different between cessation vs nirvana

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French cessation, itself a borrowing from Latin cess?ti?.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /s??se???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

cessation (countable and uncountable, plural cessations)

1. (formal) A ceasing or discontinuance, for example of an action, whether temporary or final.

   • it might be advisable to permit the temporary cessation of the papal inquisition

   • 1630, John Hayward, The Life and Raigne of King Edward VI

     The day […] was […] yearly observ'd for a festival Day by cessation from Labour.

Synonyms

• (temporary): hiatus, moratorium, recess; see also Thesaurus:pause
• (final): close, endpoint, terminus; see also Thesaurus:finish

Translations

Anagrams

• canoeists, sonicates

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cess?ti?. Morphologically, from cesser +? -ation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?.sa.sj??/

Noun

cessation f (plural cessations)

1. cessation

Further reading

• “cessation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit ??????? (nirv??a, “blown or put out, extinguished”), from ???? (nis, “out”) + ?? (v?, “to blow”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /n???v??n?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /n???v?n?/, /n??v?n?/
• (Indian English) IPA^(key): /n??????n(?)/
• Rhymes: -??n?

Noun

nirvana (countable and uncountable, plural nirvanas)

1. (Buddhism) Complete cessation of suffering; a blissful state attained through realization of sunyata; enlightened experience.
2. (non-Buddhist, colloquial) State of paradise; heightened or great pleasure.

Derived terms

• nerdvana
• nirvanic

Translations

Further reading

• nirvana on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Anirvan, navarin

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit ??????? (nir-v??a, “blown or put out, extinguished”), from ???? (nis, “out”) + ?? (v?, “to blow”).

Noun

nirvana

1. nirvana

Declension

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit ??????? (nir-v??a, “blown or put out, extinguished”), from ???? (nis, “out”) + ?? (v?, “to blow”).

Noun

nirvana m (plural nirvana)

1. nirvana

Related terms

• nirvanico

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit ??????? (nir-v??a, “blown or put out, extinguished”), from ???? (nis, “out”) + ?? (v?, “to blow”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??na

Noun

nirvana m (plural nirvanas)

1. (Buddhism) nirvana (complete cessation of suffering)

Romanian

Etymology

From French nirvana.

Noun

nirvana f (uncountable)

1. nirvana

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit ??????? (nir-v??a, “blown or put out, extinguished”), from ???? (nis, “out”) + ?? (v?, “to blow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nir??na/
• Hyphenation: nir?va?na

Noun

nirvàna f (Cyrillic spelling ????????)

1. nirvana

Declension

References

• “nirvana” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit ??????? (nir-v??a, “blown or put out, extinguished”), from ???? (nis, “out”) + ?? (v?, “to blow”).

Noun

nirvana m (plural nirvanas)

1. nirvana