आशय

Hindi

Etymology

From Sanskrit आशय (āśaya).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɑː.ʃəj/, [äː.ʃɐj]

Noun

आशय • (āśay) m

1. abode, home

   Synonyms: निवास (nivās), वास (vās), गृह (gŕh), घर (ghar)

2. (in compounds) container, vessel

   (deprecated template usage) अग्न्याशय ― agnyāśay ― pancreas (literally, “fire-vessel”)

Derived terms

• मूत्राशय (mūtrāśay, “bladder, vesica”)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “आशय”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

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Sanskrit

Etymology

From आ- (ā-) +‎ शय (śaya), and the latter from the root शी (śī)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɑː.ɕɐ́.jɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈɑː.ɕɐ.jɐ/

Noun

आशय • (āśaya) stem, m

1. seat
2. place
3. asylum
4. receptacle
5. stomach, abdomen
6. any vessel of the body

   रक्ताशय ― raktāśaya ― heart (lit. ‘the receptacle of blood’)

   आमाशय ― āmāśaya ― stomach (lit. ‘the bleating receptacle’)

7. the seat of feelings and thoughts, be it mind, heart or soul
8. thought , meaning , intention
9. fortune, fate
10. fate
11. property

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of आशय (āśaya)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	आशयः āśayaḥ	आशयौ / आशया¹ āśayau / āśayā¹	आशयाः / आशयासः¹ āśayāḥ / āśayāsaḥ¹
Vocative	आशय āśaya	आशयौ / आशया¹ āśayau / āśayā¹	आशयाः / आशयासः¹ āśayāḥ / āśayāsaḥ¹
Accusative	आशयम् āśayam	आशयौ / आशया¹ āśayau / āśayā¹	आशयान् āśayān
Instrumental	आशयेन āśayena	आशयाभ्याम् āśayābhyām	आशयैः / आशयेभिः¹ āśayaiḥ / āśayebhiḥ¹
Dative	आशयाय āśayāya	आशयाभ्याम् āśayābhyām	आशयेभ्यः āśayebhyaḥ
Ablative	आशयात् āśayāt	आशयाभ्याम् āśayābhyām	आशयेभ्यः āśayebhyaḥ
Genitive	आशयस्य āśayasya	आशययोः āśayayoḥ	आशयानाम् āśayānām
Locative	आशये āśaye	आशययोः āśayayoḥ	आशयेषु āśayeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Derived terms

• प्रौढत्व (prauḍhatva, “confidence, arrogance”)
• प्रौढवाद (prauḍhavāda, “an arrogant or bold assertion”)
• प्रौढपुष्प (prauḍhapuṣpa, “having blossoms full-grown”)
• प्रौढप्रताप (prauḍhapratāpa, “of mighty prowess”)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “आशय”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 714.