आयाम
Hindi
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit आयाम (āyāma), ultimately from the root आयम् (āyam), which is from आ- (ā-) + यम् (yam).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /ɑː.jɑːm/, [äː.jä̃ːm]
Noun
आयाम • (āyām) m
- extending, stretching
- (mensuration) breadth
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | आयाम āyām |
आयाम āyām |
| oblique | आयाम āyām |
आयामों āyāmõ |
| vocative | आयाम āyām |
आयामो āyāmo |
References
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “आयाम”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “आयाम”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- আয়াম (Assamese script)
- ᬆᬬᬵᬫ (Balinese script)
- আয়াম (Bengali script)
- 𑰁𑰧𑰯𑰦 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀆𑀬𑀸𑀫 (Brahmi script)
- အာယာမ (Burmese script)
- આયામ (Gujarati script)
- ਆਯਾਮ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌆𑌯𑌾𑌮 (Grantha script)
- ꦄꦴꦪꦴꦩ (Javanese script)
- 𑂄𑂨𑂰𑂧 (Kaithi script)
- ಆಯಾಮ (Kannada script)
- អាយាម (Khmer script)
- ອາຍາມ (Lao script)
- ആയാമ (Malayalam script)
- ᠠ᠊ᠠᠶᠠ᠊ᠠᠮᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘁𑘧𑘰𑘦 (Modi script)
- ᠠᢗᠶ᠋ᠠᢗᠮᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦡𑧇𑧑𑧆 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐁𑐫𑐵𑐩 (Newa script)
- ଆଯାମ (Odia script)
- ꢃꢫꢵꢪ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆄𑆪𑆳𑆩 (Sharada script)
- 𑖁𑖧𑖯𑖦 (Siddham script)
- ආයාම (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩐𑩛𑩻𑩛𑩴 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚁𑚣𑚭𑚢 (Takri script)
- ஆயாம (Tamil script)
- ఆయామ (Telugu script)
- อายาม (Thai script)
- ཨཱ་ཡཱ་མ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒂𑒨𑒰𑒧 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨀𑨊𑨪𑨊𑨢 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Vṛddhi derivative of आयम् (āyam).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɑː.jɑː.mɐ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɑː.jɑː.mɐ/
Noun
आयाम • (āyāma) stem, m
- stretching, extending
- restraining, restrained, stopping
- expansion, length (either in space or time)
- (mensuration) breadth
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | आयामः (āyāmaḥ) | आयामौ (āyāmau) आयामा¹ (āyāmā¹) |
आयामाः (āyāmāḥ) आयामासः¹ (āyāmāsaḥ¹) |
| accusative | आयामम् (āyāmam) | आयामौ (āyāmau) आयामा¹ (āyāmā¹) |
आयामान् (āyāmān) |
| instrumental | आयामेन (āyāmena) | आयामाभ्याम् (āyāmābhyām) | आयामैः (āyāmaiḥ) आयामेभिः¹ (āyāmebhiḥ¹) |
| dative | आयामाय (āyāmāya) | आयामाभ्याम् (āyāmābhyām) | आयामेभ्यः (āyāmebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | आयामात् (āyāmāt) | आयामाभ्याम् (āyāmābhyām) | आयामेभ्यः (āyāmebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | आयामस्य (āyāmasya) | आयामयोः (āyāmayoḥ) | आयामानाम् (āyāmānām) |
| locative | आयामे (āyāme) | आयामयोः (āyāmayoḥ) | आयामेषु (āyāmeṣu) |
| vocative | आयाम (āyāma) | आयामौ (āyāmau) आयामा¹ (āyāmā¹) |
आयामाः (āyāmāḥ) आयामासः¹ (āyāmāsaḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Derived terms
- प्राणायाम (prāṇāyāma)
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “आयाम”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 148, column 2.