how to pronounce нирвана

/nʲɪrˈvanə/

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нирвана is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of нирвана in a speech by a native speaker of standard russian:

“… ткани до термина нирвана вотри утробно …”

meanings of нирвана

noun:

Nirvana.

нирвана frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word нирвана occurs in russian on average 0.7 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.