आकाश

Hindi

आकाश

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit आकाश (ākāśa).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɑː.kɑːʃ/, [äː.käːʃ]

Noun

आकाश • (ākāś) m (Urdu spelling آکاش)

1. sky

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:आकाश

   आकाश में बादल इकट्ठे हो रहे हैं।

   ākāś mẽ bādal ikaṭṭhe ho rahe ha͠i.

   Clouds are gathering in the sky.

   बरसात के बाद आकाश खुला था।

   barsāt ke bād ākāś khulā thā.

   The sky cleared after the rain.

2. space, cosmos

Declension

Declension of आकाश (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	आकाश ākāś	आकाश ākāś
oblique	आकाश ākāś	आकाशों ākāśõ
vocative	आकाश ākāś	आकाशो ākāśo

Proper noun

आकाश • (ākāś) m

1. a male given name, Akash, from Sanskrit

Declension

Declension of आकाश (sg-only masc cons-stem)

	singular
direct	आकाश ākāś
oblique	आकाश ākāś
vocative	आकाश ākāś

Derived terms

• आकाश-कुसुम (ākāś-kusum, “an impossibility or fanciful thing”)
• आकाशगंगा (ākāśgaṅgā, “The Milky Way”)
• आकाश-वचन (ākāś-vacan, “speaking off the stage (to someone out of sight)”)

References

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

Konkani

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit आकाश (ākāśa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɑːkɑːʃ]

Noun

आकाश • (ākāś) m (Latin script akash, Kannada script ಆಕಾಶ್)

1. sky

   Synonyms: मळब (maḷab), अंबर (ambar)

Declension

Declension of आकाश
	singular	plural
ergative	आकाशान (ākāśān)	आकाशान्नि (ākāśānni)
nominative	आकाश (ākāś)	आकाशा (ākāśā)
vocative	आकाशा (ākāśā)	आकाशान्नो (ākāśānno)
accusative/dative	आकाशाक (ākāśāk)	आकाशांक (ākāśānk)
superessive	आकाशार/आकाशाचेर (ākāśār/ākāśācer)	आकाशान्चेर (ākāśāncer)
instrumental	आकाशानि (ākāśāni)	आकाशान्नि (ākāśānni)
ablative	आकाशात्ल्यान (ākāśātlyān)	आकाशान्त्ल्यान (ākāśāntlyān)

Genitive declension of आकाश
	masculine object		feminine object
	singular	plural	singular	plural
singular subject	आकाशाचो (ākāśātso)	आकाशाचे (ākāśāce)	आकाशाचि (ākāśāci)	आकाशाचि (ākāśāci)
plural subject	आकाशान्चो (ākāśāntso)	आकाशान्चे (ākāśānce)	आकाशान्चि (ākāśānci)	आकाशान्चि (ākāśānci)

References

• Pushpak Bhattacharyya (2017), IndoWordNet‎^[2]

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit आकाश (ākāśa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.kaɕ/

Noun

आकाश • (ākāś) n or m

1. sky

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:आभाळ

2. (Hinduism) one of the five elements

Declension

Declension of आकाश (neut cons-stem)

	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन
nominative प्रथमा	आकाश ākāś	आकाशे, आकाशं ākāśe, ākāśa
oblique सामान्यरूप	आकाशा ākāśā	आकाशां- ākāśā̃-
accusative / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी	आकाशाला ākāśālā	आकाशांना ākāśānnā
ergative	आकाशाने, आकाशानं ākāśāne, ākāśāna	आकाशांनी ākāśānnī
instrumental	आकाशाशी ākāśāśī	आकाशांशी ākāśāuśī
locative सप्तमी	आकाशात ākāśāt	आकाशांत ākāśānta
vocative संबोधन	आकाशा ākāśā	आकाशांनो ākāśānno

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 आकाश (neut 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	आकाशाचा ākāśācā	आकाशाचे ākāśāce	आकाशाची ākāśācī	आकाशाच्या ākāśācyā	आकाशाचे, आकाशाचं ākāśāce, ākāśāca	आकाशाची ākāśācī	आकाशाच्या ākāśācyā
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता	आकाशांचा ākāśāñcā	आकाशांचे ākāśāñce	आकाशांची ākāśāñcī	आकाशांच्या ākāśāñcyā	आकाशांचे, आकाशांचं ākāśāñce, ākāśāñca	आकाशांची ākāśāñcī	आकाशांच्या ākāśāñcyā

^* 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.

Declension of आकाश (masc cons-stem)

	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन
nominative प्रथमा	आकाश ākāś	आकाश ākāś
oblique सामान्यरूप	आकाशा ākāśā	आकाशां- ākāśā̃-
accusative / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी	आकाशाला ākāśālā	आकाशांना ākāśānnā
ergative	आकाशाने, आकाशानं ākāśāne, ākāśāna	आकाशांनी ākāśānnī
instrumental	आकाशाशी ākāśāśī	आकाशांशी ākāśāuśī
locative सप्तमी	आकाशात ākāśāt	आकाशांत ākāśānta
vocative संबोधन	आकाशा ākāśā	आकाशांनो ākāśānno

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 आकाश (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	आकाशाचा ākāśācā	आकाशाचे ākāśāce	आकाशाची ākāśācī	आकाशाच्या ākāśācyā	आकाशाचे, आकाशाचं ākāśāce, ākāśāca	आकाशाची ākāśācī	आकाशाच्या ākāśācyā
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता	आकाशांचा ākāśāñcā	आकाशांचे ākāśāñce	आकाशांची ākāśāñcī	आकाशांच्या ākāśāñcyā	आकाशांचे, आकाशांचं ākāśāñce, ākāśāñca	आकाशांची ākāśāñcī	आकाशांच्या ākāśāñcyā

^* 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.

Proper noun

आकाश • (ākāś) m

1. a male given name, Akash, from Sanskrit

References

• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857), “आकाश”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• Shridhar Ganesh Vaze (1911), “आकाश”, in The Aryabhusan School Dictionary, Poona: Arya-Bhushan Press

Nepali

Alternative forms

• अकास (akās), आकास (ākās), अकाश (akāś)

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit आकाश (ākāśa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [äkäs]
• Phonetic Devanagari: आकास्

Noun

आकाश • (ākāś)

1. sky

   Synonyms: अस्मान (asmān), गगन (gagan)

2. air

References

• “आकाश”, in नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश (nepālī br̥hat śabdakoś) [Comprehensive Nepali Dictionary]‎^[3], Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018
• Schmidt, Ruth L. (1993), “आकाश”, in A Practical Dictionary of Modern Nepali, Ratna Sagar

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• আকাশ (Assamese script)
• ᬆᬓᬵᬰ (Balinese script)
• আকাশ (Bengali script)
• 𑰁𑰎𑰯𑰫 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀆𑀓𑀸𑀰 (Brahmi script)
• အာကာၐ (Burmese script)
• આકાશ (Gujarati script)
• ਆਕਾਸ਼ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌆𑌕𑌾𑌶 (Grantha script)
• ꦄꦴꦏꦴꦯ (Javanese script)
• 𑂄𑂍𑂰𑂬 (Kaithi script)
• ಆಕಾಶ (Kannada script)
• អាកាឝ (Khmer script)
• ອາກາຨ (Lao script)
• ആകാശ (Malayalam script)
• ᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡬᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡧᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘁𑘎𑘰𑘫 (Modi script)
• ᠠᢗᢉᠠᢗᠱᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦡𑦮𑧑𑧋 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐁𑐎𑐵𑐱 (Newa script)
• ଆକାଶ (Odia script)
• ꢃꢒꢵꢯ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆄𑆑𑆳𑆯 (Sharada script)
• 𑖁𑖎𑖯𑖫 (Siddham script)
• ආකාශ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩛𑩜𑩛𑩿 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚁𑚊𑚭𑚧 (Takri script)
• ஆகாஶ (Tamil script)
• ఆకాశ (Telugu script)
• อากาศ (Thai script)
• ཨཱ་ཀཱ་ཤ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒂𑒏𑒰𑒬 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨊𑨋𑨊𑨮 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd

Proto-Indo-Iranian *HáH

Sanskrit आ (ā)

Proto-Indo-European *kʷeḱ-

Sanskrit काश् (kāś)

Sanskrit काश (kāśa)

Sanskrit आकाश

From the root आकाश् (ākāś, “to view, recognize”) +‎ -अ (-a). By surface analysis, आ (ā́, “towards”) +‎ काश (kāśa, “shining”), from the root काश् (kāś, “to shine”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɑ́ː.kɑː.ɕɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɑː.kɑː.ɕɐ/

Noun

आका॑श • (ā́kāśa) stem, m (root आकाश्)

1. sky

   Synonym: नभस् (nabhas)

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of आका॑श

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	आका॑शः (ā́kāśaḥ)	आका॑शौ (ā́kāśau) आका॑शा¹ (ā́kāśā¹)	आका॑शाः (ā́kāśāḥ) आका॑शासः¹ (ā́kāśāsaḥ¹)
accusative	आका॑शम् (ā́kāśam)	आका॑शौ (ā́kāśau) आका॑शा¹ (ā́kāśā¹)	आका॑शान् (ā́kāśān)
instrumental	आका॑शेन (ā́kāśena)	आका॑शाभ्याम् (ā́kāśābhyām)	आका॑शैः (ā́kāśaiḥ) आका॑शेभिः¹ (ā́kāśebhiḥ¹)
dative	आका॑शाय (ā́kāśāya)	आका॑शाभ्याम् (ā́kāśābhyām)	आका॑शेभ्यः (ā́kāśebhyaḥ)
ablative	आका॑शात् (ā́kāśāt)	आका॑शाभ्याम् (ā́kāśābhyām)	आका॑शेभ्यः (ā́kāśebhyaḥ)
genitive	आका॑शस्य (ā́kāśasya)	आका॑शयोः (ā́kāśayoḥ)	आका॑शानाम् (ā́kāśānām)
locative	आका॑शे (ā́kāśe)	आका॑शयोः (ā́kāśayoḥ)	आका॑शेषु (ā́kāśeṣu)
vocative	आका॑श (ā́kāśa)	आका॑शौ (ā́kāśau) आका॑शा¹ (ā́kāśā¹)	आका॑शाः (ā́kāśāḥ) आका॑शासः¹ (ā́kāśāsaḥ¹)

• ¹Vedic

Derived terms

• आकाशधातु (ākāśadhātu)

Descendants

Descendants

• Pali: ākāsa
• Prakrit: 𑀆𑀓𑀸𑀲 (ākāsa)
  • → Kannada: ಆಗಸ (āgasa)
  • → Telugu: ఆకసము (ākasamu)
• → Bengali: আকাশ (akaś)
• → English: akasa
• → Gujarati: આકાશ (ākāś)
• → Hindi: आकाश (ākāś)
• → Kachchi: આકાશ (ākāś)
• → Kannada: ಆಕಾಶ (ākāśa)
• → Lao: ອາກາດ (ʼā kāt)
• → Malay: angkasa
  • Indonesian: angkasa
• → Malayalam: ആകാശം (ākāśaṁ)
• → Marathi: आकाश (ākāś)
• → Nepali: आकाश (ākāś)
• Pali: ākāsa
  • → Burmese: အာကာသ (akasa.)
  • → Khmer: អាកាស (ʼaakaah)
• Punjabi: ਆਕਾਸ਼ (ākāś) / آکاش (ākāś)
• → Sinhalese: අහස (ahasa)
• → Sinhalese: ආකාශය (ākāśaya)
• → Tamil: ஆகாசம் (ākācam)
• → Telugu: ఆకాశము (ākāśamu)
• → Thai: อากาศ (aa-gàat)
• → Tocharian B: akāśe
• → Urdu: آکاش (ākāś)

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899), “आकाश”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 126, column 3.
• Monier Williams (1899), “आकाश”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 127, column 1.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “akasa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 45