न्याय

Hindi

Borrowed from Sanskrit न्याय (nyāya).

न्याय • (nyāy) m

justice, law
न्याय न्यायी होना चाहिए। ― nyāy nyāyī honā cāhie. ― The law should be just.

Synonyms: क़ानून (qānūn), इनसाफ़ (insāf)
judgement, decision (as of a court)
rule
Synonym: नियम (niyam)
(philosophy) Nyaya

Declension of न्याय (masc cons-stem)

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “न्याय”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 583

Literally means "that into which a thing goes back"; ultimately formed from नि (ni, “back, into”) + इ (i, “to go”).

न्याय • (nyāyá) m

that into which a thing goes back i.e. an original type, standard, method, rule, (esp.) a general or universal rule, model, axiom, system, plan, manner, right or fit manner or way, fitness, propriety
a lawsuit, legal proceeding, judicial sentence, judgement
a logical or syllogistic argument or inference (consisting of a combination of enthymeme and syllogism, and so having, according to the नैयायिकs 5 members, viz. प्रतिज्ञा, हेतु, उदाहरण, उपनय, निगमन, or according to the वेदान्तिन्s 3 members)
a system of philosophy delivered by गोतम or गौतम (it is one of the six दर्शनस् q.v., and is perhaps so called, because it ‘goes into’ all subjects physical and metaphysical according to the above syllogistic method treated of in one division of the system ; its branch is called वैशेषिक)
likeness, analogy, a popular maxim or apposite illustration (cf. काकाक्षि-, घुणाक्षर-, दण्डापूप. &c.)

Masculine a-stem declension of न्याय (nyāyá)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	न्यायः nyāyáḥ	न्यायौ nyāyaú	न्यायाः / न्यायासः¹ nyāyā́ḥ / nyāyā́saḥ¹
Vocative	न्याय nyā́ya	न्यायौ nyā́yau	न्यायाः / न्यायासः¹ nyā́yāḥ / nyā́yāsaḥ¹
Accusative	न्यायम् nyāyám	न्यायौ nyāyaú	न्यायान् nyāyā́n
Instrumental	न्यायेन nyāyéna	न्यायाभ्याम् nyāyā́bhyām	न्यायैः / न्यायेभिः¹ nyāyaíḥ / nyāyébhiḥ¹
Dative	न्यायाय nyāyā́ya	न्यायाभ्याम् nyāyā́bhyām	न्यायेभ्यः nyāyébhyaḥ
Ablative	न्यायात् nyāyā́t	न्यायाभ्याम् nyāyā́bhyām	न्यायेभ्यः nyāyébhyaḥ
Genitive	न्यायस्य nyāyásya	न्याययोः nyāyáyoḥ	न्यायानाम् nyāyā́nām
Locative	न्याये nyāyé	न्याययोः nyāyáyoḥ	न्यायेषु nyāyéṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Monier Williams (1899), “न्याय”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 572.
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “nyāya”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

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