स्वयम्
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
- स्वयं (svayaṃ)
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- স্বয়ম্ (Assamese script)
- ᬲ᭄ᬯᬬᬫ᭄ (Balinese script)
- স্বয়ম্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰭𑰿𑰪𑰧𑰦𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀲𑁆𑀯𑀬𑀫𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- သွယမ် (Burmese script)
- સ્વયમ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਸ੍ਵਯਮ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌸𑍍𑌵𑌯𑌮𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦱ꧀ꦮꦪꦩ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂮𑂹𑂫𑂨𑂧𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ಸ್ವಯಮ್ (Kannada script)
- ស្វយម៑ (Khmer script)
- ສ຺ວຍມ຺ (Lao script)
- സ്വയമ് (Malayalam script)
- ᠰᠣᠸᠠᠶᠠᠮ (Manchu script)
- 𑘭𑘿𑘪𑘧𑘦𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠰᢦᠶ᠋ᠠᠮ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧍𑧠𑧊𑧇𑧆𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐳𑑂𑐰𑐫𑐩𑑂 (Newa script)
- ସ୍ଵଯମ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢱ꣄ꢮꢫꢪ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆱𑇀𑆮𑆪𑆩𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖭𑖿𑖪𑖧𑖦𑖿 (Siddham script)
- ස්වයම් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑪁 𑪙𑩾𑩻𑩴 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚨𑚶𑚦𑚣𑚢𑚶 (Takri script)
- ஸ்வயம் (Tamil script)
- స్వయమ్ (Telugu script)
- สฺวยมฺ (Thai script)
- སྭ་ཡ་མ྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒮𑓂𑒫𑒨𑒧𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨰𑩇𑨭𑨪𑨢𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swé. Related to स्व (svá).[1]
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /sʋɐ.jɐ́m/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /s̪ʋɐ.jɐm/
Pronoun
स्व॒यम् • (svayám) (indeclinable)
- self, one's self
- of or by one's self spontaneously, voluntarily, of one's own accord
References
- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), “svá-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 787: “(line 3) svayám selbst”
Further reading
- Monier Williams (1899), “स्वयम्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1278, column 2.