अव

Awadhi

Alternative forms

• औ (au)

Conjunction

अव (av)

1. and

Gondi

Etymology

From Proto-Dravidian *a-. Cognate with Tamil அவ் (av).

Pronoun

अव (av)

1. they, those

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• অৱ (Assamese script)
• ᬅᬯ (Balinese script)
• অব (Bengali script)
• 𑰀𑰪 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀅𑀯 (Brahmi script)
• အဝ (Burmese script)
• અવ (Gujarati script)
• ਅਵ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌅𑌵 (Grantha script)
• ꦄꦮ (Javanese script)
• 𑂃𑂫 (Kaithi script)
• ಅವ (Kannada script)
• អវ (Khmer script)
• ອວ (Lao script)
• അവ (Malayalam script)
• ᠠᠸᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘀𑘪 (Modi script)
• ᠠᠸᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦠𑧊 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐀𑐰 (Newa script)
• ଅଵ (Odia script)
• ꢂꢮ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆃𑆮 (Sharada script)
• 𑖀𑖪 (Siddham script)
• අව (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩾 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚀𑚦 (Takri script)
• அவ (Tamil script)
• అవ (Telugu script)
• อว (Thai script)
• ཨ་ཝ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒁𑒫 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨭 (Zanabazar Square script)

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew

Proto-Indo-Iranian *Háwa

Sanskrit अव

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Háwa, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwo (“off, away, down”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬀 (auua) and Latin au-.

Adverb

अव॑ • (áva)

1. off, away
2. down

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hawa. Cognate to Avestan 𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬀 (auua).

Pronoun

अव • (ava)

1. this

Etymology 3

From the root अव् (av, “to promote, favor”) +‎ -अ (-a).

Noun

अव॑ • (áva) stem, m

1. favor

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of अव॑

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	अवः॑ (ávaḥ)	अवौ॑ (ávau) अवा॑¹ (ávā¹)	अवाः॑ (ávāḥ) अवा॑सः¹ (ávāsaḥ¹)
accusative	अव॑म् (ávam)	अवौ॑ (ávau) अवा॑¹ (ávā¹)	अवा॑न् (ávān)
instrumental	अवे॑न (ávena)	अवा॑भ्याम् (ávābhyām)	अवैः॑ (ávaiḥ) अवे॑भिः¹ (ávebhiḥ¹)
dative	अवा॑य (ávāya)	अवा॑भ्याम् (ávābhyām)	अवे॑भ्यः (ávebhyaḥ)
ablative	अवा॑त् (ávāt)	अवा॑भ्याम् (ávābhyām)	अवे॑भ्यः (ávebhyaḥ)
genitive	अव॑स्य (ávasya)	अव॑योः (ávayoḥ)	अवा॑नाम् (ávānām)
locative	अवे॑ (áve)	अव॑योः (ávayoḥ)	अवे॑षु (áveṣu)
vocative	अव॑ (áva)	अवौ॑ (ávau) अवा॑¹ (ávā¹)	अवाः॑ (ávāḥ) अवा॑सः¹ (ávāsaḥ¹)

• ¹Vedic

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899), “अव”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 96, column 1.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992), “avóṣ”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[2] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 135