nirvana

== 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, vent and wind. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /nɪəˈvɑːnə/ (US) IPA(key): /nɪɹˈvɑnə/, /nɚˈvɑnə/, /nɚˈvænə/ (India) IPA(key): /nɪɾˈʋɑːn(ə)/ Rhymes: -ɑːnə === Noun === nirvana (countable and uncountable, plural nirvanas) (Buddhism) Complete cessation of dukkha; a blissful state attained through realization of sunyata; enlightened experience. (non-Buddhist, colloquial) State of paradise; heightened or great pleasure or peace. ==== 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 Hyphenation(key): nir‧va‧na === Noun === nirvana nirvana ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “nirvana”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023 == 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) === Further reading === “nirvana”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “nirvana”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == 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 [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026 == 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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025