आश्रम

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit आश्रम (āśrama).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɑːʃ.ɾəm/, [äːʃ.ɾɐ̃m]

Noun

आश्रम • (āśram) m (Urdu spelling آشرم)

1. (Hinduism) monastery, hermitage, ashram

   साधु आश्रम में वेदों की पढ़ाई करते हैं।

   sādhu āśram mẽ vedõ kī paṛhāī karte ha͠i.

   Monks study the Vedas in the ashram.

Declension

Declension of आश्रम (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	आश्रम āśram	आश्रम āśram
oblique	आश्रम āśram	आश्रमों āśramõ
vocative	आश्रम āśram	आश्रमो āśramo

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit आश्रम (āśrama). First attested as Old Marathi 𑘁𑘫𑘿𑘨𑘦 (āśrama), 𑘁𑘭𑘿𑘨𑘦 (āsrama).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aɕ.ɾəm/
• Hyphenation: आश्‧रम
• Rhymes: -əm

Noun

आश्रम • (āśram) m

1. shelter, home, refuge

   Synonym: निवारा (nivārā)

2. (Hinduism) hermitage, ashram
3. (Hinduism) a stage of life

   Coordinate terms: ब्रह्मचर्य (brahmacarya), गृहस्थ (gruhastha), वानप्रस्थ (vānaprastha), संन्यास (sannyās)

Declension

Declension of आश्रम (masc cons-stem)
direct singular	आश्रम āśram
direct plural	आश्रम āśram
	singular एकवचन		plural अनेकवचन
nominative प्रथमा	आश्रम āśram		आश्रम āśram
oblique सामान्यरूप	आश्रमा āśramā		आश्रमां- āśramān-
acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी	आश्रमाला āśramālā		आश्रमांना āśramānnā
ergative	आश्रमाने, आश्रमानं āśramāne, āśramāna		आश्रमांनी āśramānnī
instrumental	आश्रमाशी āśramāśī		आश्रमांशी āśramānśī
locative सप्तमी	आश्रमात āśramāt		आश्रमांत āśramāt
vocative संबोधन	आश्रमा āśramā		आश्रमांनो āśramānno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition. Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.

Genitive declension of आश्रम (masc cons-stem)
	masculine object पुल्लिंगी कर्म		feminine object स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म		neuter object नपुसकलिंगी कर्म		oblique सामान्यरूप
	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular* एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन
singular subject एकवचनी कर्ता	आश्रमाचा āśramāċā	आश्रमाचे āśramāċe	आश्रमाची āśramācī	आश्रमाच्या āśramācā	आश्रमाचे, आश्रमाचं āśramāċe, āśramāċa	आश्रमाची āśramācī	आश्रमाच्या āśramācā
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता	आश्रमांचा āśramānċā	आश्रमांचे āśramānċe	आश्रमांची āśramāñcī	आश्रमांच्या āśramāncā	आश्रमांचे, आश्रमांचं āśramānċe, āśramānċa	आश्रमांची āśramāñcī	आश्रमांच्या āśramāñcā
* 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.

References

• Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “आश्रम”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
• Shankar Gopal Tulpule, Anne Feldhaus (1999) “आश्रम”, in A Dictionary of Old Marathi, Mumbai: Popular Prakashan

Sanskrit

Etymology

From the root श्रम् (√śram).

Noun

आश्रम • (ā-śrama) stem, m or n

1. hermitage, the abode of ascetics, the cell of a hermit or of retired saints or sages; ashram
2. a stage in the life of a Brahman (of which there are four corresponding to four different periods or conditions, namely 1st, ब्रह्मचारिन् (brahmacārin, “student of the veda”); 2nd, गृहस्थ (gṛha-stha, “householder”); 3rd, वानप्रस्थ (vānaprastha, “anchorite”); and 4th, संन्यासिन् (saṃnyāsin, “abandoner of all worldly concerns”), or sometimes भिक्षु (bhikṣu, “religious beggar”); in some places the law-givers mention only three such periods of religious life, the first being then omitted)
3. hut built on festal occasions
4. college, school
5. wood, thicket
6. (masculine) name of a pupil of Pṛthvī-dhara

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of आश्रम
Nom. sg.	आश्रमः (āśramaḥ)
Gen. sg.	आश्रमस्य (āśramasya)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	आश्रमः (āśramaḥ)	आश्रमौ (āśramau)	आश्रमाः (āśramāḥ)
Accusative	आश्रमम् (āśramam)	आश्रमौ (āśramau)	आश्रमान् (āśramān)
Instrumental	आश्रमेण (āśrameṇa)	आश्रमाभ्याम् (āśramābhyām)	आश्रमैः (āśramaiḥ)
Dative	आश्रमाय (āśramāya)	आश्रमाभ्याम् (āśramābhyām)	आश्रमेभ्यः (āśramebhyaḥ)
Ablative	आश्रमात् (āśramāt)	आश्रमाभ्याम् (āśramābhyām)	आश्रमेभ्यः (āśramebhyaḥ)
Genitive	आश्रमस्य (āśramasya)	आश्रमयोः (āśramayoḥ)	आश्रमाणाम् (āśramāṇām)
Locative	आश्रमे (āśrame)	आश्रमयोः (āśramayoḥ)	आश्रमेषु (āśrameṣu)
Vocative	आश्रम (āśrama)	आश्रमौ (āśramau)	आश्रमाः (āśramāḥ)

Neuter a-stem declension of आश्रम
Nom. sg.	आश्रमम् (āśramam)
Gen. sg.	आश्रमस्य (āśramasya)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	आश्रमम् (āśramam)	आश्रमे (āśrame)	आश्रमाणि (āśramāṇi)
Accusative	आश्रमम् (āśramam)	आश्रमे (āśrame)	आश्रमाणि (āśramāṇi)
Instrumental	आश्रमेण (āśrameṇa)	आश्रमाभ्याम् (āśramābhyām)	आश्रमैः (āśramaiḥ)
Dative	आश्रमाय (āśramāya)	आश्रमाभ्याम् (āśramābhyām)	आश्रमेभ्यः (āśramebhyaḥ)
Ablative	आश्रमात् (āśramāt)	आश्रमाभ्याम् (āśramābhyām)	आश्रमेभ्यः (āśramebhyaḥ)
Genitive	आश्रमस्य (āśramasya)	आश्रमयोः (āśramayoḥ)	आश्रमाणाम् (āśramāṇām)
Locative	आश्रमे (āśrame)	आश्रमयोः (āśramayoḥ)	आश्रमेषु (āśrameṣu)
Vocative	आश्रम (āśrama)	आश्रमे (āśrame)	आश्रमाणि (āśramāṇi)

Derived terms

• अनाथ आश्रम (anātha āśrama)

Descendants

• → English: ashram
• → German: Aschram
• → Hindi: आश्रम (āśram)
• → Khmer: អាស្រម (ʼaahrɔɔm)
• → Old Javanese: āśrama
  • Javanese: ꦲꦱꦿꦩ (asrama)
  • → Balinese: ᬆᬰ᭄ᬭᬫ (asrama), ᬰ᭄ᬭᬫ (srama)
• → Malay: asrama
• → Thai: อาศรม (aa-sǒm)
• → Tocharian B: aśrām

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “आश्रम”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0158.