अवस्
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- অৱস্ (Assamese script)
- ᬅᬯᬲ᭄ (Balinese script)
- অবস্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰀𑰪𑰭𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀅𑀯𑀲𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- အဝသ် (Burmese script)
- અવસ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਅਵਸ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌅𑌵𑌸𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦄꦮꦱ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂃𑂫𑂮𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ಅವಸ್ (Kannada script)
- អវស៑ (Khmer script)
- ອວສ຺ (Lao script)
- അവസ് (Malayalam script)
- ᠠᠸᠠᠰ᠌ (Manchu script)
- 𑘀𑘪𑘭𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠠᠸᠠᠰ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦠𑧊𑧍𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐀𑐰𑐳𑑂 (Newa script)
- ଅଵସ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢂꢮꢱ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆃𑆮𑆱𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖀𑖪𑖭𑖿 (Siddham script)
- අවස් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩐𑩾𑪁 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚀𑚦𑚨𑚶 (Takri script)
- அவஸ் (Tamil script)
- అవస్ (Telugu script)
- อวสฺ (Thai script)
- ཨ་ཝ་ས྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒁𑒫𑒮𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨀𑨭𑨰𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɐ́.ʋɐs/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɐ.ʋɐs̪/
Noun
अव॑स् • (ávas) stem, n
- favor, furtherance, protection, assistance
- refreshing
- enjoyment, pleasure
- wish, desire (as of men for the gods, or of the waters for the sea)
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | अवः॑ (ávaḥ) | अव॑सी (ávasī) | अवां॑सि (ávāṃsi) |
| accusative | अवः॑ (ávaḥ) | अव॑सी (ávasī) | अवां॑सि (ávāṃsi) |
| instrumental | अव॑सा (ávasā) | अवो॑भ्याम् (ávobhyām) | अवो॑भिः (ávobhiḥ) |
| dative | अव॑से (ávase) | अवो॑भ्याम् (ávobhyām) | अवो॑भ्यः (ávobhyaḥ) |
| ablative | अव॑सः (ávasaḥ) | अवो॑भ्याम् (ávobhyām) | अवो॑भ्यः (ávobhyaḥ) |
| genitive | अव॑सः (ávasaḥ) | अव॑सोः (ávasoḥ) | अव॑साम् (ávasām) |
| locative | अव॑सि (ávasi) | अव॑सोः (ávasoḥ) | अवः॑सु (ávaḥsu) |
| vocative | अवः॑ (ávaḥ) | अव॑सी (ávasī) | अवां॑सि (ávāṃsi) |
Etymology 2
From earlier अवर् (avár) (with reinterpretation of sandhi form अवः (aváḥ)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *awár. Cognate with Old Avestan 𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬭𐬇 (auuarə̄, “downwards”).[1][2]
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɐ.ʋɐ́s/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɐ.ʋɐs̪/
Adverb
अ॒वस् • (avás)
Derived terms
- अवस्तात् (avástāt)
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “अवस्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 104, column 3.
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992), Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 132
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Lubotsky, Alexander (2011), The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, page 73