The Sanskrit term Niṣev can be transliterated into English as Nisev or Nishev, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Niṣev (निषेव्).—1 Ā.

1) To pursue, follow, attach oneself to, practise; वैखानसं किमनया व्रतमा प्रदानाद् व्यापाररोधि मदनस्य निषेवितव्यम् (vaikhānasaṃ kimanayā vratamā pradānād vyāpārarodhi madanasya niṣevitavyam) Ś.1.27.

2) To enjoy; निषेवते श्रान्तमना विविक्तम् (niṣevate śrāntamanā viviktam) Ś.5.5; Kumārasambhava 1.5.

3) To enjoy carnally; यथा यथा तामरसेक्षणा मया पुनः सरागं नितरां निषेविता (yathā yathā tāmarasekṣaṇā mayā punaḥ sarāgaṃ nitarāṃ niṣevitā) Bv.2.155; कौलिको विष्णुरूपेण राजकन्यां निषेवते (kauliko viṣṇurūpeṇa rājakanyāṃ niṣevate) Pañcatantra (Bombay) 1.22.

4) To resort to, inhabit, frequent; विपत्प्रतीकारपरेण मङ्गलं निषेव्यते भूतिस- मुत्सुकेन वा (vipatpratīkārapareṇa maṅgalaṃ niṣevyate bhūtisa- mutsukena vā) Kumārasambhava 5.76.

5) To use, employ; विषतां निषे- वितमपक्रियया समुपैति सर्वमिति सत्यमदः (viṣatāṃ niṣe- vitamapakriyayā samupaiti sarvamiti satyamadaḥ) Śiśupālavadha 9.68.

6) To wait upon, attend.

7) To adore, worship.

8) To draw near, approach.

9) To suffer, experience; स दुःखे लभते दुःखं द्वावनर्थौ निषेवते (sa duḥkhe labhate duḥkhaṃ dvāvanarthau niṣevate) Pañcatantra (Bombay) 1.334. -Caus. To fall into (hell &c.); ते रौरवादीनि निषेवयन्ति (te rauravādīni niṣevayanti) Pañcatantra (Bombay) 3.156.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Nisev (निसेव्).—(ṣevate) stay in, have intercourse with ([locative]); inhabit, visit, frequent, etc. = [Simple]

Nisev is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ni and sev (सेव्).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Niṣev (निषेव्):—[=ni-ṣev] (√sev) [Ātmanepada] -ṣevate ([imperfect tense] ny-aṣevata [perfect tense] ni-ṣiṣeve, [Pāṇini 8-3, 70 etc.]; [indeclinable participle] -ṣevya),

—to stay in, abide or have intercourse with ([locative case]), [Ṛg-veda; Atharva-veda];

— (with [accusative]) to frequent, inhabit, visit, serve, attend, honour, worship, follow, approach, enjoy (also sexually), incur, pursue, practise, perform, cultivate, use, employ, [Manu-smṛti; Mahābhārata] etc.:

—[Causal] -ṣevayati to fall into (hell etc.), [Pañcatantra] ([Bombay edition]), [iii, 155] ;—[Desiderative] -ṣiṣeviṣate, [Pāṇini 8-3, 70; Kāśikā-vṛtti]

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Nisev (निसेव्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Ṇiseva.

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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Partial matches: Shev, Ni.

Starts with: Nisevana, Nisevita, Nisheva, Nishevaka, Nishevamana, Nishevaniya, Nisheve, Nishevin, Nishevitar, Nishevitavya, Nishevitri, Nishevya.

Ends with: Parinishev, Upanishev.

Full-text: Nisheva, Nishevitri, Upanishev, Nishevin, Nisevati, Nishevaka, Nisevana, Nishevaniya, Parinishev, Nishevamana, Nisevita, Nishevya, Nishevitavya, Snana, Shev.

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