अवयव

Hindi

FWOTD – 25 November 2020

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit अवयव (avayava).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /əʋ.jəʋ/, [ɐʋ.jɐʋ]

Noun

अवयव • (avyavm

  1. element, component
    Synonyms: हिस्सा (hissā), अंश (añś)
    • 1865, Paṇḍit Vijayśaṇkar, Padārthvidyāsār[1]:
      परंतु यह नंही होसक्ता कि लकड़ी के अवयव और कील एक ही स्थान में हों []
      parantu yah nãhī hosaktā ki lakṛī ke avyav aur kīl ek hī sthān mẽ hõ []
      But it cannot be so that the piece of wood and the nail are in the same place []
  2. organ, limb
    Synonym: अंग (aṅg)
    अवयव-दानavyav-dānorgan donation

Declension

Declension of अवयव (masc cons-stem)
singular plural
direct अवयव
avyav
अवयव
avyav
oblique अवयव
avyav
अवयवों
avyavõ
vocative अवयव
avyav
अवयवो
avyavo

References

Marathi

Etymology

Inherited from Old Marathi 𑘀𑘪𑘧𑘪 (avayava), from Maharastri Prakrit 𑀅𑀯𑀬𑀯 (avayava), Sanskrit अवयव (avayava).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /əʋ.jəʋ/
  • Hyphenation: अव‧यव
  • Rhymes: -əʋ

Noun

अवयव • (avyavm

  1. body part, organ, limb
    Synonyms: अंग (aṅga), इंद्रिय (indriy)
  2. (mathematics) factor

Declension

Declension of अवयव (masc cons-stem)
direct
singular
अवयव
avyav
direct
plural
अवयव
avyav
singular
एकवचन
plural
अनेकवचन
nominative
प्रथमा
अवयव
avyav
अवयव
avyav
oblique
सामान्यरूप
अवयवा
avayvā
अवयवां-
avayvān-
acc. / dative
द्वितीया / चतुर्थी
अवयवाला
avayvālā
अवयवांना
avayvānnā
ergative अवयवाने, अवयवानं
avayvāne, avayvāna
अवयवांनी
avayvānnī
instrumental अवयवाशी
avayvāśī
अवयवांशी
avayvānśī
locative
सप्तमी
अवयवात
avayvāt
अवयवांत
avayvāt
vocative
संबोधन
अवयवा
avayvā
अवयवांनो
avayvānno
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 अवयव (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
अवयवाचा
avayvāċā
अवयवाचे
avayvāċe
अवयवाची
avayvācī
अवयवाच्या
avayvācā
अवयवाचे, अवयवाचं
avayvāċe, avayvāċa
अवयवाची
avayvācī
अवयवाच्या
avayvācā
plural subject
अनेकवचनी कर्ता
अवयवांचा
avayvānċā
अवयवांचे
avayvānċe
अवयवांची
avayvāñcī
अवयवांच्या
avayvāncā
अवयवांचे, अवयवांचं
avayvānċe, avayvānċa
अवयवांची
avayvāñcī
अवयवांच्या
avayvāñcā
* Note: Word-final (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as (a).
Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

References

  • Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983), “अवयव”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
  • Molesworth, James Thomas (1857), “अवयव”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
  • Shankar Gopal Tulpule; Anne Feldhaus (1999), “अवयव”, in A Dictionary of Old Marathi, Mumbai: Popular Prakashan

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From the root अवयु (avayu, to separate from).

Pronunciation

Noun

अवयव • (avayava) stemm

  1. a limb, member, part, portion
  2. a member or component part of a logical argument or syllogism

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of अवयव
singular dual plural
nominative अवयवः (avayavaḥ) अवयवौ (avayavau)
अवयवा¹ (avayavā¹)
अवयवाः (avayavāḥ)
अवयवासः¹ (avayavāsaḥ¹)
accusative अवयवम् (avayavam) अवयवौ (avayavau)
अवयवा¹ (avayavā¹)
अवयवान् (avayavān)
instrumental अवयवेन (avayavena) अवयवाभ्याम् (avayavābhyām) अवयवैः (avayavaiḥ)
अवयवेभिः¹ (avayavebhiḥ¹)
dative अवयवाय (avayavāya) अवयवाभ्याम् (avayavābhyām) अवयवेभ्यः (avayavebhyaḥ)
ablative अवयवात् (avayavāt) अवयवाभ्याम् (avayavābhyām) अवयवेभ्यः (avayavebhyaḥ)
genitive अवयवस्य (avayavasya) अवयवयोः (avayavayoḥ) अवयवानाम् (avayavānām)
locative अवयवे (avayave) अवयवयोः (avayavayoḥ) अवयवेषु (avayaveṣu)
vocative अवयव (avayava) अवयवौ (avayavau)
अवयवा¹ (avayavā¹)
अवयवाः (avayavāḥ)
अवयवासः¹ (avayavāsaḥ¹)
  • ¹Vedic

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