आम्

See also: आम

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts
  • আম্ (Assamese script)
  • ᬆᬫ᭄ (Balinese script)
  • আম্ (Bengali script)
  • 𑰁𑰦𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀆𑀫𑁆 (Brahmi script)
  • အာမ် (Burmese script)
  • આમ્ (Gujarati script)
  • ਆਮ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
  • 𑌆𑌮𑍍 (Grantha script)
  • ꦄꦴꦩ꧀ (Javanese script)
  • 𑂄𑂧𑂹 (Kaithi script)
  • ಆಮ್ (Kannada script)
  • អាម៑ (Khmer script)
  • ອາມ຺ (Lao script)
  • ആമ് (Malayalam script)
  • ᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠮ (Manchu script)
  • 𑘁𑘦𑘿 (Modi script)
  • ᠠᢗᠮ (Mongolian script)
  • 𑦡𑧆𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐁𑐩𑑂 (Newa script)
  • ଆମ୍ (Odia script)
  • ꢃꢪ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆄𑆩𑇀 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖁𑖦𑖿 (Siddham script)
  • ආම් (Sinhalese script)
  • 𑩐𑩛𑩴 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
  • 𑚁𑚢𑚶 (Takri script)
  • ஆம் (Tamil script)
  • ఆమ్ (Telugu script)
  • อามฺ (Thai script)
  • ཨཱ་མ྄ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒂𑒧𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
  • 𑨀𑨊𑨢𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

A variation of the sacred syllable ॐ (oṃ).[1] Compare Tamil ஆம் (ām).

Pronunciation

Interjection

आम् • (ām)

  1. yes
    Antonym: नहि (nahi)

References

  1. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 828

Further reading

  • Monier Williams (1899) “आम्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 146, column 1.
  • Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “आम्”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
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