आशय
Hindi
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit आशय (āśayá).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Hindi) IPA(key): /ɑː.ʃəj/, [äː.ʃɐj]
Noun
आशय • (āśay) m
- intention, purpose, aim, design
- Synonym: अभिप्राय (abhiprāy)
- (rare, formal) abode, home
- (in compounds) container, vessel
- (in compounds, physiology) organ
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | आशय āśay |
आशय āśay |
| oblique | आशय āśay |
आशयों āśayõ |
| vocative | आशय āśay |
आशयो āśayo |
Derived terms
References
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “आशय”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. “Sea of Hindi words”] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 481
- Caturvedi, Mahendra; Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970), “आशय”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House, page 74
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “आशय”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 96
- Bahri, Hardev (1989), “आशय”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons, page 48.
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
आ॒श॒य • (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 | आ॒श॒यः (āśayáḥ) | आ॒श॒यौ (āśayáu) आ॒श॒या¹ (āśayā́¹) |
आ॒श॒याः (āśayā́ḥ) आ॒श॒यासः॑¹ (āśayā́saḥ¹) |
| accusative | आ॒श॒यम् (āśayám) | आ॒श॒यौ (āśayáu) आ॒श॒या¹ (āśayā́¹) |
आ॒श॒यान् (āśayā́n) |
| instrumental | आ॒श॒येन॑ (āśayéna) | आ॒श॒याभ्या॑म् (āśayā́bhyām) | आ॒श॒यैः (āśayáiḥ) आ॒श॒येभिः॑¹ (āśayébhiḥ¹) |
| dative | आ॒श॒याय॑ (āśayā́ya) | आ॒श॒याभ्या॑म् (āśayā́bhyām) | आ॒श॒येभ्यः॑ (āśayébhyaḥ) |
| ablative | आ॒श॒यात् (āśayā́t) | आ॒श॒याभ्या॑म् (āśayā́bhyām) | आ॒श॒येभ्यः॑ (āśayébhyaḥ) |
| genitive | आ॒श॒यस्य॑ (āśayásya) | आ॒श॒ययोः॑ (āśayáyoḥ) | आ॒श॒याना॑म् (āśayā́nām) |
| locative | आ॒श॒ये (āśayé) | आ॒श॒ययोः॑ (āśayáyoḥ) | आ॒श॒येषु॑ (āśayéṣu) |
| vocative | आश॑य (ā́śaya) | आश॑यौ (ā́śayau) आश॑या¹ (ā́śayā¹) |
आश॑याः (ā́śayāḥ) आश॑यासः¹ (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