अभाव

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit अभाव (abhāva).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /ə.bʱɑːʋ/, [ɐ.bʱäːʋ]

Noun

अभाव • (abhāv) m (Urdu spelling ابھاو)

1. non-existence

   Synonyms: असत (asat), अनस्तित्व (anastitva)

   Antonym: अस्तित्व (astitva)

2. lack, deficiency

   Synonym: कमी (kamī)

Declension

Declension of अभाव (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	अभाव abhāv	अभाव abhāv
oblique	अभाव abhāv	अभावों abhāvõ
vocative	अभाव abhāv	अभावो abhāvo

Related terms

• अभावत्व (abhāvatva)
• अभावता (abhāvtā)

References

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “अभाव”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. “Sea of Hindi words”] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 270
• Caturvedi, Mahendra; Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970), “अभाव”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House, page 37
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “अभाव”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 47
• Bahri, Hardev (1989), “अभाव”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons, page 19.

Marathi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अभाव (abhāva).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ə.bʱaʋ/

Noun

अभाव • (abhāv) m

1. absence, lack of

Declension

Declension of अभाव (masc cons-stem)
direct singular	अभाव abhāv
direct plural	अभाव abhāv
	singular एकवचन		plural अनेकवचन
nominative प्रथमा	अभाव abhāv		अभाव abhāv
oblique सामान्यरूप	अभावा abhāvā		अभावां- abhāvā̃-
accusative / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी	अभावाला abhāvālā		अभावांना abhāvānnā
ergative	अभावाने, अभावानं abhāvāne, abhāvāna		अभावांनी abhāvānnī
instrumental	अभावाशी abhāvāśī		अभावांशी abhāvāuśī
locative सप्तमी	अभावात abhāvāt		अभावांत abhāvānta
vocative संबोधन	अभावा abhāvā		अभावांनो abhāvānno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition. Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.

Genitive declension of अभाव (masc cons-stem)
	masculine object पुल्लिंगी कर्म		feminine object स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म		neuter object नपुसकलिंगी कर्म		oblique सामान्यरूप
	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular* एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन
singular subject एकवचनी कर्ता	अभावाचा abhāvācā	अभावाचे abhāvāce	अभावाची abhāvācī	अभावाच्या abhāvācyā	अभावाचे, अभावाचं abhāvāce, abhāvāca	अभावाची abhāvācī	अभावाच्या abhāvācyā
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता	अभावांचा abhāvāñcā	अभावांचे abhāvāñce	अभावांची abhāvāñcī	अभावांच्या abhāvāñcyā	अभावांचे, अभावांचं abhāvāñce, abhāvāñca	अभावांची abhāvāñcī	अभावांच्या abhāvāñcyā
* Note: Word-final ए (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ (a). Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

See also

• गैरहजेरी (gairahjerī)
• अनुपस्थिती (anupasthitī)

References

• Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983), “अभाव”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857), “अभाव”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• Shridhar Ganesh Vaze (1911), “अभाव”, in The Aryabhusan School Dictionary, Poona: Arya-Bhushan Press
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950), “अभाव”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• অভাৱ (Assamese script)
• ᬅᬪᬵᬯ (Balinese script)
• অভাব (Bengali script)
• 𑰀𑰥𑰯𑰪 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀅𑀪𑀸𑀯 (Brahmi script)
• အဘာဝ (Burmese script)
• અભાવ (Gujarati script)
• ਅਭਾਵ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌅𑌭𑌾𑌵 (Grantha script)
• ꦄꦨꦴꦮ (Javanese script)
• 𑂃𑂦𑂰𑂫 (Kaithi script)
• ಅಭಾವ (Kannada script)
• អភាវ (Khmer script)
• ອຠາວ (Lao script)
• അഭാവ (Malayalam script)
• ᠠᢨᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠸᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘀𑘥𑘰𑘪 (Modi script)
• ᠠᠪᠾᠠᢗᠸᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦠𑧅𑧑𑧊 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐀𑐨𑐵𑐰 (Newa script)
• ଅଭାଵ (Odia script)
• ꢂꢩꢵꢮ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆃𑆨𑆳𑆮 (Sharada script)
• 𑖀𑖥𑖯𑖪 (Siddham script)
• අභාව (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩳𑩛𑩾 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚀𑚡𑚭𑚦 (Takri script)
• அப⁴ாவ (Tamil script)
• అభావ (Telugu script)
• อภาว (Thai script)
• ཨ་བྷཱ་ཝ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒁𑒦𑒰𑒫 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨡𑨊𑨭 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

अ- (a-) +‎ भाव (bhāva)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐ.bʱɑː.ʋɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɐ.bʱɑː.ʋɐ/

Noun

अभाव • (abhāva) stem, m

1. death
2. not being, non-existence, absence
3. want
4. failure
5. destruction

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of अभाव

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	अभावः (abhāvaḥ)	अभावौ (abhāvau) अभावा¹ (abhāvā¹)	अभावाः (abhāvāḥ) अभावासः¹ (abhāvāsaḥ¹)
accusative	अभावम् (abhāvam)	अभावौ (abhāvau) अभावा¹ (abhāvā¹)	अभावान् (abhāvān)
instrumental	अभावेन (abhāvena)	अभावाभ्याम् (abhāvābhyām)	अभावैः (abhāvaiḥ) अभावेभिः¹ (abhāvebhiḥ¹)
dative	अभावाय (abhāvāya)	अभावाभ्याम् (abhāvābhyām)	अभावेभ्यः (abhāvebhyaḥ)
ablative	अभावात् (abhāvāt)	अभावाभ्याम् (abhāvābhyām)	अभावेभ्यः (abhāvebhyaḥ)
genitive	अभावस्य (abhāvasya)	अभावयोः (abhāvayoḥ)	अभावानाम् (abhāvānām)
locative	अभावे (abhāve)	अभावयोः (abhāvayoḥ)	अभावेषु (abhāveṣu)
vocative	अभाव (abhāva)	अभावौ (abhāvau) अभावा¹ (abhāvā¹)	अभावाः (abhāvāḥ) अभावासः¹ (abhāvāsaḥ¹)

• ¹Vedic

Descendants

• → Hindi: अभाव (abhāv)
• → Malayalam: അഭാവം (abhāvaṁ)

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “अभाव”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 60, column 3.
• “अभाव” in Carl Cappeller, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary: Based upon the St. Petersburg Lexicons, Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, 1891, →OCLC, page 33.