अमवत्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

অমৱত্ (Assamese script)
ᬅᬫᬯᬢ᭄ (Balinese script)
অমবত্ (Bengali script)
𑰀𑰦𑰪𑰝𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀅𑀫𑀯𑀢𑁆 (Brahmi script)
အမဝတ် (Burmese script)
અમવત્ (Gujarati script)
ਅਮਵਤ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌅𑌮𑌵𑌤𑍍 (Grantha script)
ꦄꦩꦮꦠ꧀ (Javanese script)
𑂃𑂧𑂫𑂞𑂹 (Kaithi script)
ಅಮವತ್ (Kannada script)
អមវត៑ (Khmer script)
ອມວຕ຺ (Lao script)
അമവത് (Malayalam script)
ᠠᠮᠠᠸᠠᢠ (Manchu script)
𑘀𑘦𑘪𑘝𑘿 (Modi script)
ᠠᠮᠠᠸᠠᢐ (Mongolian script)
𑦠𑧆𑧊𑦽𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
𑐀𑐩𑐰𑐟𑑂 (Newa script)
ଅମଵତ୍ (Odia script)
ꢂꢪꢮꢡ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
𑆃𑆩𑆮𑆠𑇀 (Sharada script)
𑖀𑖦𑖪𑖝𑖿 (Siddham script)
අමවත් (Sinhalese script)
𑩐𑩴𑩾𑩫 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
𑚀𑚢𑚦𑚙𑚶 (Takri script)
அமவத் (Tamil script)
అమవత్ (Telugu script)
อมวตฺ (Thai script)
ཨ་མ་ཝ་ཏ྄ (Tibetan script)
𑒁𑒧𑒫𑒞𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
𑨀𑨢𑨭𑨙𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hámawants, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hámawants. Cognate with Avestan 𐬀𐬨𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬧𐬙 (amauuaṇt). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃emh₃-. Synchronically अम (ama, “impetuosity, violence”) +‎ -वत् (-vat).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐ́.mɐ.ʋɐt/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɐ.mɐ.ʋɐt̪/

Adjective

अमवत् • (ámavat) stem

strong, impetuous
- c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda

Adverb

अमवत् • (ámavat)

impetuously
- c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 5.58.1

References

Monier Williams (1899), “अमवत्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 80.