अवस
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Sanskrit[edit]
Alternative scripts[edit]
Alternative scripts
- অৱস (Assamese script)
- ᬅᬯᬲ (Balinese script)
- অবস (Bengali script)
- 𑰀𑰪𑰭 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀅𑀯𑀲 (Brahmi script)
- အဝသ (Burmese script)
- અવસ (Gujarati script)
- ਅਵਸ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌅𑌵𑌸 (Grantha script)
- ꦄꦮꦱ (Javanese script)
- 𑂃𑂫𑂮 (Kaithi script)
- ಅವಸ (Kannada script)
- អវស (Khmer script)
- ອວສ (Lao script)
- അവസ (Malayalam script)
- ᠠᠸᠠᠰ᠌ᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘀𑘪𑘭 (Modi script)
- ᠠᠸᠠᠰᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦠𑧊𑧍 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐀𑐰𑐳 (Newa script)
- ଅଵସ (Odia script)
- ꢂꢮꢱ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆃𑆮𑆱 (Sharada script)
- 𑖀𑖪𑖭 (Siddham script)
- අවස (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩐𑩾𑪁 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚀𑚦𑚨 (Takri script)
- அவஸ (Tamil script)
- అవస (Telugu script)
- อวส (Thai script)
- ཨ་ཝ་ས (Tibetan script)
- 𑒁𑒫𑒮 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨀𑨭𑨰 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew- (“to enjoy, consume”), and related to अव् (av, “to promote; be pleased”) and अवस् (avas, “favor, assistance”).
Noun[edit]
अवस • (avasa) stem, n
- (Vedic) refreshment, food, provisions, viaticum
- (with पद् वत्) "food that has feet"
Declension[edit]
| Neuter a-stem declension of अवस (avasa) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | अवसम् avasam |
अवसे avase |
अवसानि / अवसा¹ avasāni / avasā¹ |
| Vocative | अवस avasa |
अवसे avase |
अवसानि / अवसा¹ avasāni / avasā¹ |
| Accusative | अवसम् avasam |
अवसे avase |
अवसानि / अवसा¹ avasāni / avasā¹ |
| Instrumental | अवसेन avasena |
अवसाभ्याम् avasābhyām |
अवसैः / अवसेभिः¹ avasaiḥ / avasebhiḥ¹ |
| Dative | अवसाय avasāya |
अवसाभ्याम् avasābhyām |
अवसेभ्यः avasebhyaḥ |
| Ablative | अवसात् avasāt |
अवसाभ्याम् avasābhyām |
अवसेभ्यः avasebhyaḥ |
| Genitive | अवसस्य avasasya |
अवसयोः avasayoḥ |
अवसानाम् avasānām |
| Locative | अवसे avase |
अवसयोः avasayoḥ |
अवसेषु avaseṣu |
| Notes |
| ||
Noun[edit]
अवस • (avasa) stem, m
- a king
Declension[edit]
| Masculine a-stem declension of अवस (avasa) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | अवसः avasaḥ |
अवसौ / अवसा¹ avasau / avasā¹ |
अवसाः / अवसासः¹ avasāḥ / avasāsaḥ¹ |
| Vocative | अवस avasa |
अवसौ / अवसा¹ avasau / avasā¹ |
अवसाः / अवसासः¹ avasāḥ / avasāsaḥ¹ |
| Accusative | अवसम् avasam |
अवसौ / अवसा¹ avasau / avasā¹ |
अवसान् avasān |
| Instrumental | अवसेन avasena |
अवसाभ्याम् avasābhyām |
अवसैः / अवसेभिः¹ avasaiḥ / avasebhiḥ¹ |
| Dative | अवसाय avasāya |
अवसाभ्याम् avasābhyām |
अवसेभ्यः avasebhyaḥ |
| Ablative | अवसात् avasāt |
अवसाभ्याम् avasābhyām |
अवसेभ्यः avasebhyaḥ |
| Genitive | अवसस्य avasasya |
अवसयोः avasayoḥ |
अवसानाम् avasānām |
| Locative | अवसे avase |
अवसयोः avasayoḥ |
अवसेषु avaseṣu |
| Notes |
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References[edit]
- Monier Williams (1899) “अवस”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 104/3.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 133
- Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, page 73