अयस्

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Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अयस् (ayas).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /ə.jəs/,

Noun

अयस् (ayasm (Urdu spelling ایس) (rare)

  1. iron
    Synonyms: लोहा (lohā), लोह (loh)

Declension

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *Háyas, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éyos (metal). Cognate with Avestan 𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬀𐬵 (aiiah) Latin aes, Old English ār (whence English ore).

Pronunciation

Noun

अयस् (áyas) stemn

  1. metal; copper
    • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 6.47.10:
      इन्द्र मृळ मह्यं जीवातुमिच्छ चोदय धियम्अयसो न धाराम्।
      यत्किं चाहं त्वायुरिदं वदामि तज्जुषस्व कृधि मा देववन्तम्॥
      indra mṛḷa mahyaṃ jīvātumiccha codaya dhiyamayaso na dhārām.
      yatkiṃ cāhaṃ tvāyuridaṃ vadāmi tajjuṣasva kṛdhi mā devavantam.
      Be gracious, Indra, let my days be lengthened: sharpen my thought as ’twere a blade of copper
      Approve whatever words I speak, dependent on thee, and grant me thy divine protection.
  2. iron ŚBr.
  3. iron weapon

Declension

Neuter as-stem declension of अयस् (áyas)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative अयः
áyaḥ
अयसी
áyasī
अयांसि
áyāṃsi
Vocative अयः
áyaḥ
अयसी
áyasī
अयांसि
áyāṃsi
Accusative अयः
áyaḥ
अयसी
áyasī
अयांसि
áyāṃsi
Instrumental अयसा
áyasā
अयोभ्याम्
áyobhyām
अयोभिः
áyobhiḥ
Dative अयसे
áyase
अयोभ्याम्
áyobhyām
अयोभ्यः
áyobhyaḥ
Ablative अयसः
áyasaḥ
अयोभ्याम्
áyobhyām
अयोभ्यः
áyobhyaḥ
Genitive अयसः
áyasaḥ
अयसोः
áyasoḥ
अयसाम्
áyasām
Locative अयसि
áyasi
अयसोः
áyasoḥ
अयःसु
áyaḥsu

Descendants

  • Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀅𑀬 (aya)
  • Pali: aya, ayo

References

  1. ^ Jamison, Stephanie W., Brereton, Joel P., transl. (2014), The Rigveda: The Earliest Religious Poetry of India, volume I-II, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 836
  2. ^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “áyas-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University