nirvana

The story

1. Sanskrit · borrowed fromनिर्वाण“blown or put out, extinguished”
2. English todaynirvana

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.

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