आयतन

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit आयतन (āyatana, resting-place, home).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /ɑːj.t̪ən/, [äːj.t̪ɐ̃n]

Noun

आयतन • (āytan) m

  1. (geometry) volume
  2. bulk, size
  3. (rare) home

Declension

Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

आयतन n

  1. Devanagari script form of āyatana (“resting-place”)

Declension

Sanskrit

Etymology

(ā́-, in, preverb) + यत् (yat, to be/put in place, root) + -अन (-ana-, suffix denoting location), compare the verb आयतति (āyatati, to enter into).

Noun

आयतन • (āyatana) stem, n

  1. house, home, seat, support, or resting place
  2. place of the sacred fire
  3. altar, shed for sacrifices
  4. the cause of a disease
  5. the five senses and the मनस् (mánas-, mind) and the objects they perceive

Descendants

  • Hindi: आयतन (āytan)
  • Pali: आयतन (āyatana)
  • Tocharian B: āyataṃ
  • Tocharian B: āraṇyāyataṃ

Further reading

  • Monier Williams (1899) “आयतन”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 148/1.
  • Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “आयतन”, 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
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