niraya

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts
  • 𑀦𑀺𑀭𑀬 (Brahmi script)
  • निरय (Devanagari script)
  • নিরয (Bengali script)
  • නිරය (Sinhalese script)
  • နိရယ or ၼိရယ (Burmese script)
  • นิรย or นิระยะ (Thai script)
  • ᨶᩥᩁᨿ (Tai Tham script)
  • ນິຣຍ or ນິຣະຍະ or ນິຣະຢະ (Lao script)
  • និរយ (Khmer script)
  • 𑄚𑄨𑄢𑄠 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Derived from Sanskrit निरय (niraya), made from निस् (nis, “out”) + अय (aya, “going [towards destruction]”), the second part from इ (i, “to go”).

Noun

niraya n

  1. Purgatory; hell

Descendants

  • → Burmese: ငရဲ (nga.rai:)
  • → Khmer: និរៃ (nirɨy)
  • → Sinhalese: නිරය (niraya)
  • → Thai: นิรยะ (ní-rá-yá)

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