नशा

See also: नश् and नाश

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (naš'a, “drunk; intoxicated”), from Arabic نَشْأَة (našʔa), from the root ن ش ء (n-š-ʔ). Compare Assamese নিচা (nisa), Bengali নেশা (neśa), Gujarati નશો (naśo).

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /nə.ʃɑː/, [nɐ.ʃäː]

Noun

नशा • (naśā) m (Urdu spelling نشہ)

(indeclinable) intoxication; drunkenness
नशा उतरना ― naśā utarnā ― to become sober
alcohol; alcoholic beverage
drug; narcotic
(figurative) obsession; delusion

Declension

Declension of नशा (masc ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	नशा naśā	नशे naśe
oblique	नशे naśe	नशों naśõ
vocative	नशे naśe	नशो naśo

Derived terms

नशा करना (naśā karnā)
नशा टूटना (naśā ṭūṭnā)
नशाख़ोर (naśāxor)
नशाख़ोरी (naśāxorī)
नशाबंदी (naśābandī)
नशीला (naśīlā)
नशे में चूर (naśe mẽ cūr)
नशेड़ी (naśeṛī)
नशेदार (naśedār)
नशेबाज़ी (naśebāzī)

Descendants

→ Kannada: ನಶೆ (naśe)
Mauritian Creole: nisa

References

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “नशा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

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