निर्भय

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit निर्भय (nirbhaya). By surface analysis, निर्- (nir-) +‎ भय (bhay).

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /nɪɾ.bʱəj/, [nɪɾ.bʱɐj]

निर्भय • (nirbhay) (indeclinable)

1. fearless, undaunted, unafraid

   Synonyms: निडर (niḍar), निर्दर (nirdar), अभय (abhay), अभीक (abhīk), निर्भीक (nirbhīk)

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “निर्भय”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• Platts, John T. (1884) “निर्भय”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “निर्भय”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit निर्भय (nirbhaya). By surface analysis, निर्- (nir-) +‎ भय (bhay). Compare Old Marathi 𑘡𑘲𑘨𑘿𑘥𑘧𑘝𑘰 (nīrbhayatā, “fearlessness”).

• IPA^(key): /niɾ.bʱəj/

निर्भय • (nirbhay)

1. fearless, unafraid
2. safe, secure

• Berntsen, Maxine, “निर्भय”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “निर्भय”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “निर्भय”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).

From निस्- (nis-, negative prefix) +‎ भय (bhaya, “fear”).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /niɾ.bʱɐ.jɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈn̪iɾ.bʱɐ.jɐ/

निर्भय • (nirbhaya) stem

1. fearless, undaunted, unafraid

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:निर्भय

2. free from danger, safe, secure, tranquil

• Pali: nibbhaya
• Prakrit: 𑀡𑀺𑀩𑁆𑀪𑀬 (ṇibbhaya)
  • Maharastri Prakrit:
    • Old Marathi:

      Devanagari script: निभ (nibha)

      Modi script: 𑘡𑘲𑘥 (nībha)

• → Assamese: নিৰ্ভয় (nirbhoy) (learned)
• → Bengali: নির্ভয় (nirbhoẏ) (learned)
• → Hindi: निर्भय (nirbhay) (learned)
• → Gujarati: નિર્ભય (nirbhaya) (learned)
• → Kannada: ನಿರ್ಭಯ (nirbhaya) (learned)
• → Lao: ນິຣະໄພ (ni ra phai)
• → Maithili: (learned)

  Devanagari script: निर्भय (nirbhay)

  Tirhuta script: 𑒢𑒱𑒩𑓂𑒦𑒨 (nirbhaya)

• → Malayalam: നിർഭയം (niṟbhayaṁ) (learned)
• → Marathi: निर्भय (nirbhay) (learned)
• → Odia: ନିର୍ଭୟ (nirbhôyô) (learned)
• → Sinhalese: නිර්‍භය (nirbhaya) (learned)
• → Telugu: నిర్భయము (nirbhayamu)
• → Thai: นิรภัย (ní-rá-pai)

निर्भय • (nirbhaya) stem, n

1. fearlessness, security

• Monier Williams (1899) “निर्भय”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 541.
• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “निर्भय”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “निर्भय”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “nirbhaya”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press