अहर्निश
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- অহৰ্নিশ (Assamese script)
- ᬅᬳᬃᬦᬶᬰ (Balinese script)
- অহর্নিশ (Bengali script)
- 𑰀𑰮𑰨𑰿𑰡𑰰𑰫 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀅𑀳𑀭𑁆𑀦𑀺𑀰 (Brahmi script)
- အဟရ်္နိၐ (Burmese script)
- અહર્નિશ (Gujarati script)
- ਅਹਰ੍ਨਿਸ਼ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌅𑌹𑌰𑍍𑌨𑌿𑌶 (Grantha script)
- ꦄꦲꦂꦤꦶꦯ (Javanese script)
- 𑂃𑂯𑂩𑂹𑂢𑂱𑂬 (Kaithi script)
- ಅಹರ್ನಿಶ (Kannada script)
- អហន៌ិឝ (Khmer script)
- ອຫຣ຺ນິຨ (Lao script)
- അഹര്നിശ (Malayalam script)
- ᠠᡥᠠᡵᠨᡳᡧᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘀𑘮𑘨𑘿𑘡𑘱𑘫 (Modi script)
- ᠠᠾᠠᠷᠨᠢᠱᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦠𑧎𑧈𑧠𑧁𑧒𑧋 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐀𑐴𑐬𑑂𑐣𑐶𑐱 (Newa script)
- ଅହର୍ନିଶ (Odia script)
- ꢂꢲꢬ꣄ꢥꢶꢯ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆃𑆲𑆫𑇀𑆤𑆴𑆯 (Sharada script)
- 𑖀𑖮𑖨𑖿𑖡𑖰𑖫 (Siddham script)
- අහර්නිශ (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩐𑪂𑩼 𑪙𑩯𑩑𑩿 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚀𑚩𑚤𑚶𑚝𑚮𑚧 (Takri script)
- அஹர்நிஶ (Tamil script)
- అహర్నిశ (Telugu script)
- อหรฺนิศ (Thai script)
- ཨ་ཧ་རྣི་ཤ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒁𑒯𑒩𑓂𑒢𑒱𑒬 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨀𑨱𑨫𑩇𑨝𑨁𑨮 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Etymology tree
Dvandva compound of अहर् (ahar, “day”) + निशा (niśā, “night”)
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɐ.ɦɐɾ.ni.ɕɐ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɐ.ɦɐɾ.n̪i.ɕɐ/
Noun
अहर्निश • (aharniśa) stem, n
- day and night, a whole day
- (adverbial accusative) day and night, continually
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | अहर्निशम् (aharniśam) | अहर्निशे (aharniśe) | अहर्निशानि (aharniśāni) अहर्निशा¹ (aharniśā¹) |
| accusative | अहर्निशम् (aharniśam) | अहर्निशे (aharniśe) | अहर्निशानि (aharniśāni) अहर्निशा¹ (aharniśā¹) |
| instrumental | अहर्निशेन (aharniśena) | अहर्निशाभ्याम् (aharniśābhyām) | अहर्निशैः (aharniśaiḥ) अहर्निशेभिः¹ (aharniśebhiḥ¹) |
| dative | अहर्निशाय (aharniśāya) | अहर्निशाभ्याम् (aharniśābhyām) | अहर्निशेभ्यः (aharniśebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | अहर्निशात् (aharniśāt) | अहर्निशाभ्याम् (aharniśābhyām) | अहर्निशेभ्यः (aharniśebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | अहर्निशस्य (aharniśasya) | अहर्निशयोः (aharniśayoḥ) | अहर्निशानाम् (aharniśānām) |
| locative | अहर्निशे (aharniśe) | अहर्निशयोः (aharniśayoḥ) | अहर्निशेषु (aharniśeṣu) |
| vocative | अहर्निश (aharniśa) | अहर्निशे (aharniśe) | अहर्निशानि (aharniśāni) अहर्निशा¹ (aharniśā¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Descendants
- Prakrit: अहंणिस (ahaṃṇisa), अहण्णिस (ahaṇṇisa)
- Old Punjabi: ਅਹਿਨਿਸਿ (ahinisi, “continually”)
- → Hindi: अहर्निश (aharniś, “continually”)
References
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “aharniśa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
- Monier Williams (1899) “अहर्निश”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 124.