nirvana
UK/nɪəˈvɑː.nə/
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India/nɪrˈvɑːn(ɑː)/
nirvana noun: complete cessation of dukkha; a blissful state attained through realization of sunyata; enlightened experience.
Noun
nirvana (countable and uncountable, plural nirvanas)
- Complete cessation of dukkha; a blissful state attained through realization of sunyata; enlightened experience.
- Synonyms:
- nibbana
- State of paradise; heightened or great pleasure or peace; a state of universal perfection and bliss.
- Welcome to this celebration of legal abortion. I wish January 22 meant more than that. The truth is that we are not winging our way to a state of nirvana for reproductive rights.1988 February 7, Stephanie Poggi, “What's Choice Got To Do With It?”, in Gay Community News, volume 15, number 29, page 5
- Though we don’t all reach nirvana when we swim, swimming may well be that last refuge from connectivity — and, for some, the only way to find the solitary self.2014 February 14, Bonnie Tsui, “The Self-Reflecting Pool”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 15 Aug 2021
nirvana meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
nirvana in Hindi
- Buddhism: cessation of suffering
- निर्वाण nirvāṇ
- state of bliss
- निर्वाण nirvāṇ
nirvana in Tamil
- வீடுபேறு, முத்தி, மோட்சம், துன்பம், கவலை முதலியவற்றிலிருந்து விடுதலை, விமோசனம்
nirvana in Marathi
- निर्वाण, निर्वाणा
nirvana in Urdu
- Buddhism: cessation of suffering
- نروان nirvāṇ
- state of bliss
- نروان nrvān
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- nirvana in Bengali
- নির্বাণ nirban
- nirvana in Telugu
- నిర్వాణ, నిర్వాణా
- nirvana in Malayalam
- നിർവാണം, മു, മോക്ഷം, ഊർദ്ധ്വഗതി
- nirvana in Kannada
- ನಿರ್ವಾಣ nirvāṇa
- nirvana in Punjabi
- ਨਿਰਵਾਣ, ਨਿਰਵਾਨਾ, ਨਿਰ੍ਵਾਣ
- nirvana in Gujarati
- નિર્વાણ nirvāṇ
- nirvana in Odia
- ନିର୍ବାଣ, ନିର୍ବାଣା, ନିର୍ବଣା
- nirvana in Sanskrit
- निर्वाण nirvāṇa
- nirvana in Sinhala
- නිවන niwana, නිර්වාණ nirwāṇa
- nirvana in Nepali
- निर्वाण, निर्वाणा
- nirvana in Arabic
- اَلنِّرْفَانَا an-nirfanā
- nirvana in Malay
- nirwana
- nirvana in Indonesian
- nirwana
- nirvana in Thai
- นิพพาน níp-paan
- nirvana in Vietnamese
- niết bàn, vô vi, tự tại, an lạc
- nirvana in Myanmar
- နိဗ္ဗာန် nibban
Examples of nirvana in a sentence
- I had achieved third-trimester pregnancy nirvana — a heavenly, pain-free night of sleep.
- Vesak or Visakha is a spring celebration that commemorates Buddha's birth, enlightenment, death, and passing into nirvana.
- The city is a restaurant-goer's nirvana for a wealth of reasons.
Synonyms of nirvana
Forms of nirvana
| plural | nirvanas |
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Origin of nirvana
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.
Words formed from nirvana
Phrases with nirvana
Words that rhyme with nirvana
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- Guadiana
- ikebana
- kana
- mana
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- nana
- poinciana
- Rilkeana
- yana
- Alaskana
- Arthuriana
- Australiana
- Bondiana
- breweriana
- bwana
- Canadiana
- Chauceriana
- comicana
- cricketana
- dhyana
- Disneyana
- Edwardiana
- fata morgana
- fistiana
- Forteana
- ghana
- golfiana
- Guyana
- hentaigana
- Johnsoniana
- Kellyana
- Kiwiana
- liana
- librariana
- man'yōgana
- militariana
- ohana
- omniana
- parmigiana
- Pompeiana
- prana
- Qiana
- railroadiana
- railwayana
- Rosh Hashanah
- Setswana
- Shakespeareana
- Shaviana
Questions about nirvana
- What does nirvana mean?
- Nirvana means complete cessation of dukkha; a blissful state attained through realization of sunyata; enlightened experience.
- What is nirvana in Hindi?
- Nirvana in Hindi is निर्वाण (nirvāṇ). See Nirvana meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is nirvana?
- Nirvana is a noun.
- How do you pronounce nirvana?
- Nirvana is pronounced /nɪrˈvɑːn(ɑː)/ (India).
- What is the plural of nirvana?
- The plural of nirvana is nirvanas.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: nirvana (page history and authors); nirvana (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); nirvana (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); nirvana (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); nirvana (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); nirvana (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); નિર્વાણ (Gujarati) (page history and authors); nirvana (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); nirvana (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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