नश्

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /nɐɕ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /n̪ɐɕ/

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hnaś-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hnać-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂neḱ- (“to reach, attain”). Cognate with Latin nanciscor (“I encounter”), Old Irish (do·)icc (“comes”), Old English ġenōg (whence English enough).

• अंश् (aṃś) (from *h₂enḱ-)
• अक्ष् (akṣ) (from *h₂n̥ḱ-s-)
• अश् (aś) (from *h₂n̥ḱ-)
• नंश् (naṃś) (from *h₂nenḱ-)
• नक्ष् (nakṣ) (from *h₂neḱ-s-)

नश् • (naś)

1. to reach, attain

• अशन (aśana, “reaching (across)”)
• अश्नोति (aśnóti, “he attains”)
• अष्टि (áṣṭi, “reaching”)
• आनंश (ānáṃśa, “he has attained”)
• आनक्ष (ānakṣa, “he has attained”)
• आनट् (ā́naṭ, “he attained”)
• नंश (náṁśa, “acquisition”)
• नक्षति (nákṣati, “he attains”)
• नक्ष्य (nakṣya, “to be approached”)
• नशति (náśati, “he attains”)

• Monier Williams (1899) “नश्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 531, column 3.

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *naś-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *nać-, from Proto-Indo-European *neḱ- (“to perish, disappear”). Cognate with Latin noceō (“to harm, hurt”), Ancient Greek νεκρός (nekrós), Old Irish éc.

नश् • (naś)

1. to perish, disappear

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• Monier Williams (1899) “नश्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 532, column 1.