अवसर
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit अवसर (avasara).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /əʋ.səɾ/, [ɐʋ.sɐɾ]
Noun
अवसर • (avsar) m (Urdu spelling اوسر)
- opportunity, chance
- Synonym: मौक़ा (mauqā)
- इस शुभ अवसर पर... ― is śubh avsar par... ― On this auspicious occasion...
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | अवसर avsar |
अवसर avsar |
| oblique | अवसर avsar |
अवसरों avsarõ |
| vocative | अवसर avsar |
अवसरो avsaro |
Marathi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit अवसर (avasara). First attested as Old Marathi 𑘀𑘪𑘭𑘨 (avasara, “occassion”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /əʋ.səɾ/
Noun
अवसर • (avsar) m
- opportunity, chance
- Synonym: संधी (sandhī)
- occasion
- Synonym: प्रसंग (prasaṅga)
Declension
| Declension of अवसर (masc cons-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| direct singular |
अवसर avsar | ||
| direct plural |
अवसर avsar | ||
| singular एकवचन |
plural अनेकवचन | ||
| nominative प्रथमा |
अवसर avsar |
अवसर avsar | |
| oblique सामान्यरूप |
अवसरा avasrā |
अवसरां- avasrān- | |
| acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी |
अवसराला avasrālā |
अवसरांना avasrānnā | |
| ergative | अवसराने, अवसरानं avasrāne, avasrāna |
अवसरांनी avasrānnī | |
| instrumental | अवसराशी avasrāśī |
अवसरांशी avasrānśī | |
| locative सप्तमी |
अवसरात avasrāt |
अवसरांत avasrāt | |
| vocative संबोधन |
अवसरा avasrā |
अवसरांनो avasrānno | |
| Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition. Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition. | |||
| Genitive declension of अवसर (masc cons-stem) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine object पुल्लिंगी कर्म |
feminine object स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म |
neuter object नपुसकलिंगी कर्म |
oblique सामान्यरूप | |||||
| singular एकवचन |
plural अनेकवचन |
singular एकवचन |
plural अनेकवचन |
singular* एकवचन |
plural अनेकवचन |
|||
| singular subject एकवचनी कर्ता |
अवसराचा avasrāċā |
अवसराचे avasrāċe |
अवसराची avasrācī |
अवसराच्या avasrācā |
अवसराचे, अवसराचं avasrāċe, avasrāċa |
अवसराची avasrācī |
अवसराच्या avasrācā | |
| plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता |
अवसरांचा avasrānċā |
अवसरांचे avasrānċe |
अवसरांची avasrāñcī |
अवसरांच्या avasrāncā |
अवसरांचे, अवसरांचं avasrānċe, avasrānċa |
अवसरांची avasrāñcī |
अवसरांच्या avasrāñcā | |
| * Note: Word-final ए (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ (a). Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition. | ||||||||
References
- Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “अवसर”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
- Shankar Gopal Tulpule, Anne Feldhaus (1999) “अवसर”, in A Dictionary of Old Marathi, Mumbai: Popular Prakashan
Old Gujarati
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit अवसर (avasara).
Noun
अवसर • (avasara) m
Descendants
- Gujarati: અવસર (avasar)
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- অৱসৰ (Assamese script)
- ᬅᬯᬲᬭ (Balinese script)
- অবসর (Bengali script)
- 𑰀𑰪𑰭𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀅𑀯𑀲𑀭 (Brahmi script)
- အဝသရ (Burmese script)
- અવસર (Gujarati script)
- ਅਵਸਰ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌅𑌵𑌸𑌰 (Grantha script)
- ꦄꦮꦱꦫ (Javanese script)
- 𑂃𑂫𑂮𑂩 (Kaithi script)
- ಅವಸರ (Kannada script)
- អវសរ (Khmer script)
- ອວສຣ (Lao script)
- അവസര (Malayalam script)
- ᠠᠸᠠᠰ᠌ᠠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘀𑘪𑘭𑘨 (Modi script)
- ᠠᠸᠠᠰᠠᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦠𑧊𑧍𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐀𑐰𑐳𑐬 (Newa script)
- ଅଵସର (Odia script)
- ꢂꢮꢱꢬ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆃𑆮𑆱𑆫 (Sharada script)
- 𑖀𑖪𑖭𑖨 (Siddham script)
- අවසර (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩐𑩾𑪁𑩼 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚀𑚦𑚨𑚤 (Takri script)
- அவஸர (Tamil script)
- అవసర (Telugu script)
- อวสร (Thai script)
- ཨ་ཝ་ས་ར (Tibetan script)
- 𑒁𑒫𑒮𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨀𑨭𑨰𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Compound of अव- (ava-, “down”) + सर (sara, “runner”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɐ.ʋɐ.s̪ɐ.ɾɐ/
Noun
अवसर • (avasara) stem, m
- "descent (of water)", rain
- occasion, moment, favorable opportunity
- seasonableness, appropriate place for anything
- anyone's turn
- leisure, advantageous situation
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | अवसरः (avasaraḥ) | अवसरौ (avasarau) | अवसराः (avasarāḥ) |
| accusative | अवसरम् (avasaram) | अवसरौ (avasarau) | अवसरान् (avasarān) |
| instrumental | अवसरेण (avasareṇa) | अवसराभ्याम् (avasarābhyām) | अवसरैः (avasaraiḥ) |
| dative | अवसराय (avasarāya) | अवसराभ्याम् (avasarābhyām) | अवसरेभ्यः (avasarebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | अवसरात् (avasarāt) | अवसराभ्याम् (avasarābhyām) | अवसरेभ्यः (avasarebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | अवसरस्य (avasarasya) | अवसरयोः (avasarayoḥ) | अवसराणाम् (avasarāṇām) |
| locative | अवसरे (avasare) | अवसरयोः (avasarayoḥ) | अवसरेषु (avasareṣu) |
| vocative | अवसर (avasara) | अवसरौ (avasarau) | अवसराः (avasarāḥ) |
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “अवसर”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 105/1.