अवयव
Hindi
FWOTD – 25 November 2020
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit अवयव (avayava).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /əʋ.jəʋ/, [ɐʋ.jɐʋ]
Noun
अवयव • (avyav) m
- element, component
- 1865, Paṇḍit Vijayśaṇkar, Padārthvidyāsār[1]:
- परंतु यह नंही होसक्ता कि लकड़ी के अवयव और कील एक ही स्थान में हों […]
- parantu yah nãhī hosaktā ki lakṛī ke avyav aur kīl ek hī sthān mẽ hõ […]
- But it cannot be so that the piece of wood and the nail are in the same place […]
- organ, limb
- Synonym: अंग (aṅg)
- अवयव-दान ― avyav-dān ― organ donation
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | अवयव avyav |
अवयव avyav |
| oblique | अवयव avyav |
अवयवों avyavõ |
| vocative | अवयव avyav |
अवयवो avyavo |
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “अवयव”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- অৱয়ৱ (Assamese script)
- ᬅᬯᬬᬯ (Balinese script)
- অবয়ব (Bengali script)
- 𑰀𑰪𑰧𑰪 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀅𑀯𑀬𑀯 (Brahmi script)
- အဝယဝ (Burmese script)
- અવયવ (Gujarati script)
- ਅਵਯਵ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌅𑌵𑌯𑌵 (Grantha script)
- ꦄꦮꦪꦮ (Javanese script)
- 𑂃𑂫𑂨𑂫 (Kaithi script)
- ಅವಯವ (Kannada script)
- អវយវ (Khmer script)
- ອວຍວ (Lao script)
- അവയവ (Malayalam script)
- ᠠᠸᠠᠶᠠᠸᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘀𑘪𑘧𑘪 (Modi script)
- ᠠᠸᠠᠶ᠋ᠠᠸᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦠𑧊𑧇𑧊 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐀𑐰𑐫𑐰 (Newa script)
- ଅଵଯଵ (Odia script)
- ꢂꢮꢫꢮ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆃𑆮𑆪𑆮 (Sharada script)
- 𑖀𑖪𑖧𑖪 (Siddham script)
- අවයව (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩐𑩾𑩻𑩾 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚀𑚦𑚣𑚦 (Takri script)
- அவயவ (Tamil script)
- అవయవ (Telugu script)
- อวยว (Thai script)
- ཨ་ཝ་ཡ་ཝ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒁𑒫𑒨𑒫 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨀𑨭𑨪𑨭 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From the root अवयु (avayu, “to separate from”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɐ.ʋɐ.jɐ.ʋɐ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɐ.ʋɐ.jɐ.ʋɐ/
Noun
अवयव • (avayava) stem, m
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | अवयवः (avayavaḥ) | अवयवौ (avayavau) अवयवा¹ (avayavā¹) |
अवयवाः (avayavāḥ) अवयवासः¹ (avayavāsaḥ¹) |
| accusative | अवयवम् (avayavam) | अवयवौ (avayavau) अवयवा¹ (avayavā¹) |
अवयवान् (avayavān) |
| instrumental | अवयवेन (avayavena) | अवयवाभ्याम् (avayavābhyām) | अवयवैः (avayavaiḥ) अवयवेभिः¹ (avayavebhiḥ¹) |
| dative | अवयवाय (avayavāya) | अवयवाभ्याम् (avayavābhyām) | अवयवेभ्यः (avayavebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | अवयवात् (avayavāt) | अवयवाभ्याम् (avayavābhyām) | अवयवेभ्यः (avayavebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | अवयवस्य (avayavasya) | अवयवयोः (avayavayoḥ) | अवयवानाम् (avayavānām) |
| locative | अवयवे (avayave) | अवयवयोः (avayavayoḥ) | अवयवेषु (avayaveṣu) |
| vocative | अवयव (avayava) | अवयवौ (avayavau) अवयवा¹ (avayavā¹) |
अवयवाः (avayavāḥ) अवयवासः¹ (avayavāsaḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “अवयव”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 102/2.