अनिष्ट

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

অনিষ্ট (Assamese script)
ᬅᬦᬶᬱ᭄ᬝ (Balinese script)
অনিষ্ট (Bengali script)
𑰀𑰡𑰰𑰬𑰿𑰘 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀅𑀦𑀺𑀱𑁆𑀝 (Brahmi script)
အနိၑ္ဋ (Burmese script)
અનિષ્ટ (Gujarati script)
ਅਨਿਸ਼੍ਟ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌅𑌨𑌿𑌷𑍍𑌟 (Grantha script)
ꦄꦤꦶꦰ꧀ꦛ (Javanese script)
𑂃𑂢𑂱𑂭𑂹𑂗 (Kaithi script)
ಅನಿಷ್ಟ (Kannada script)
អនិឞ្ដ (Khmer script)
ອນິຩ຺ຏ (Lao script)
അനിഷ്ട (Malayalam script)
ᠠᠨᡳᢢᢞᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘀𑘡𑘱𑘬𑘿𑘘 (Modi script)
ᠠᠨᠢᢔᢌᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
𑦠𑧁𑧒𑧌𑧠𑦸 (Nandinagari script)
𑐀𑐣𑐶𑐲𑑂𑐚 (Newa script)
ଅନିଷ୍ଟ (Odia script)
ꢂꢥꢶꢰ꣄ꢜ (Saurashtra script)
𑆃𑆤𑆴𑆰𑇀𑆛 (Sharada script)
𑖀𑖡𑖰𑖬𑖿𑖘 (Siddham script)
අනිෂ‍්ට (Sinhalese script)
𑩐𑩯𑩑𑪀 𑪙𑩦 (Soyombo script)
𑚀𑚝𑚮𑚶𑚔 (Takri script)
அநிஷ்ட (Tamil script)
అనిష్ట (Telugu script)
อนิษฺฏ (Thai script)
ཨ་ནི་ཥྚ (Tibetan script)
𑒁𑒢𑒱𑒭𑓂𑒙 (Tirhuta script)
𑨀𑨝𑨁𑨯𑩇𑨔 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

अन्- (an-) +‎ इष्ट (iṣṭa).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐ.niʂ.ʈɐ/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɐ.n̪iʂ.ʈɐ/

Adjective

अनिष्ट • (aniṣṭa) stem

unwished, undesirable; unfavorable, disagreeable, ill, bad

Descendants

Pali: aniṭṭha
Prakrit: 𑀅𑀡𑀺𑀝𑁆𑀞 (aṇiṭṭha)
- Central:
  - Hindustani: anīṭh
    - Hindi: अनीठ
    - Urdu: اَنِیٹھ
- Southern:
  - Sinhalese: අනිටු (aniṭu)

Borrowed terms

→ Malayalam: അനിഷ്ടം (aniṣṭaṁ)

References

Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “aniṣṭa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press