अव
Awadhi
Alternative forms
- औ (au)
Conjunction
अव (av)
Gondi
Etymology
From Proto-Dravidian *a-. Cognate with Tamil அவ் (av).
Pronoun
अव (av)
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- অৱ (Assamese script)
- ᬅᬯ (Balinese script)
- অব (Bengali script)
- 𑰀𑰪 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀅𑀯 (Brahmi script)
- အဝ (Burmese script)
- અવ (Gujarati script)
- ਅਵ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌅𑌵 (Grantha script)
- ꦄꦮ (Javanese script)
- 𑂃𑂫 (Kaithi script)
- ಅವ (Kannada script)
- អវ (Khmer script)
- ອວ (Lao script)
- അവ (Malayalam script)
- ᠠᠸᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘀𑘪 (Modi script)
- ᠠᠸᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦠𑧊 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐀𑐰 (Newa script)
- ଅଵ (Odia script)
- ꢂꢮ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆃𑆮 (Sharada script)
- 𑖀𑖪 (Siddham script)
- අව (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩐𑩾 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚀𑚦 (Takri script)
- அவ (Tamil script)
- అవ (Telugu script)
- อว (Thai script)
- ཨ་ཝ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒁𑒫 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨀𑨭 (Zanabazar Square script)
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɐ́.ʋɐ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɐ.ʋɐ/
Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Háwa, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwo (“off, away, down”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬀 (auua) and Latin au-.[1]
Adverb
अव॑ • (áva)
Etymology 2
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hawa. Cognate to Avestan 𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬀 (auua).
Pronoun
अव • (ava)
Etymology 3
From the root अव् (av, “to promote, favor”) + -अ (-a).
Noun
अव॑ • (áva) stem, m
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | अवः॑ (ávaḥ) | अवौ॑ (ávau) अवा॑¹ (ávā¹) |
अवाः॑ (ávāḥ) अवा॑सः¹ (ávāsaḥ¹) |
| accusative | अव॑म् (ávam) | अवौ॑ (ávau) अवा॑¹ (ávā¹) |
अवा॑न् (ávān) |
| instrumental | अवे॑न (ávena) | अवा॑भ्याम् (ávābhyām) | अवैः॑ (ávaiḥ) अवे॑भिः¹ (ávebhiḥ¹) |
| dative | अवा॑य (ávāya) | अवा॑भ्याम् (ávābhyām) | अवे॑भ्यः (ávebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | अवा॑त् (ávāt) | अवा॑भ्याम् (ávābhyām) | अवे॑भ्यः (ávebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | अव॑स्य (ávasya) | अव॑योः (ávayoḥ) | अवा॑नाम् (ávānām) |
| locative | अवे॑ (áve) | अव॑योः (ávayoḥ) | अवे॑षु (áveṣu) |
| vocative | अव॑ (áva) | अवौ॑ (ávau) अवा॑¹ (ávā¹) |
अवाः॑ (ávāḥ) अवा॑सः¹ (ávāsaḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic
References
- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992), “áva”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 129
Further reading
- Monier Williams (1899), “अव”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 96, column 1.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992), “avóṣ”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][2] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 135