अवस्
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- অৱস্ (Assamese script)
- ᬅᬯᬲ᭄ (Balinese script)
- অবস্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰀𑰪𑰭𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀅𑀯𑀲𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- အဝသ် (Burmese script)
- અવસ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਅਵਸ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌅𑌵𑌸𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦄꦮꦱ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂃𑂫𑂮𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ಅವಸ್ (Kannada script)
- អវស៑ (Khmer script)
- ອວສ຺ (Lao script)
- അവസ് (Malayalam script)
- ᠠᠸᠠᠰ᠌ (Manchu script)
- 𑘀𑘪𑘭𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠠᠸᠠᠰ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦠𑧊𑧍𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐀𑐰𑐳𑑂 (Newa script)
- ଅଵସ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢂꢮꢱ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆃𑆮𑆱𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖀𑖪𑖭𑖿 (Siddham script)
- අවස් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩐𑩾𑪁 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚀𑚦𑚨𑚶 (Takri script)
- அவஸ் (Tamil script)
- అవస్ (Telugu script)
- อวสฺ (Thai script)
- ཨ་ཝ་ས྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒁𑒫𑒮𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨀𑨭𑨰𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɐ.ʋɐs/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɐ.ʋɐs̪/
Etymology 1
Noun
अवस् • (avas) stem, n
- favor, furtherance, protection, assistance
- refreshing
- enjoyment, pleasure
- wish, desire (as of men for the gods, or of the waters for the sea)
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | अवः (avaḥ) | अवसी (avasī) | अवांसि (avāṃsi) |
| accusative | अवः (avaḥ) | अवसी (avasī) | अवांसि (avāṃsi) |
| instrumental | अवसा (avasā) | अवोभ्याम् (avobhyām) | अवोभिः (avobhiḥ) |
| dative | अवसे (avase) | अवोभ्याम् (avobhyām) | अवोभ्यः (avobhyaḥ) |
| ablative | अवसः (avasaḥ) | अवोभ्याम् (avobhyām) | अवोभ्यः (avobhyaḥ) |
| genitive | अवसः (avasaḥ) | अवसोः (avasoḥ) | अवसाम् (avasām) |
| locative | अवसि (avasi) | अवसोः (avasoḥ) | अवःसु (avaḥsu) |
| vocative | अवः (avaḥ) | अवसी (avasī) | अवांसि (avāṃsi) |
Etymology 2
Adverb
अवस् • (avas) stem
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “अवस्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 104/3.
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 132
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, page 73