अव्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
  • অৱ্ (Assamese script)
  • ᬅᬯ᭄ (Balinese script)
  • অব্ (Bengali script)
  • 𑰀𑰪𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀅𑀯𑁆 (Brahmi script)
  • အဝ် (Burmese script)
  • અવ્ (Gujarati script)
  • ਅਵ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
  • 𑌅𑌵𑍍 (Grantha script)
  • ꦄꦮ꧀ (Javanese script)
  • 𑂃𑂫𑂹 (Kaithi script)
  • ಅವ್ (Kannada script)
  • អវ៑ (Khmer script)
  • ອວ຺ (Lao script)
  • അവ് (Malayalam script)
  • ᠠᠸ (Manchu script)
  • 𑘀𑘪𑘿 (Modi script)
  • ᠠᠧ (Mongolian script)
  • 𑦠𑧊𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐀𑐰𑑂 (Newa script)
  • ଅଵ୍ (Odia script)
  • ꢂꢮ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆃𑆮𑇀 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖀𑖪𑖿 (Siddham script)
  • අව් (Sinhalese script)
  • 𑩐𑩾 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
  • 𑚀𑚦𑚶 (Takri script)
  • அவ் (Tamil script)
  • అవ్ (Telugu script)
  • อวฺ (Thai script)
  • ཨ་ཝ྄ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒁𑒫𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
  • 𑨀𑨭𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew- (“to enjoy, consume”). Cognate with Latin aveō (“to desire, be eager”), Old Irish con·ói (“to protect, preserve”).

Pronunciation

Root

अव् • (av)

  1. to promote, favour, satisfy
  2. to drive, impel, lead, offer
  3. to be pleased, accept favourably

Derived terms
  • अव (áva, “favour”)
  • अवति (avati, “to help”)
  • अवत् (ávat, “favourable”)
  • अवत्तरम् (ávattaram, “more favourably”)
  • अवन (ávana, “favour, preservation”)
  • ओम (oma, “friend, helper”)

References
  • Monier Williams (1899) “अव्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0096.
  • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 04
  • Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “अव्”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 134
  • Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 077, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 077
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