# नश्
## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* নশ্ (Assamese script)
* ᬦᬰ᭄ (Balinese script)
* নশ্ (Bengali script)
* 𑰡𑰫𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀦𑀰𑁆 (Brahmi script)
* နၐ် (Burmese script)
* નશ્ (Gujarati script)
* ਨਸ਼੍ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌨𑌶𑍍 (Grantha script)
* ꦤꦯ꧀ (Javanese script)
* 𑂢𑂬𑂹 (Kaithi script)
* ನಶ್ (Kannada script)
* នឝ៑ (Khmer script)
* ນຨ຺ (Lao script)
* നശ് (Malayalam script)
* ᠨᠠᡧ (Manchu script)
* 𑘡𑘫𑘿 (Modi script)
* ᠨᠠᠱ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧁𑧋𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐣𑐱𑑂 (Newa script)
* ନଶ୍ (Odia script)
* ꢥꢯ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆤𑆯𑇀 (Sharada script)
* 𑖡𑖫𑖿 (Siddham script)
* නශ් (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩯𑩿 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚝𑚧𑚶 (Takri script)
* நஶ் (Tamil script)
* నశ్ (Telugu script)
* นศฺ (Thai script)
* ན་ཤ྄ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒢𑒬𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨝𑨮𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /nɐɕ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /n̪ɐɕ/

### Etymology 1

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).

#### Alternative forms

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

#### Root

नश् • (naś)
* to reach, attain

##### Derived terms

* 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”)

#### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “नश्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 531, column 3.
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “NAŚ¹”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 27-28
* Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “naś [1]”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, pages 333-334

### Etymology 2

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.

#### Root

नश् • (naś)
* to perish, disappear

##### Derived terms
###### Primary Verbal Forms

* नश्यति (náśyati, Present)
* नशति (náśati, Present)
* नशिष्यति (naśiṣyati, Future)
* नङ्क्ष्यति (naṅkṣyati, Future)
* नशिता (naśitā, Periphrastic Future)
* नंष्टा (naṃṣṭā, Periphrastic Future)
* अनशत् (anaśat, Aorist)
* अनेशत् (aneśat, Aorist)
* ननाश (nanāśa, Perfect)

###### Secondary Forms

* नाशयति (nāśáyati, Causative)
* अनीनशत् (anīnaśat, Causative Aorist)
* निनशिषति (ninaśiṣati, Desiderative)
* निनङ्क्षति (ninaṅkṣati, Desiderative)
* निनाशयिषति (nināśayiṣati, Desiderative of Causative)
* नानश्यते (nānaśyate, Intensive)
* नानंष्टि (nānaṃṣṭi, Intensive)

###### Non-Finite Forms

* नष्ट (naṣṭá, Past Participle)
* नष्टुम् (naṣṭum, Infinitive)
* नंष्टुम् (naṃṣṭum, Infinitive)
* नष्ट्वा (naṣṭvā, Gerund)
* नंष्ट्वा (naṃṣṭvā, Gerund)
* नाशयध्यै (nāśayádhyai, Causative Infinitive)
* नाश्य (nāśya, Causative Gerundive)

###### Derived Nominal Forms

* नंशिन् (naṃśin)
* नंशुक (naṃśuka)
* नश् (naś)
* नशन (naśana)
* नश्वर (naśvara)
* नष्टि (naṣṭi)
* नाश (nāśa)
* नाशक (nāśaka)
* नाशन (nā́śana)
* नासयितृ (nāsayitṛ́)
* नाशिन् (nāśin)
* नाशुक (nā́śuka)
* नाष्ट्रा (nāṣṭrā́)

###### Prefixed Root Forms

* प्रणश् (praṇaś)
* विनश् (vinaś)
* विप्रणश् (vipraṇaś)

#### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “नश्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 532, column 1.
* William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 89
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “NAŚ²”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 28-29
* Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “naś [2]”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, page 334