अनिष्ट

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Sanskrit

Etymology

अन्- (an-) +‎ इष्ट (iṣṭa).

Pronunciation

Adjective

अनिष्ट (aniṣṭa) stem

  1. unwished, undesirable; unfavorable, disagreeable, ill, bad

Descendants

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References

  • Apte, Macdonell (2022) “अनिष्ट”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “aniṣṭa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press