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Nirvana
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Nir-va′na
,Noun.
[Skr.
nirvāṇa
.] In the Buddhist system of religion, the final emancipation of the soul from transmigration, and consequently a beatific enfrachisement from the evils of worldly existence, as by annihilation or absorption into the divine. See
Buddhism
. Definition 2024
Nirvana
nirvana
nirvana
English
Noun
nirvana (countable and uncountable, plural nirvanas)
- (Buddhism) Complete cessation of suffering; a blissful state attained through realization of sunyata; enlightened experience.
- (non-Buddhist colloquial usage) State of paradise; heightened or great pleasure.
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Translations
cessation of suffering
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Buddhist state of bliss
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Anagrams
Finnish
Etymology
Borrowing from Sanskrit निर्वाण (nir-vāṇa, “blown or put out, extinguished”), from निस् (nis, “out”) + वा (vā, “to blow”).
Noun
nirvana
Declension
| Inflection of nirvana (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | |||
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| nominative | nirvana | nirvanat | |
| genitive | nirvanan | nirvanoiden nirvanoitten |
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| partitive | nirvanaa | nirvanoita | |
| illative | nirvanaan | nirvanoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | nirvana | nirvanat | |
| accusative | nom. | nirvana | nirvanat |
| gen. | nirvanan | ||
| genitive | nirvanan | nirvanoiden nirvanoitten nirvanainrare |
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| partitive | nirvanaa | nirvanoita | |
| inessive | nirvanassa | nirvanoissa | |
| elative | nirvanasta | nirvanoista | |
| illative | nirvanaan | nirvanoihin | |
| adessive | nirvanalla | nirvanoilla | |
| ablative | nirvanalta | nirvanoilta | |
| allative | nirvanalle | nirvanoille | |
| essive | nirvanana | nirvanoina | |
| translative | nirvanaksi | nirvanoiksi | |
| instructive | — | nirvanoin | |
| abessive | nirvanatta | nirvanoitta | |
| comitative | — | nirvanoineen | |
Italian
Etymology
Borrowing from Sanskrit निर्वाण (nir-vāṇa, “blown or put out, extinguished”), from निस् (nis, “out”) + वा (vā, “to blow”).
Noun
nirvana m (plural nirvana)
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Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowing from Sanskrit निर्वाण (nir-vāṇa, “blown or put out, extinguished”), from निस् (nis, “out”) + वा (vā, “to blow”).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɐ̃na
Noun
nirvana m (plural nirvanas)
- (Buddhism) nirvana (complete cessation of suffering)
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Borrowing from Sanskrit निर्वाण (nir-vāṇa, “blown or put out, extinguished”), from निस् (nis, “out”) + वा (vā, “to blow”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nirʋǎna/
- Hyphenation: nir‧va‧na
Noun
nirvàna f (Cyrillic spelling нирва̀на)
Declension
Declension of nirvana
| singular | plural | |
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| nominative | nirvana | nirvane |
| genitive | nirvane | nirvana |
| dative | nirvani | nirvanama |
| accusative | nirvanu | nirvane |
| vocative | nirvano | nirvane |
| locative | nirvani | nirvanama |
| instrumental | nirvanom | nirvanama |
References
- “nirvana” in Hrvatski jezični portal