आशय

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit आशय (āśayá).

Pronunciation

Noun

आशय • (āśaym

  1. intention, purpose, aim, design
    Synonym: अभिप्राय (abhiprāy)
  2. (rare, formal) abode, home
    Synonyms: निवास (nivās), वास (vās), गृह (gŕh), घर (ghar)
  3. (in compounds) container, vessel
  4. (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

References

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

    आ॒श॒य • (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 आ॒श॒य
    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

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

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