आश्रय

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit आश्रय (āśraya).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɑːʃ.ɾəj/, [äːʃ.ɾəj]

Noun

आश्रय • (āśray) m

1. shelter, refuge

   उन्हें पड़ोसी के घर में आश्रय लेना पड़ा।

   unhẽ paṛosī ke ghar mẽ āśray lenā paṛā.

   He had to take shelter in his neighbour's home.

   Synonym: शरण (śaraṇ)

Declension

Declension of आश्रय (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	आश्रय āśray	आश्रय āśray
oblique	आश्रय āśray	आश्रयों āśrayõ
vocative	आश्रय āśray	आश्रयो āśrayo

Further reading

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

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• ᬆᬰ᭄ᬭᬬ (Balinese script)
• আশ্ৰয় (Assamese script)
• আশ্রয় (Bengali script)
• 𑰁𑰫𑰿𑰨𑰧 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀆𑀰𑁆𑀭𑀬 (Brahmi script)
• 𑌆𑌶𑍍𑌰𑌯 (Grantha script)
• આશ્રય (Gujarati script)
• ਆਸ਼ੑਰਯ (Gurmukhi script)
• ꦄꦴꦯꦿꦪ (Javanese script)
• អាឝ្រយ (Khmer script)
• ಆಶ್ರಯ (Kannada script)
• ອາຨ຺ຣຍ (Lao script)
• ആശ്രയ (Malayalam script)
• 𑘁𑘫𑘿𑘨𑘧 (Modi script)
• ᠠᢗᠱᠷᠠᠶ᠋ᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• ᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡧᡵᠠᠶᠠ (Manchu script)
• အာၐြယ (Burmese script)
• 𑦡𑧋𑧠𑧈𑧇 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐁𑐱𑑂𑐬𑐫 (Newa script)
• ଆଶ୍ରଯ (Oriya script)
• ꢃꢯ꣄ꢬꢫ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆄𑆯𑇀𑆫𑆪 (Sharada script)
• 𑖁𑖫𑖿𑖨𑖧 (Siddham script)
• ආශ්රය (Sinhalese script)
• ఆశ్రయ (Telugu script)
• อาศฺรย (Thai script)
• ཨཱ་ཤྲ་ཡ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒂𑒬𑓂𑒩𑒨 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

Synchronically analysable as आ (ā) +‎ श्रि (śri, root). For more on the verb root, see श्रयति (śrayati).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɑːɕ.ɾɐ.jɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɑːɕ.ɾɐ.jɐ/

Noun

आश्रय • (āśraya) m

1. refuge, shelter
2. attachment, support
3. assistance, help
4. dependence
5. origin, source

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Paisaci Prakrit:
  • Punjabi: ਆਸਰਾ (āsarā)
• → Hindi: आश्रय (āśray)
• → Tocharian B: āśrai

Further reading

• Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2023), “āśraya”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.