meaning shifts "nāśa" is derived from "nā" with the śas suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
nā f. the navel
a musical instrument
1. nāśa m. (√ 1. naś) attainment (see dūṇ˚).
2. nāśa m. (√ 2. naś) the being lost, loss, disappearance, destruction, annihilation, ruin, death, Br.; Mn.; MBh. &c. (ifc. destroying, annihilating, cf. karma-nāśā, graha-nāśa, duḥ-svapna-n˚)
Dictionary citations
1. nāśa m. (√ 1. naś) attainment (see dūṇ˚).
2. nāśa m. (√ 2. naś) the being lost, loss, disappearance, destruction, annihilation, ruin, death, Br.; Mn.; MBh. &c. (ifc. destroying, annihilating, cf. karma-nāśā, graha-nāśa, duḥ-svapna-n˚)
flight, desertion, W.
(arithm.) elimination, ib.
nāśa m. (-śaḥ) 1 Annihilation, loss, destruction, disappearance. 2 Death. 3 Flight, retreat. 4 Abandonment, desertion. 5 (In Arithmetic,) Elimination. E. ṇaśa to cease to be, affix dhañ.
nā f. the navel
a musical instrument
Alternative readings
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