आरा

See also: आर

Hindi

Etymology

From Sanskrit आरा (ā́rā).

Pronunciation

(Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɑː.ɾɑː/, [äː.ɾäː]

Noun

आरा • (ārā) m

awl
saw

Declension

Declension of *आरा* (masc ā-stem)
	singular	plural
direct	आरा ārā	आरे āre
oblique	आरे āre	आरों ārõ
vocative	आरे āre	आरो āro

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

আৰা (Assamese script)
ᬆᬭᬵ (Balinese script)
আরা (Bengali script)
𑰁𑰨𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀆𑀭𑀸 (Brahmi script)
အာရာ (Burmese script)
આરા (Gujarati script)
ਆਰਾ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌆𑌰𑌾 (Grantha script)
ꦄꦴꦫꦴ (Javanese script)
𑂄𑂩𑂰 (Kaithi script)
ಆರಾ (Kannada script)
អារា (Khmer script)
ອາຣາ (Lao script)
ആരാ (Malayalam script)
ᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡵᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
𑘁𑘨𑘰 (Modi script)
ᠠᢗᠷᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
𑦡𑧈𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
𑐁𑐬𑐵 (Newa script)
ଆରା (Odia script)
ꢃꢬꢵ (Saurashtra script)
𑆄𑆫𑆳 (Sharada script)
𑖁𑖨𑖯 (Siddham script)
ආරා (Sinhalese script)
𑩐𑩛𑩼𑩛 (Soyombo script)
𑚁𑚤𑚭 (Takri script)
ஆரா (Tamil script)
ఆరా (Telugu script)
อารา (Thai script)
ཨཱ་རཱ (Tibetan script)
𑒂𑒩𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
𑨀𑨊𑨫𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁ólos

Sanskrit आरा

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁ól-eh₂ (“awl”). Cognate with Old High German āla (whence German Ahle), Old English æl (whence English awl).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɑ́ː.ɾɑː/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɑː.ɾɑː/

Noun

आरा॑ • (ā́rā) stem, f

an awl (a small pointed instrument for piercing small holes in wood or leather; used by shoemakers)
- c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 6.53.5:
  परि॑ तृन्धि पणी॒नाम्अर॑या॒ हृद॑या कवे ।
  अथे॑म॒स्मभ्यं॑ रन्धय ॥
  pári tṛndhi paṇīnā́márayā hṛ́dayā kave.
  áthemasmábhyaṃ randhaya.
  Penetrate with an awl, O Sage, the hearts of avaricious churls, and make them subject to our will.
the knife of a shoemaker
a saw

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of आरा॑
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	आरा॑ (ā́rā)	आरे॑ (ā́re)	आराः॑ (ā́rāḥ)
accusative	आरा॑म् (ā́rām)	आरे॑ (ā́re)	आराः॑ (ā́rāḥ)
instrumental	आर॑या (ā́rayā) आरा॑¹ (ā́rā¹)	आरा॑भ्याम् (ā́rābhyām)	आरा॑भिः (ā́rābhiḥ)
dative	आरा॑यै (ā́rāyai)	आरा॑भ्याम् (ā́rābhyām)	आरा॑भ्यः (ā́rābhyaḥ)
ablative	आरा॑याः (ā́rāyāḥ) आरा॑यै² (ā́rāyai²)	आरा॑भ्याम् (ā́rābhyām)	आरा॑भ्यः (ā́rābhyaḥ)
genitive	आरा॑याः (ā́rāyāḥ) आरा॑यै² (ā́rāyai²)	आर॑योः (ā́rayoḥ)	आरा॑णाम् (ā́rāṇām)
locative	आरा॑याम् (ā́rāyām)	आर॑योः (ā́rayoḥ)	आरा॑सु (ā́rāsu)
vocative	आरे॑ (ā́re)	आरे॑ (ā́re)	आराः॑ (ā́rāḥ)

¹Vedic
²Brāhmaṇas

Descendants

Dardic:
- Kashmiri: ٲر (ạ̄r), ऑर (ạ̄r)
Helu Prakrit:
- Sinhalese: ආර (āra)
→ Khotanese: [script needed] (ārä)
Magadhi Prakrit:
- Assamese: আল (al, “sharp point, spur”)
- Bengali: আরা (ara)
- Magahi: 𑂄𑂩𑂲 (ārī)
- Odia: ଆର (āra)
Pali: ārā
Sauraseni Prakrit:
- Gujarati: આર (āra, “iron spike”)
- Hindi: आरा (ārā)
- Marathi: आरी (ārī, “iron spike”)
- Nepali: आरो (āro)
- Punjabi: ਆਰ (āra, “awl, prod”), ਆਰਾ (ārā, “saw, sawmill”), ਆਰੀ (ārī, “handsaw”)
- Saraiki: आरा (ārā)
- Vaghri: આર (āra, “iron spike”)

References

Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “āˊrā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press