आकाशवाणी
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit आकाशवाणी (ākāśavāṇī), equivalent to आकाश (ākāś, “sky, heavens”) + वाणी (vāṇī, “sound; voice”).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /ɑː.kɑːʃ.ʋɑː.ɳiː/, [äː.käːʃ.ʋäː.ɳiː]
Noun
आकाशवाणी • (ākāśvāṇī) f
- radio; a radio station
- Synonym: रेडियो (reḍiyo)
- (Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism) akashvani: a divine message
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | आकाशवाणी ākāśvāṇī |
आकाशवाणियाँ ākāśvāṇiyā̃ |
| oblique | आकाशवाणी ākāśvāṇī |
आकाशवाणियों ākāśvāṇiyõ |
| vocative | आकाशवाणी ākāśvāṇī |
आकाशवाणियो ākāśvāṇiyo |
Proper noun
आकाशवाणी • (ākāśvāṇī) f
Declension
| singular | |
|---|---|
| direct | आकाशवाणी ākāśvāṇī |
| oblique | आकाशवाणी ākāśvāṇī |
| vocative | आकाशवाणी ākāśvāṇī |
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “आकाश”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 78
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- আকাশৱাণী (Assamese script)
- ᬆᬓᬵᬰᬯᬵᬡᬷ (Balinese script)
- আকাশবাণী (Bengali script)
- 𑰁𑰎𑰯𑰫𑰪𑰯𑰜𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀆𑀓𑀸𑀰𑀯𑀸𑀡𑀻 (Brahmi script)
- အာကာၐဝါဏီ (Burmese script)
- આકાશવાણી (Gujarati script)
- ਆਕਾਸ਼ਵਾਣੀ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌆𑌕𑌾𑌶𑌵𑌾𑌣𑍀 (Grantha script)
- ꦄꦴꦏꦴꦯꦮꦴꦟꦷ (Javanese script)
- 𑂄𑂍𑂰𑂬𑂫𑂰𑂝𑂲 (Kaithi script)
- ಆಕಾಶವಾಣೀ (Kannada script)
- អាកាឝវាណី (Khmer script)
- ອາກາຨວາຓີ (Lao script)
- ആകാശവാണീ (Malayalam script)
- ᠠ᠊ᠠᡬᠠ᠊ᠠᡧᠠᠸᠠ᠊ᠠᢏᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
- 𑘁𑘎𑘰𑘫𑘪𑘰𑘜𑘲 (Modi script)
- ᠠᢗᢉᠠᢗᠱᠠᠸᠠᢗᢏᠢᠢ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦡𑦮𑧑𑧋𑧊𑧑𑦼𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐁𑐎𑐵𑐱𑐰𑐵𑐞𑐷 (Newa script)
- ଆକାଶଵାଣୀ (Odia script)
- ꢃꢒꢵꢯꢮꢵꢠꢷ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆄𑆑𑆳𑆯𑆮𑆳𑆟𑆵 (Sharada script)
- 𑖁𑖎𑖯𑖫𑖪𑖯𑖜𑖱 (Siddham script)
- ආකාශවාණී (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩐𑩛𑩜𑩛𑩿𑩾𑩛𑩪𑩑𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚁𑚊𑚭𑚧𑚦𑚭𑚘𑚯 (Takri script)
- ஆகாஶவாணீ (Tamil script)
- ఆకాశవాణీ (Telugu script)
- อากาศวาณี (Thai script)
- ཨཱ་ཀཱ་ཤ་ཝཱ་ཎཱི (Tibetan script)
- 𑒂𑒏𑒰𑒬𑒫𑒰𑒝𑒲 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨀𑨊𑨋𑨊𑨮𑨭𑨊𑨘𑨁𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
आकाश (ākāśa, “sky”) + वाणी (vāṇī, “voice”); the sense of radio originated in 1935 from Kannada ಆಕಾಶವಾಣಿ (ākāśavāṇi), which was coined by the founders of a Mysore radio station that would have the same name. It then was "back-borrowed" into Sanskrit, where it spread to other Indic languages which borrowed vocabulary, including the original sense of this word, from Sanskrit after it was adopted by All India Radio.[1]
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɑː.kɑː.ɕɐ.ʋɑː.ɳiː/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɑː.kɑː.ɕɐ.ʋɑː.ɳiː/
Noun
आकाशवाणी • (ākāśavāṇī) stem, f
- (New Sanskrit) radio
- आकाशवाणीं योजयतु ― ākāśavāṇīṃ yojayatu ― Turn on the radio.
- (Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism) akashvani
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | आकाशवाणी (ākāśavāṇī) | आकाशवाण्यौ (ākāśavāṇyau) | आकाशवाण्यः (ākāśavāṇyaḥ) |
| accusative | आकाशवाणीम् (ākāśavāṇīm) | आकाशवाण्यौ (ākāśavāṇyau) | आकाशवाणीः (ākāśavāṇīḥ) |
| instrumental | आकाशवाण्या (ākāśavāṇyā) | आकाशवाणीभ्याम् (ākāśavāṇībhyām) | आकाशवाणीभिः (ākāśavāṇībhiḥ) |
| dative | आकाशवाण्यै (ākāśavāṇyai) | आकाशवाणीभ्याम् (ākāśavāṇībhyām) | आकाशवाणीभ्यः (ākāśavāṇībhyaḥ) |
| ablative | आकाशवाण्याः (ākāśavāṇyāḥ) | आकाशवाणीभ्याम् (ākāśavāṇībhyām) | आकाशवाणीभ्यः (ākāśavāṇībhyaḥ) |
| genitive | आकाशवाण्याः (ākāśavāṇyāḥ) | आकाशवाण्योः (ākāśavāṇyoḥ) | आकाशवाणीनाम् (ākāśavāṇīnām) |
| locative | आकाशवाण्याम् (ākāśavāṇyām) | आकाशवाण्योः (ākāśavāṇyoḥ) | आकाशवाणीषु (ākāśavāṇīṣu) |
| vocative | आकाशवाणि (ākāśavāṇi) | आकाशवाण्यौ (ākāśavāṇyau) | आकाशवाण्यः (ākāśavāṇyaḥ) |
Proper noun
आकाशवाणी • (ākāśavāṇī) stem, f
References
- ^ Gouri Satya (21 January 2013) “Mysore Akashavani is now 75 years old”, in Business Standard[1]