आलय

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit आलय (ālaya).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɑː.ləj/, [äː.lɐj]

Noun

आलय • (ālay) m (Urdu spelling آلیہ) (formal)

1. place, home

Declension

Declension of आलय (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	आलय ālay	आलय ālay
oblique	आलय ālay	आलयों ālayõ
vocative	आलय ālay	आलयो ālayo

Derived terms

• कार्यालय (kāryālay)
• पुस्तकालय (pustakālay)
• ग्रन्थालय (granthālay)
• विद्यालय (vidyālay)
• महाविद्यालय (mahāvidyālay)
• भोजनालय (bhojnālay)
• शौचालय (śaucālay)
• संग्रहालय (saṅgrahālay)
• हिमालय (himālay)
• चिकित्सालय (cikitsālay)
• रुग्णालय (rugṇālay)
• न्यायालय (nyāyālay)
• मंत्रालय (mantrālay)
• वस्त्रालय (vastrālay)
• दुग्धालय (dugdhālay)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• আলয় (Assamese script)
• ᬆᬮᬬ (Balinese script)
• আলয় (Bengali script)
• 𑰁𑰩𑰧 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀆𑀮𑀬 (Brahmi script)
• အာလယ (Burmese script)
• આલય (Gujarati script)
• ਆਲਯ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌆𑌲𑌯 (Grantha script)
• ꦄꦴꦭꦪ (Javanese script)
• 𑂄𑂪𑂨 (Kaithi script)
• ಆಲಯ (Kannada script)
• អាលយ (Khmer script)
• ອາລຍ (Lao script)
• ആലയ (Malayalam script)
• ᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠯᠠᠶᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘁𑘩𑘧 (Modi script)
• ᠠᢗᠯᠠᠶ᠋ᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦡𑧉𑧇 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐁𑐮𑐫 (Newa script)
• ଆଲଯ (Odia script)
• ꢃꢭꢫ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆄𑆬𑆪 (Sharada script)
• 𑖁𑖩𑖧 (Siddham script)
• ආලය (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩛𑩽𑩻 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚁𑚥𑚣 (Takri script)
• ஆலய (Tamil script)
• ఆలయ (Telugu script)
• อาลย (Thai script)
• ཨཱ་ལ་ཡ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒂𑒪𑒨 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨊𑨬𑨪 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From आ- (ā-) +‎ लयते (layate, “stays, sticks”), the latter component from the root ली (lī, “to cling, adhere to”), from Proto-Indo-European *sley- (“smooth; slick; sticky; slimy”), related to लिनाति (lināti, “stays, sticks, adheres to”) and cognate with Proto-Germanic *slīmą (whence English slime).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɑː.lɐ.jɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɑː.l̪ɐ.jɐ/

Noun

आलय • (ā-laya) stem, m or n

1. house, dwelling

   हिमालय (himālaya "abode of snow", from hima "snow" + ālaya)

2. receptacle, asylum

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of आलय
Nom. sg.	आलयः (ālayaḥ)
Gen. sg.	आलयस्य (ālayasya)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	आलयः (ālayaḥ)	आलयौ (ālayau)	आलयाः (ālayāḥ)
Vocative	आलय (ālaya)	आलयौ (ālayau)	आलयाः (ālayāḥ)
Accusative	आलयम् (ālayam)	आलयौ (ālayau)	आलयान् (ālayān)
Instrumental	आलयेन (ālayena)	आलयाभ्याम् (ālayābhyām)	आलयैः (ālayaiḥ)
Dative	आलयाय (ālayāya)	आलयाभ्याम् (ālayābhyām)	आलयेभ्यः (ālayebhyaḥ)
Ablative	आलयात् (ālayāt)	आलयाभ्याम् (ālayābhyām)	आलयेभ्यः (ālayebhyaḥ)
Genitive	आलयस्य (ālayasya)	आलययोः (ālayayoḥ)	आलयानाम् (ālayānām)
Locative	आलये (ālaye)	आलययोः (ālayayoḥ)	आलयेषु (ālayeṣu)

Neuter a-stem declension of आलय
Nom. sg.	आलयम् (ālayam)
Gen. sg.	आलयस्य (ālayasya)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	आलयम् (ālayam)	आलये (ālaye)	आलयानि (ālayāni)
Vocative	आलय (ālaya)	आलये (ālaye)	आलयानि (ālayāni)
Accusative	आलयम् (ālayam)	आलये (ālaye)	आलयानि (ālayāni)
Instrumental	आलयेन (ālayena)	आलयाभ्याम् (ālayābhyām)	आलयैः (ālayaiḥ)
Dative	आलयाय (ālayāya)	आलयाभ्याम् (ālayābhyām)	आलयेभ्यः (ālayebhyaḥ)
Ablative	आलयात् (ālayāt)	आलयाभ्याम् (ālayābhyām)	आलयेभ्यः (ālayebhyaḥ)
Genitive	आलयस्य (ālayasya)	आलययोः (ālayayoḥ)	आलयानाम् (ālayānām)
Locative	आलये (ālaye)	आलययोः (ālayayoḥ)	आलयेषु (ālayeṣu)

Descendants

• → Hindi: आलय (ālay) (learned)
• → Telugu: ఆలయము (ālayamu)
• → Tamil: ஆலயம் (ālayam)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “आलय”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0153.
• “आलय”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.