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English

parinirvana

Parinirvana comes from Sanskrit परिनिर्वाण ‘completely extinguished or finished’, from वान ‘blown’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weh₁- ‘to blow’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂weh₁-1‘to blow’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Iranianc. 2500–1800 BCE*HwaH-1reconstructed
  3. Proto-Indo-Aryanprehistoric (reconstructed)*HwaH-1reconstructed
  4. Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEवा2vā‘to blow’
  5. Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEवान3vāna‘blown’
  6. Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEनिर्वाण4‘blowing out, extinction, cessation, setting, vanishing, disappearance’
  7. Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEपरिनिर्वाण5parinirvāṇa‘completely extinguished or finished’
  8. Englishtodayparinirvana5

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Sanskrit वा
  2. 2 Wiktionary, Sanskrit वान
  3. 3 Wiktionary, Sanskrit निर्वाण
  4. 4 Wiktionary, Sanskrit परिनिर्वाण
  5. 5 Wiktionary, English parinirvana

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂weh₁-Wiktionary, Sanskrit वा‘to blow’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Iranianc. 2500–1800 BCE*HwaH-Wiktionary, Sanskrit वाreconstructed
  3. Proto-Indo-Aryanprehistoric (reconstructed)*HwaH-Wiktionary, Sanskrit वाreconstructed
  4. Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEवाWiktionary, Sanskrit वानvā‘to blow’
  5. Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEवानWiktionary, Sanskrit निर्वाणvāna‘blown’
  6. Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEनिर्वाणWiktionary, Sanskrit परिनिर्वाण‘blowing out, extinction, cessation, setting, vanishing, disappearance’
  7. Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEपरिनिर्वाणWiktionary, English parinirvanaparinirvāṇa‘completely extinguished or finished’
  8. EnglishtodayparinirvanaWiktionary, English parinirvana

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *h₂weh₁- ‘to blow’

event, weather, winter, wind, wing, van, athletic, athlete, velocity, ventilation, ventilate, 7 more

Today it means

noun The final release from rebirth.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “parinirvana”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Sanskrit वा, Sanskrit वान, Sanskrit निर्वाण, Sanskrit परिनिर्वाण. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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