आप्रवास

Hindi

Etymology

From आ- (ā-, “towards”) +‎ प्रवास (pravās, “emigration”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɑːp.ɾə.ʋɑːs/, [äːp.ɾɐ.ʋäːs]

Noun

आप्रवास • (āpravās) m

1. immigration

   Synonym: आप्रवासन (āpravāsan)

   Antonym: उत्प्रवास (utpravās)

Declension

Declension of आप्रवास (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	आप्रवास āpravās	आप्रवास āpravās
oblique	आप्रवास āpravās	आप्रवासों āpravāsõ
vocative	आप्रवास āpravās	आप्रवासो āpravāso

Derived terms

• आप्रवासी (āpravāsī)

References

• Caturvedi, Mahendra; Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970), “आप्रवास”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House, page 68
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “आप्रवास”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 88