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Sanskrit
- निर्- (nir-) (before vowels and some consonants)
- नी- (nī-) (before r)
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Etymology
Possibly from a Proto-Indo-European *nis (“out, away”). Cognate with Old Avestan 𐬥𐬍𐬱 (nīš), Old Church Slavonic нищь (ništĭ, “poor”).
Pronunciation
Prefix
निस्- • (nís)
- out, forth, away &c.
Derived terms
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “निस्-”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 543, column 2.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “níṣ-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 47