निचय

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• নিচয় (Assamese script)
• ᬦᬶᬘᬬ (Balinese script)
• নিচয় (Bengali script)
• 𑰡𑰰𑰓𑰧 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀦𑀺𑀘𑀬 (Brahmi script)
• နိစယ (Burmese script)
• નિચય (Gujarati script)
• ਨਿਚਯ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌨𑌿𑌚𑌯 (Grantha script)
• ꦤꦶꦕꦪ (Javanese script)
• 𑂢𑂱𑂒𑂨 (Kaithi script)
• ನಿಚಯ (Kannada script)
• និចយ (Khmer script)
• ນິຈຍ (Lao script)
• നിചയ (Malayalam script)
• ᠨᡳᢜᠠᠶᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘡𑘱𑘓𑘧 (Modi script)
• ᠨᠢᢋᠠᠶ᠋ᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧁𑧒𑦳𑧇 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐣𑐶𑐔𑐫 (Newa script)
• ନିଚଯ (Odia script)
• ꢥꢶꢗꢫ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆤𑆴𑆖𑆪 (Sharada script)
• 𑖡𑖰𑖓𑖧 (Siddham script)
• නිචය (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩯𑩑𑩡𑩻 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚝𑚮𑚏𑚣 (Takri script)
• நிசய (Tamil script)
• నిచయ (Telugu script)
• นิจย (Thai script)
• ནི་ཙ་ཡ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒢𑒱𑒔𑒨 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨝𑨁𑨣𑨪 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

नि- (ni-) +‎ चय (caya)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ni.t͡ɕɐ.jɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /n̪i.t͡ɕɐ.jɐ/

Noun

निचय • (nicaya) stem, m

1. a heap, a pile, a mass

   निरीक्ष्य शुष्कदारुपर्णनिचयैर् वृक्षविवरमापूर्य अग्निमादीपायितुमारब्धः।

   nirīkṣya śuṣkadāruparṇanicayair vṛkṣavivaramāpūrya agnimādīpāyitumārabdhaḥ.

   Having glanced (this), he made a mass with dried wood and leaves and stuffed it into a tree fissure which he, then, began kindling

2. quantity, store, provisions

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “निचय”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0546.