आदि
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit आदि (ādi).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /ɑː.d̪iː/, [äː.d̪iː]
Noun
आदि • (ādi) m
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | आदि ādi |
आदि ādi |
| oblique | आदि ādi |
आदियों ādiyõ |
| vocative | आदि ādi |
आदियो ādiyo |
Proper noun
आदि • (ādi) m
- (Indian Classical Music) the name of a tala, having 8 matras split into 3 vibhags of 4, 2, and 2 matras, respectively
- Synonym: आदिताल (āditāl)
Adverb
आदि • (ādi)
Adjective
आदि • (ādi) (indeclinable)
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
Noun
आदि m
- Devanagari script form of ādi (“beginning”)
- c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar][1] (overall work in Pali), page 2; republished as Satish Chandra Acharyya Vidyabhusana, editor, Kaccayana's Pali Grammar (edited in Devanagari character and translated into English), Calcutta, Bengal: Mahabodhi Society, 1901:
- ते च खो अक्खरापि अकारादयो एकचत्तालीसं सुत्तन्तेसु सोपकारा होन्ति, तं यथा :-
- Te ca kho akkharāpi akārādayo ekacattālīsaṃ suttantesu sopakārā honti, taṃ yathā :-
- And indeed as to the letters , there are forty one employed in the discourses; starting with 'a', they are:
Declension
Declension table of "आदि" (masculine)
| Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative (first) | आदि (ādi) | आदयो (ādayo) or आदी (ādī) |
| Accusative (second) | आदिं (ādiṃ) | आदयो (ādayo) or आदी (ādī) |
| Instrumental (third) | आदिना (ādinā) | आदीहि (ādīhi) or आदीभि (ādībhi) |
| Dative (fourth) | आदिस्स (ādissa) or आदिनो (ādino) | आदीनं (ādīnaṃ) |
| Ablative (fifth) | आदिस्मा (ādismā) or आदिम्हा (ādimhā) | आदीहि (ādīhi) or आदीभि (ādībhi) |
| Genitive (sixth) | आदिस्स (ādissa) or आदिनो (ādino) | आदीनं (ādīnaṃ) |
| Locative (seventh) | आदिस्मिं (ādismiṃ) or आदिम्हि (ādimhi) | आदीसु (ādīsu) |
| Vocative (calling) | आदि (ādi) | आदयो (ādayo) or आदी (ādī) |
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- আদি (Assamese script)
- ᬆᬤᬶ (Balinese script)
- আদি (Bengali script)
- 𑰁𑰟𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀆𑀤𑀺 (Brahmi script)
- အာဒိ (Burmese script)
- આદિ (Gujarati script)
- ਆਦਿ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌆𑌦𑌿 (Grantha script)
- ꦄꦴꦢꦶ (Javanese script)
- 𑂄𑂠𑂱 (Kaithi script)
- ಆದಿ (Kannada script)
- អាទិ (Khmer script)
- ອາທິ (Lao script)
- ആദി (Malayalam script)
- ᠠ᠊ᠠᡩᡳ (Manchu script)
- 𑘁𑘟𑘱 (Modi script)
- ᠠᢗᢑᠢ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦡𑦿𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐁𑐡𑐶 (Newa script)
- ଆଦି (Odia script)
- ꢃꢣꢶ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆄𑆢𑆴 (Sharada script)
- 𑖁𑖟𑖰 (Siddham script)
- ආදි (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩐𑩛𑩭𑩑 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚁𑚛𑚮 (Takri script)
- ஆதி³ (Tamil script)
- ఆది (Telugu script)
- อาทิ (Thai script)
- ཨཱ་དི (Tibetan script)
- 𑒂𑒠𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨀𑨊𑨛𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From the root आदा (ādā), in the sense of "to undertake, begin".
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɑː.di/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɑː.d̪i/
Noun
आदि • (ādi) stem, m
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | आदिः (ādiḥ) | आदी (ādī) | आदयः (ādayaḥ) |
| accusative | आदिम् (ādim) | आदी (ādī) | आदीन् (ādīn) |
| instrumental | आदिना (ādinā) आद्या¹ (ādyā¹) |
आदिभ्याम् (ādibhyām) | आदिभिः (ādibhiḥ) |
| dative | आदये (ādaye) | आदिभ्याम् (ādibhyām) | आदिभ्यः (ādibhyaḥ) |
| ablative | आदेः (ādeḥ) आद्यः¹ (ādyaḥ¹) |
आदिभ्याम् (ādibhyām) | आदिभ्यः (ādibhyaḥ) |
| genitive | आदेः (ādeḥ) आद्यः¹ (ādyaḥ¹) |
आद्योः (ādyoḥ) | आदीनाम् (ādīnām) |
| locative | आदौ (ādau) आदा¹ (ādā¹) |
आद्योः (ādyoḥ) | आदिषु (ādiṣu) |
| vocative | आदे (āde) | आदी (ādī) | आदयः (ādayaḥ) |
- ¹Vedic
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Hindi: आदि (ādi)
- → Kannada: ಆದಿ (ādi)
- → Old Javanese: ādi
- Pali: ādi
- → Punjabi: ਆਦਿ (ādi)
- → Tamil: ஆதி (āti)
- → Telugu: ఆది (ādi)
References
- “आदि” in Carl Cappeller, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary: Based upon the St. Petersburg Lexicons, Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, 1891, →OCLC, page 61.
- Monier Williams (1899) “आदि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 136, column 3.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][2] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 165
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ādí”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 52
