आकाश

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit आकाश (ākāśa).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

आकाश • (ākāś) m (Urdu spelling آکاش‎)

1. sky

   Synonyms: आसमान (āsmān), अम्बर (ambar), (less common) गगन (gagan)

   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

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

• 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

Marathi

Etymology

From Sanskrit आकाश (ākāśa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.kaɕ/

Noun

आकाश • (ākāś) n or m

1. sky

Declension

Declension of आकाश (ākāś)
direct singular	आकाश ākāś
direct plural	आकाशे, आकाशं ākāśe, ākāśa
	singular		plural
nominative	आकाश ākāś		आकाशे, आकाशं ākāśe, ākāśa
oblique	आकाशा- ākāśā-		आकाशां- ākāśāN-
dative	आकाशाला ākāśālā		आकाशांना ākāśāNnā
ergative	आकाशाने ākāśāne		आकाशांनी ākāśāNni
instrumental	आकाशाशी ākāśāśi		आकाशांशी ākāśāNśi
locative	आकाशात ākāśāt		आकाशांत ākāśāNt
vocative	आकाशा ākāśā		आकाशांनो ākāśāNno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition. Dative Note: -स (-sa) is archaic. -ते (-te) is limited to literary usage. Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.

Genitive declension of आकाश
	masculine object		feminine object		neuter object		oblique
	singular	plural	singular	plural	singular*	plural
singular subject	आकाशाचा ākāśāċā	आकाशाचे ākāśāce	आकाशाची ākāśāci	आकाशाच्या ākāśāca	आकाशाचे, आकाशाचं ākāśāce, ākāśāċa	आकाशाची ākāśāci	आकाशाच्या ākāśāca
plural subject	आकाशांचा ākāśāNċā	आकाशांचे ākāśāNce	आकाशांची ākāśāNci	आकाशांच्या ākāśāNca	आकाशांचे, आकाशांचं ākāśāNce, ākāśāNċa	आकाशांची ākāśāNci	आकाशांच्या ākāśāNca
* 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 (ākāś)
direct singular	आकाश ākāś
direct plural	आकाश ākāś
	singular		plural
nominative	आकाश ākāś		आकाश ākāś
oblique	आकाशा- ākāśā-		आकाशां- ākāśāN-
dative	आकाशाला ākāśālā		आकाशांना ākāśāNnā
ergative	आकाशाने ākāśāne		आकाशांनी ākāśāNni
instrumental	आकाशाशी ākāśāśi		आकाशांशी ākāśāNśi
locative	आकाशात ākāśāt		आकाशांत ākāśāNt
vocative	आकाशा ākāśā		आकाशांनो ākāśāNno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition. Dative Note: -स (-sa) is archaic. -ते (-te) is limited to literary usage. Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.

Genitive declension of आकाश
	masculine object		feminine object		neuter object		oblique
	singular	plural	singular	plural	singular*	plural
singular subject	आकाशाचा ākāśāċā	आकाशाचे ākāśāce	आकाशाची ākāśāci	आकाशाच्या ākāśāca	आकाशाचे, आकाशाचं ākāśāce, ākāśāċa	आकाशाची ākāśāci	आकाशाच्या ākāśāca
plural subject	आकाशांचा ākāśāNċā	आकाशांचे ākāśāNce	आकाशांची ākāśāNci	आकाशांच्या ākāśāNca	आकाशांचे, आकाशांचं ākāśāNce, ākāśāNċa	आकाशांची ākāśāNci	आकाशांच्या ākāśāNca
* 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.

Synonyms

• (sky): अस्मान (asmān)

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

From Sanskrit आकाश (ākāśa).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

आकाश • (ākāś)

1. sky
2. air

Synonyms

• (sky): अस्मान [asmān], गगन [gagan]

References

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

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

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

Etymology

From आ- (ā-) +‎ काश (kāśa), from the root काश् (kāś).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

आकाश • (ākāśa) m

1. sky

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of आकाश
Nom. sg.	आकाशः (ākāśaḥ)
Gen. sg.	आकाशस्य (ākāśasya)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	आकाशः (ākāśaḥ)	आकाशौ (ākāśau)	आकाशाः (ākāśāḥ)
Vocative	आकाश (ākāśa)	आकाशौ (ākāśau)	आकाशाः (ākāśāḥ)
Accusative	आकाशम् (ākāśam)	आकाशौ (ākāśau)	आकाशान् (ākāśān)
Instrumental	आकाशेन (ākāśena)	आकाशाभ्याम् (ākāśābhyām)	आकाशैः (ākāśaiḥ)
Dative	आकाशाय (ākāśāya)	आकाशाभ्याम् (ākāśābhyām)	आकाशेभ्यः (ākāśebhyaḥ)
Ablative	आकाशात् (ākāśāt)	आकाशाभ्याम् (ākāśābhyām)	आकाशेभ्यः (ākāśebhyaḥ)
Genitive	आकाशस्य (ākāśasya)	आकाशयोः (ākāśayoḥ)	आकाशानाम् (ākāśānām)
Locative	आकाशे (ākāśe)	आकाशयोः (ākāśayoḥ)	आकाशेषु (ākāśeṣu)

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)
• → Lombo: ອາກາດ
• → Malay: angkasa
  • Indonesian: angkasa
• → 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)
• → Telugu: ఆకాశము (ākāśamu)
• → Thai: อากาศ (aa-gàat)
• → Tocharian B: akāśe
• → Urdu: آکاش‎ (ākāś)

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “akasa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 45