आयुर्वेद

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit आयुर्वेद (āyurveda).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɑː.jʊɾ.ʋeːd̪/, [äː.jʊɾ.ʋeːd̪]

Noun

आयुर्वेद • (āyurved) m

1. A traditional Indian medicine

Declension

Declension of आयुर्वेद (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	आयुर्वेद āyurved	आयुर्वेद āyurved
oblique	आयुर्वेद āyurved	आयुर्वेदों āyurvedõ
vocative	आयुर्वेद āyurved	आयुर्वेदो āyurvedo

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• আয়ুৰ্বেদ (Assamese script)
• ᬆᬬᬸᬃᬯᬾᬤ (Balinese script)
• আয়ুর্বেদ (Bengali script)
• 𑰁𑰧𑰲𑰨𑰿𑰪𑰸𑰟 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀆𑀬𑀼𑀭𑁆𑀯𑁂𑀤 (Brahmi script)
• အာယုရွေဒ (Burmese script)
• આયુર્વેદ (Gujarati script)
• ਆਯੁਰ੍ਵੇਦ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌆𑌯𑍁𑌰𑍍𑌵𑍇𑌦 (Grantha script)
• ꦄꦴꦪꦸꦂꦮꦺꦢ (Javanese script)
• 𑂄𑂨𑂳𑂩𑂹𑂫𑂵𑂠 (Kaithi script)
• ಆಯುರ್ವೇದ (Kannada script)
• អាយុវ៌េទ (Khmer script)
• ອາຍຸຣ຺ເວທ (Lao script)
• ആയുര്വേദ (Malayalam script)
• ᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠶᡠᡵᠣᠸᡝᡩᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘁𑘧𑘳𑘨𑘿𑘪𑘹𑘟 (Modi script)
• ᠠᢗᠶ᠋ᠤᠷᠸᠧᢑᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦡𑧇𑧔𑧈𑧠𑧊𑧚𑦿 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐁𑐫𑐸𑐬𑑂𑐰𑐾𑐡 (Newa script)
• ଆଯୁର୍ଵେଦ (Odia script)
• ꢃꢫꢸꢬ꣄ꢮꢾꢣ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆄𑆪𑆶𑆫𑇀𑆮𑆼𑆢 (Sharada script)
• 𑖁𑖧𑖲𑖨𑖿𑖪𑖸𑖟 (Siddham script)
• ආයුර්‍වෙද (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩛𑩻𑩒𑩼 𑪙𑩾𑩔𑩭 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚁𑚣𑚰𑚤𑚶𑚦𑚲𑚛 (Takri script)
• ஆயுர்வேத³ (Tamil script)
• ఆయుర్వేద (Telugu script)
• อายุรฺเวท (Thai script)
• ཨཱ་ཡུ་རྭེ་ད (Tibetan script)
• 𑒂𑒨𑒳𑒩𑓂𑒫𑒹𑒠 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨊𑨪𑨃𑨫𑩇𑨭𑨄𑨛 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From आयुस् (āyus, “age, span”) +‎ वेद (veda, “knowledge”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɑː.juɾ.ʋɐj.dɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɑː.juɾˈʋeː.d̪ɐ/

Noun

आयुर्वेद • (āyurveda) stem, m

1. the science of health or medicine (it is classed among sacred sciences, and considered as a supplement of the अथर्व- वेद ; it contains eight departments as below, Suṡr. MBh. Hariv. et al.)
   1. शल्य or (removal of) any substance which has entered the body (as extraction of darts, of splinters, etc.);
   2. शालाक्य or cure of diseases of the eye or ear etc. by शलाकाs or sharp instruments；
   3. कायचिकित्सा or cure of diseases affecting the whole body；
   4. भूतविद्या or treatment of mental diseases supposed to be produced by demoniacal influence；
   5. कौमारभृत्य or treatment of children；
   6. अगदतन्त्र or doctrine of antidotes;
   7. रासायनतन्त्र or doctrine of elixirs;
   8. वाजीकरणतन्त्र or doctrine of aphrodisiacs.

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of आयुर्वेद (āyurveda)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	आयुर्वेदः āyurvedaḥ	आयुर्वेदौ / आयुर्वेदा¹ āyurvedau / āyurvedā¹	आयुर्वेदाः / आयुर्वेदासः¹ āyurvedāḥ / āyurvedāsaḥ¹
Vocative	आयुर्वेद āyurveda	आयुर्वेदौ / आयुर्वेदा¹ āyurvedau / āyurvedā¹	आयुर्वेदाः / आयुर्वेदासः¹ āyurvedāḥ / āyurvedāsaḥ¹
Accusative	आयुर्वेदम् āyurvedam	आयुर्वेदौ / आयुर्वेदा¹ āyurvedau / āyurvedā¹	आयुर्वेदान् āyurvedān
Instrumental	आयुर्वेदेन āyurvedena	आयुर्वेदाभ्याम् āyurvedābhyām	आयुर्वेदैः / आयुर्वेदेभिः¹ āyurvedaiḥ / āyurvedebhiḥ¹
Dative	आयुर्वेदाय āyurvedāya	आयुर्वेदाभ्याम् āyurvedābhyām	आयुर्वेदेभ्यः āyurvedebhyaḥ
Ablative	आयुर्वेदात् āyurvedāt	आयुर्वेदाभ्याम् āyurvedābhyām	आयुर्वेदेभ्यः āyurvedebhyaḥ
Genitive	आयुर्वेदस्य āyurvedasya	आयुर्वेदयोः āyurvedayoḥ	आयुर्वेदानाम् āyurvedānām
Locative	आयुर्वेदे āyurvede	आयुर्वेदयोः āyurvedayoḥ	आयुर्वेदेषु āyurvedeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• → Bengali: আয়ুর্বেদ (aẏurbed) (learned)
• → English: Ayurveda
• → Hindi: आयुर्वेद (āyurved) (learned)
• → Malayalam: ആയുർവേദം (āyuṟvēdaṁ)
• Pali: āyubbeda
  • → Burmese: အာယုဗ္ဗေဒ (ayubbeda.)
• → Telugu: ఆయుర్వేదము (āyurvēdamu)

References

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