निहत्था نِہَتّا ♣ Eng. nirvana + surgeon

निहत्था نِہَتّا ♣ Eng. nirvana + surgeon

[ni-hatt⁽ʰ⁾ā], adj. unarmed.

[◀MIA ∙∙∙ ◀OIA nírhasta- ‘handless’ AV. <+②nis- prep. or prefix, ‘out, forth, away from, without, dis-, -less’ (♣Eng. nirvana ) <hásta- m. ‘hand’ RV. ◀PIE *ĝhesto- ‘hand, arm’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. surgeon, presto ]

☞ (Platts, 1884) 1162, ② 1136; (Turner, 1966) 7405, 14024; (MW, 1899) 0542, 1294, ② 0543; (Pokorny, 1959) 0447; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 2.812, ② 2.047