English Online Dictionary. What means nirvana? What does nirvana mean?
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit निर्वाण (nirvāṇa, “blown or put out, extinguished”), from निस् (nis, “out”) + वा (vā, “to blow”), the second part cognate with Russian ве́тер (véter, “wind”), weather, athlete, vent and wind.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /nɪəˈvɑːnə/
- (US) IPA(key): /nɪɹˈvɑnə/, /nɚˈvɑnə/, /nɚˈvænə/
- (Indian English) IPA(key): /nɪɾˈʋɑːn(ə)/
- Rhymes: -ɑːnə
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) State of paradise; heightened or great pleasure.
Derived terms
Translations
Further reading
- nirvana on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- Anirvan, navarin
Finnish
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit निर्वाण (nirvāṇa, “blown or put out, extinguished”), from निस् (nis, “out”) + वा (vā, “to blow”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnirʋɑnɑ/, [ˈnirʋɑ̝nɑ̝]
- Rhymes: -irʋɑnɑ
- Syllabification(key): nir‧va‧na
Noun
nirvana
- nirvana
Declension
Further reading
- “nirvana”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /niʁ.va.na/
Noun
nirvana m (plural nirvanas)
- nirvana
Further reading
- “nirvana”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit निर्वाण (nirvāṇa, “blown or put out, extinguished”), from निस् (nis, “out”) + वा (vā, “to blow”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nirˈva.na/
- Rhymes: -ana
- Hyphenation: nir‧và‧na
Noun
nirvana m (invariable)
- nirvana
Related terms
- nirvanico
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit निर्वाण (nirvāṇa, “blown or put out, extinguished”), from निस् (nis, “out”) + वा (vā, “to blow”).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɐnɐ, (Brazil) -ɐ̃nɐ
- Hyphenation: nir‧va‧na
Noun
nirvana m (plural nirvanas)
- (Buddhism) nirvana (complete cessation of suffering)
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French nirvana.
Noun
nirvana f (uncountable)
- nirvana
Declension
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit निर्वाण (nirvāṇa, “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)
- nirvana
Declension
References
- “nirvana” in Hrvatski jezični portal
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit निर्वाण (nirvāṇa, “blown or put out, extinguished”), from निस् (nis, “out”) + वा (vā, “to blow”). The masculine gender in Spanish seems to adapt the neuter gender of the Sanskrit original, compare mantra, yoga.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /niɾˈbana/ [niɾˈβ̞a.na]
- Rhymes: -ana
- Syllabification: nir‧va‧na
Noun
nirvana m (plural nirvanas)
- nirvana
Further reading
- “nirvana”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014