आयाम

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit आयाम (āyāma), ultimately from the root आयम् (āyam), which is from आ- (ā-) +‎ यम् (yam).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɑː.jɑːm/, [äː.jä̃ːm]

Noun

आयाम • (āyām) m

1. extending, stretching
2. (mensuration) breadth

Declension

Declension of आयाम (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	आयाम āyām	आयाम āyām
oblique	आयाम āyām	आयामों āyāmõ
vocative	आयाम āyām	आयामो āyāmo

References

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “आयाम”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. “Sea of Hindi words”] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “आयाम”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• আয়াম (Assamese script)
• ᬆᬬᬵᬫ (Balinese script)
• আয়াম (Bengali script)
• 𑰁𑰧𑰯𑰦 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀆𑀬𑀸𑀫 (Brahmi script)
• အာယာမ (Burmese script)
• આયામ (Gujarati script)
• ਆਯਾਮ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌆𑌯𑌾𑌮 (Grantha script)
• ꦄꦴꦪꦴꦩ (Javanese script)
• 𑂄𑂨𑂰𑂧 (Kaithi script)
• ಆಯಾಮ (Kannada script)
• អាយាម (Khmer script)
• ອາຍາມ (Lao script)
• ആയാമ (Malayalam script)
• ᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠶᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠮᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘁𑘧𑘰𑘦 (Modi script)
• ᠠᢗᠶ᠋ᠠᢗᠮᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦡𑧇𑧑𑧆 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐁𑐫𑐵𑐩 (Newa script)
• ଆଯାମ (Odia script)
• ꢃꢫꢵꢪ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆄𑆪𑆳𑆩 (Sharada script)
• 𑖁𑖧𑖯𑖦 (Siddham script)
• ආයාම (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩛𑩻𑩛𑩴 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚁𑚣𑚭𑚢 (Takri script)
• ஆயாம (Tamil script)
• ఆయామ (Telugu script)
• อายาม (Thai script)
• ཨཱ་ཡཱ་མ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒂𑒨𑒰𑒧 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨊𑨪𑨊𑨢 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Vṛddhi derivative of आयम् (āyam).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɑː.jɑː.mɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɑː.jɑː.mɐ/

Noun

आयाम • (āyāma) stem, m

1. stretching, extending
2. restraining, restrained, stopping
3. expansion, length (either in space or time)
4. (mensuration) breadth

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of आयाम

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	आयामः (āyāmaḥ)	आयामौ (āyāmau) आयामा¹ (āyāmā¹)	आयामाः (āyāmāḥ) आयामासः¹ (āyāmāsaḥ¹)
accusative	आयामम् (āyāmam)	आयामौ (āyāmau) आयामा¹ (āyāmā¹)	आयामान् (āyāmān)
instrumental	आयामेन (āyāmena)	आयामाभ्याम् (āyāmābhyām)	आयामैः (āyāmaiḥ) आयामेभिः¹ (āyāmebhiḥ¹)
dative	आयामाय (āyāmāya)	आयामाभ्याम् (āyāmābhyām)	आयामेभ्यः (āyāmebhyaḥ)
ablative	आयामात् (āyāmāt)	आयामाभ्याम् (āyāmābhyām)	आयामेभ्यः (āyāmebhyaḥ)
genitive	आयामस्य (āyāmasya)	आयामयोः (āyāmayoḥ)	आयामानाम् (āyāmānām)
locative	आयामे (āyāme)	आयामयोः (āyāmayoḥ)	आयामेषु (āyāmeṣu)
vocative	आयाम (āyāma)	आयामौ (āyāmau) आयामा¹ (āyāmā¹)	आयामाः (āyāmāḥ) आयामासः¹ (āyāmāsaḥ¹)

• ¹Vedic

Derived terms

• प्राणायाम (prāṇāyāma)

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “आयाम”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 148, column 2.