# निर्भय
## Hindi
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit निर्भय (nirbhaya). By surface analysis, निर्- (nir-) +‎ भय (bhay).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /nɪɾ.bʱəj/, [nɪɾ.bʱɐj]

### Adjective

निर्भय • (nirbhay) (indeclinable)
* fearless, undaunted, unafraid
    Synonyms: निडर (niḍar), निर्दर (nirdar), अभय (abhay), अभीक (abhīk), निर्भीक (nirbhīk)

### Further reading

* Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “निर्भय”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
* Platts, John T. (1884) “निर्भय”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
* McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “निर्भय”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

## Marathi
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit निर्भय (nirbhaya). By surface analysis, निर्- (nir-) +‎ भय (bhay). Compare Old Marathi 𑘡𑘲𑘨𑘿𑘥𑘧𑘝𑘰 (nīrbhayatā, “fearlessness”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /niɾ.bʱəj/

### Adjective

निर्भय • (nirbhay)
* fearless, unafraid
* safe, secure

### Further reading

* Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “निर्भय”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
* Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “निर्भय”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
* दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “निर्भय”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* নিৰ্ভয় (Assamese script)
* ᬦᬶᬃᬪᬬ (Balinese script)
* নির্ভয় (Bengali script)
* 𑰡𑰰𑰨𑰿𑰥𑰧 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀦𑀺𑀭𑁆𑀪𑀬 (Brahmi script)
* နိရ်္ဘယ (Burmese script)
* નિર્ભય (Gujarati script)
* ਨਿਰ੍ਭਯ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌨𑌿𑌰𑍍𑌭𑌯 (Grantha script)
* ꦤꦶꦂꦨꦪ (Javanese script)
* 𑂢𑂱𑂩𑂹𑂦𑂨 (Kaithi script)
* ನಿರ್ಭಯ (Kannada script)
* និភ៌យ (Khmer script)
* ນິຣ຺ຠຍ (Lao script)
* നിര്ഭയ (Malayalam script)
* ᠨᡳᡵᢨᠠᠶᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘡𑘱𑘨𑘿𑘥𑘧 (Modi script)
* ᠨᠢᠷᠪᠾᠠᠶ᠋ᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧁𑧒𑧈𑧠𑧅𑧇 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐣𑐶𑐬𑑂𑐨𑐫 (Newa script)
* ନିର୍ଭଯ (Odia script)
* ꢥꢶꢬ꣄ꢩꢫ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆤𑆴𑆫𑇀𑆨𑆪 (Sharada script)
* 𑖡𑖰𑖨𑖿𑖥𑖧 (Siddham script)
* නිර්‍භය (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩯𑩑𑩼 𑪙𑩳𑩻 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚝𑚮𑚤𑚶𑚡𑚣 (Takri script)
* நிர்ப⁴ய (Tamil script)
* నిర్భయ (Telugu script)
* นิรฺภย (Thai script)
* ནི་རྦྷ་ཡ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒢𑒱𑒩𑓂𑒦𑒨 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨝𑨁𑨫𑩇𑨡𑨪 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From निस्- (nis-, negative prefix) +‎ भय (bhaya, “fear”).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /niɾ.bʱɐ.jɐ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /n̪iɾ.bʱɐ.jɐ/

### Adjective

निर्भय • (nirbhaya) stem
* fearless, undaunted, unafraid
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:निर्भय
* free from danger, safe, secure, tranquil

#### Declension

* ¹Vedic
* ¹Vedic
* ²Brāhmaṇas
* ¹Vedic

#### Descendants

* Pali: nibbhaya
* Prakrit: 𑀡𑀺𑀩𑁆𑀪𑀬 (ṇibbhaya)
** Maharastri Prakrit:
*** Old Marathi:
    Devanagari script: निभ (nibha)
    Modi script: 𑘡𑘲𑘥 (nībha)
* → Assamese: নিৰ্ভয় (nirbhoy) (learned)
* → Bengali: নির্ভয় (nirbhoẏ) (learned)
* → Hindi: निर्भय (nirbhay) (learned)
* → Gujarati: નિર્ભય (nirbhaya) (learned)
* → Kannada: ನಿರ್ಭಯ (nirbhaya) (learned)
* → Lao: ນິຣະໄພ (ni ra phai)
* → Maithili: (learned)
    Devanagari script: निर्भय (nirbhay)
    Tirhuta script: 𑒢𑒱𑒩𑓂𑒦𑒨 (nirbhaya)
* → Malayalam: നിർഭയം (niṟbhayaṁ) (learned)
* → Marathi: निर्भय (nirbhay) (learned)
* → Odia: ନିର୍ଭୟ (nirbhaya) (learned)
* → Sinhalese: නිර්‍භය (nirbhaya) (learned)
* → Telugu: నిర్భయము (nirbhayamu)
* → Thai: นิรภัย (ní-rá-pai)

### Noun

निर्भय • (nirbhaya) stem, n
* fearlessness, security

#### Declension

* ¹Vedic

### Further reading

* Monier Williams (1899) “निर्भय”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 541.
* Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “निर्भय”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
* Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “निर्भय”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “nirbhaya”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press