आशय

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit आशय (āśayá).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /ɑː.ʃəj/, [äː.ʃɐj]

Noun

आशय • (āśaym

  1. (rare, formal) abode, home
    Synonyms: निवास (nivās), वास (vās), गृह (gŕh), घर (ghar)
  2. (in compounds) container, vessel
  3. (in compounds, physiology) organ

Declension

Declension of आशय (masc cons-stem)
singular plural
direct आशय
āśay
आशय
āśay
oblique आशय
āśay
आशयों
āśayõ
vocative आशय
āśay
आशयो
āśayo

Derived terms

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Sanskrit

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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

Noun

आशय • (āśayá) stemm

  1. resting-place, bed
  2. seat, place
  3. an asylum, abode or retreat
  4. a receptacle
  5. any recipient
  6. any vessel of the body
    रक्ताशयraktāśayaheart (lit. ‘the receptacle of blood’)
    आमाशयāmāśayastomach (lit. ‘the receptacle of undigested (food)’)
  7. the stomach, abdomen
  8. the seat of feelings and thoughts, the mind, heart, soul
  9. thought, meaning, intention
  10. disposition of mind, mode of thinking
  11. 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
  12. the will
  13. pleasure
  14. virtue
  15. vice
  16. fate
  17. fortune
  18. property
  19. a miser, niggard
  20. name of the plant Artocarpus integer (syn. Artocarpus integrifolia; chempedak)

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of आशय
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

  • Hindi: आशय (āśay)
  • Tamil: ஆசயம் (ācayam)

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