आलय

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit आलय (ālaya).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɑː.ləj/, [äː.lɐj]

Noun

आलय • (ālay) m (Urdu spelling آلی)

1. place, home

   कार्यालय ― kāryālay ― place of work

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Sanskrit

Etymology

From लयते (layate, “stays, sticks”), from Proto-Indo-European *sley- (“smooth; slick; sticky; slimy”), related to लीनाति (līnāti, “stays, sticks, adheres to”), Proto-Germanic *slīmą (“slime”).

Noun

आलय • (ā-laya) stem, m or n

1. house, dwelling

   हिमालय (himā-laya) — abode of snow

2. receptacle, asylum

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of आलय
Nom. sg.	आलयः (ālayaḥ)
Gen. sg.	आलयस्य (ālayasya)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	आलयः (ālayaḥ)	आलयौ (ālayau)	आलयाः (ālayāḥ)
Vocative	आलय (ālaya)	आलयौ (ālayau)	आलयाः (ālayāḥ)
Accusative	आलयम् (ālayam)	आलयौ (ālayau)	आलयान् (ālayān)
Instrumental	आलयेन (ālayena)	आलयाभ्याम् (ālayābhyām)	आलयैः (ālayaiḥ)
Dative	आलयाय (ālayāya)	आलयाभ्याम् (ālayābhyām)	आलयेभ्यः (ālayebhyaḥ)
Ablative	आलयात् (ālayāt)	आलयाभ्याम् (ālayābhyām)	आलयेभ्यः (ālayebhyaḥ)
Genitive	आलयस्य (ālayasya)	आलययोः (ālayayoḥ)	आलयानाम् (ālayānām)
Locative	आलये (ālaye)	आलययोः (ālayayoḥ)	आलयेषु (ālayeṣu)

Neuter a-stem declension of आलय
Nom. sg.	आलयम् (ālayam)
Gen. sg.	आलयस्य (ālayasya)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	आलयम् (ālayam)	आलये (ālaye)	आलयानि (ālayāni)
Vocative	आलय (ālaya)	आलये (ālaye)	आलयानि (ālayāni)
Accusative	आलयम् (ālayam)	आलये (ālaye)	आलयानि (ālayāni)
Instrumental	आलयेन (ālayena)	आलयाभ्याम् (ālayābhyām)	आलयैः (ālayaiḥ)
Dative	आलयाय (ālayāya)	आलयाभ्याम् (ālayābhyām)	आलयेभ्यः (ālayebhyaḥ)
Ablative	आलयात् (ālayāt)	आलयाभ्याम् (ālayābhyām)	आलयेभ्यः (ālayebhyaḥ)
Genitive	आलयस्य (ālayasya)	आलययोः (ālayayoḥ)	आलयानाम् (ālayānām)
Locative	आलये (ālaye)	आलययोः (ālayayoḥ)	आलयेषु (ālayeṣu)

Descendants

• Hindi: आलय (ālay)
• Telugu: ఆలయము (ālayamu)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “आलय”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0153.
• “आलय”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.