# निशित
## Hindi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit निशित (niśita).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /nɪ.ʃɪt̪/

### Adjective

निशित • (niśit) (indeclinable)
* sharp, sharpened
    Synonym: पैना (painā)
** 2020, Acharya Chatursen, वयं रक्षाम [vayaṃ rakṣāma]‎, Diamond Pocket Books, →ISBN:बरछों और भालों का भी प्रयोग हुआ। निशित बाण चलाए गए।barchõ aur bhālõ kā bhī prayog huā. niśit bāṇ calāe gae.Lances and spears were also used. Sharpened arrows were fired.

### Proper noun

निशित • (niśit) m (feminine निशिता)
* a male given name, Nishit, from Sanskrit

#### Declension
### References

* Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “निशित”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 2665
* McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “निशित”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 573

## Sanskrit
### Alternative forms

* निशात (niśāta)

### Alternative scripts

* নিশিত (Assamese script)
* ᬦᬶᬰᬶᬢ (Balinese script)
* নিশিত (Bengali script)
* 𑰡𑰰𑰫𑰰𑰝 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀦𑀺𑀰𑀺𑀢 (Brahmi script)
* နိၐိတ (Burmese script)
* નિશિત (Gujarati script)
* ਨਿਸ਼ਿਤ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌨𑌿𑌶𑌿𑌤 (Grantha script)
* ꦤꦶꦯꦶꦠ (Javanese script)
* 𑂢𑂱𑂬𑂱𑂞 (Kaithi script)
* ನಿಶಿತ (Kannada script)
* និឝិត (Khmer script)
* ນິຨິຕ (Lao script)
* നിശിത (Malayalam script)
* ᠨᡳᡧᡳᢠᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘡𑘱𑘫𑘱𑘝 (Modi script)
* ᠨᠢᠱᠢᢐᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧁𑧒𑧋𑧒𑦽 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐣𑐶𑐱𑐶𑐟 (Newa script)
* ନିଶିତ (Odia script)
* ꢥꢶꢯꢶꢡ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆤𑆴𑆯𑆴𑆠 (Sharada script)
* 𑖡𑖰𑖫𑖰𑖝 (Siddham script)
* නිශිත (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩯𑩑𑩿𑩑𑩫 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚝𑚮𑚧𑚮𑚙 (Takri script)
* நிஶித (Tamil script)
* నిశిత (Telugu script)
* นิศิต (Thai script)
* ནི་ཤི་ཏ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒢𑒱𑒬𑒱𑒞 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨝𑨁𑨮𑨁𑨙 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From नि- (ni-) +‎ शित (śita).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /ní.ɕi.tɐ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /n̪i.ɕi.t̪ɐ/

### Adjective

निशित • (níśita) stem
* sharpened, sharp
** c. 500 BCE – 100 BCE, Rāmāyaṇa 6.110.10:मुमोच निशितान् बाणान् राघवाय दशाननः । सो ऽति विद्धो बलवता दशग्रीवेण राघवः ॥mumoca niśitān bāṇān rāghavāya daśānanaḥ. so ʼti viddho balavatā daśagrīveṇa rāghavaḥ.The mighty Rāvaṇa, the ten-faced one, launched sharp arrows at Rāma, who got much wounded by them.
* stimulated, excited, eager for (with locative case)
* ready, prepared
    Synonym: उद्यत (udyata)
** c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.171.4:अस्माद् अहं तविषाद् ईषमाण इन्द्राद् भिया मरुतो रेजमानः । युष्मभ्यं हव्या निशितान्य् आसन् तान्य् आरे चकृमा मृळता नः ॥asmād ahaṃ taviṣād īṣamāṇa indrād bhiyā maruto rejamānaḥ. yuṣmabhyaṃ havyā niśitāny āsan tāny āre cakṛmā mṛḷatā naḥ.Translation by Ralph T. H. GriffithI fled in terrror from this mighty Indra, my body trembling in alarm, O Maruts. Oblations meant for you had been made ready; these have we set aside: for this forgive us.

#### Declension

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

#### Descendants

* Pali: nisita
* Prakrit: 𑀡𑀺𑀲𑀺𑀅 (ṇisia)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “निशित”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 561.
* Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “निशित”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 925
* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “níśita”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 421