आशय
Hindi
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit आशय (āśayá).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /ɑː.ʃəj/, [äː.ʃɐj]
Noun
आशय • (āśay) m
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | आशय āśay |
आशय āśay |
| oblique | आशय āśay |
आशयों āśayõ |
| vocative | आशय āśay |
आशयो āśayo |
Derived terms
Further reading
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “आशय”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- আশয় (Assamese script)
- ᬆᬰᬬ (Balinese script)
- আশয় (Bengali script)
- 𑰁𑰫𑰧 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀆𑀰𑀬 (Brahmi script)
- အာၐယ (Burmese script)
- આશય (Gujarati script)
- ਆਸ਼ਯ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌆𑌶𑌯 (Grantha script)
- ꦄꦴꦯꦪ (Javanese script)
- 𑂄𑂬𑂨 (Kaithi script)
- ಆಶಯ (Kannada script)
- អាឝយ (Khmer script)
- ອາຨຍ (Lao script)
- ആശയ (Malayalam script)
- ᠠ᠊ᠠᡧᠠᠶᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘁𑘫𑘧 (Modi script)
- ᠠᢗᠱᠠᠶ᠋ᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦡𑧋𑧇 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐁𑐱𑐫 (Newa script)
- ଆଶଯ (Odia script)
- ꢃꢯꢫ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆄𑆯𑆪 (Sharada script)
- 𑖁𑖫𑖧 (Siddham script)
- ආශය (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩐𑩛𑩿𑩻 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚁𑚧𑚣 (Takri script)
- ஆஶய (Tamil script)
- ఆశయ (Telugu script)
- อาศย (Thai script)
- ཨཱ་ཤ་ཡ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒂𑒬𑒨 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨀𑨊𑨮𑨪 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From आ- (ā-) + शय (śaya), from शी (śī, “to sleep, lie down for sexual intercourse”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱey- (“to lie down, settle”).
Compare with Pali āsaya.
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɑː.ɕɐ.jɐ́/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɑː.ɕɐ.jɐ/
Noun
आशय • (āśayá) stem, m
- resting-place, bed
- seat, place
- an asylum, abode or retreat
- a receptacle
- any recipient
- any vessel of the body
- रक्ताशय ― raktāśaya ― heart (lit. ‘the receptacle of blood’)
- आमाशय ― āmāśaya ― stomach (lit. ‘the receptacle of undigested (food)’)
- the stomach, abdomen
- the seat of feelings and thoughts, the mind, heart, soul
- thought, meaning, intention
- disposition of mind, mode of thinking
- the balance of the fruits of previous works, which lie stored up in the mind in the form of mental deposits of merit or demerit, until they ripen in the individual soul's own experience into rank, years, and enjoyment
- the will
- pleasure
- virtue
- vice
- fate
- fortune
- property
- a miser, niggard
- name of the plant Artocarpus integer (syn. Artocarpus integrifolia; chempedak)
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | आशयः (āśayáḥ) | आशयौ (āśayaú) आशया¹ (āśayā́¹) |
आशयाः (āśayā́ḥ) आशयासः¹ (āśayā́saḥ¹) |
| accusative | आशयम् (āśayám) | आशयौ (āśayaú) आशया¹ (āśayā́¹) |
आशयान् (āśayā́n) |
| instrumental | आशयेन (āśayéna) | आशयाभ्याम् (āśayā́bhyām) | आशयैः (āśayaíḥ) आशयेभिः¹ (āśayébhiḥ¹) |
| dative | आशयाय (āśayā́ya) | आशयाभ्याम् (āśayā́bhyām) | आशयेभ्यः (āśayébhyaḥ) |
| ablative | आशयात् (āśayā́t) | आशयाभ्याम् (āśayā́bhyām) | आशयेभ्यः (āśayébhyaḥ) |
| genitive | आशयस्य (āśayásya) | आशययोः (āśayáyoḥ) | आशयानाम् (āśayā́nām) |
| locative | आशये (āśayé) | आशययोः (āśayáyoḥ) | आशयेषु (āśayéṣu) |
| vocative | आशय (ā́śaya) | आशयौ (ā́śayau) आशया¹ (ā́śayā¹) |
आशयाः (ā́śayāḥ) आशयासः¹ (ā́śayāsaḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Descendants
Further reading
- Monier Williams (1899) “आशय”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 714.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “āśayá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press