नाशयति

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *noḱéye-, from the root *neḱ- (“to perish”, “to disappear”). Cognate with Latin noceō (“to harm, hurt”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈn̪ɑː.ɕɐ.jɐ.t̪i/

Verb

नाशयति • (nāśayati) (root नश्, class 4, type parasmaipada, causative)

1. causative of नश्यति (naśyati):
   1. to cause to be lost or disappear; to disappear (transitive)
   2. to drive away
   3. to expel
   4. to remove
   5. to destroy
   6. to efface

References

• Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1898) A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 0532