अर्थ
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See also: अर्थ्
Hindi
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अर्थ (artha).
Pronunciation
Noun
अर्थ • (arth) m (Urdu spelling اَرتھ)
- meaning, purport
- Synonym: मतलब (matlab)
- इस शब्द के कई अर्थ हैं।
- is śabd ke kaī arth ha͠i.
- This word has several meanings.
- sense
- अब जाने का कोई अर्थ नहीं है।
- ab jāne kā koī arth nahī̃ hai.
- There is no sense in going now.
- (in compounds) wealth, prosperity
- चोरी करने का अर्थदंड बहुत ऊँचा है।
- corī karne kā arthadaṇḍ bahut ū̃cā hai.
- The fine (lit. money-penalty) for stealing is very high.
Declension
Declension of अर्थ (masc cons-stem)
Derived terms
- अर्थकर (arthakar)
- अर्थगत (arthagat)
- अर्थगर्भित (arthagarbhit)
- अर्थदंड (arthadaṇḍ)
- अर्थनीति (arthanīti)
- अर्थनैतिक (arthanaitik)
- अर्थपूर्ण (arthapūrṇ)
- अर्थप्रक्रिया (arthaprakriyā)
- अर्थभेद (arthabhed)
- अर्थविचार (arthavicār)
- अर्थविज्ञान (arthavijñān)
- अर्थविधि (arthavidhi)
- अर्थविवाद (arthavivād)
- अर्थव्यवस्था (arthavyavasthā)
- अर्थशास्त्र (arthaśāstra)
- अर्थहीन (arthahīn)
- अर्थागम (arthāgam)
- अर्थाधिकारिणी (arthādhikāriṇī)
- अर्थाधिकारी (arthādhikārī)
- अर्थानुबन्ध (arthānubandh)
- अर्थार्जन (arthārjan)
- अर्थोपार्जन (arthopārjan)
Further reading
- Platts, John T. (1884) “अर्थ”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
Konkani
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अर्थ (artha).
Noun
अर्थ • (artha) (Latin script ?, Kannada script ?)
Marathi
Etymology
Inherited from Old Marathi अर्थ (artha), from Sanskrit अर्थ (artha).
Pronunciation
Noun
अर्थ • (artha) m
- meaning, significance
- Antonym: अनर्थ (anartha)
- या शब्दाचा अर्थ काय?
- yā śabdācā artha kāy?
- What is the meaning of this word?
- intention, aim
- Synonym: हेतू (hetū)
- substance, money, wealth, property
Declension
| Declension of अर्थ (masc cons-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| direct singular |
अर्थ artha | ||
| direct plural |
अर्थ artha | ||
| singular एकवचन |
plural अनेकवचन | ||
| nominative प्रथमा |
अर्थ artha |
अर्थ artha | |
| oblique सामान्यरूप |
अर्था arthā |
अर्थां- arthān- | |
| acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी |
अर्थाला arthālā |
अर्थांना arthānnā | |
| ergative | अर्थाने, अर्थानं arthāne, arthāna |
अर्थांनी arthānnī | |
| instrumental | अर्थाशी arthāśī |
अर्थांशी arthānśī | |
| locative सप्तमी |
अर्थात arthāt |
अर्थांत arthāt | |
| vocative संबोधन |
अर्था arthā |
अर्थांनो arthānno | |
| 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 अर्थ (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 |
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| singular subject एकवचनी कर्ता |
अर्थाचा arthāċā |
अर्थाचे arthāċe |
अर्थाची arthācī |
अर्थाच्या arthācā |
अर्थाचे, अर्थाचं arthāċe, arthāċa |
अर्थाची arthācī |
अर्थाच्या arthācā | |
| plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता |
अर्थांचा arthānċā |
अर्थांचे arthānċe |
अर्थांची arthāñcī |
अर्थांच्या arthāncā |
अर्थांचे, अर्थांचं arthānċe, arthānċa |
अर्थांची arthāñcī |
अर्थांच्या arthāñcā | |
| * Note: Word-final ए (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ (a). Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition. | ||||||||
Derived terms
- अर्थपूर्ण (arthapūrṇa, “meaningful”)
- अर्थमंत्रालय (arthamantrālay, “ministry of finance”)
- अर्थमंत्री (arthamantrī, “finance minister”)
- अर्थार्जन (arthārjan)
- निरर्थक (nirarthak, “meaningless”)
Further reading
- Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “अर्थ”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
- Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “अर्थ”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
- Shridhar Ganesh Vaze (1911) “अर्थ”, in The Aryabhusan School Dictionary, Poona: Arya-Bhushan Press
- Shankar Gopal Tulpule, Anne Feldhaus (1999) “अर्थ”, in A Dictionary of Old Marathi, Mumbai: Popular Prakashan
Nepali
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अर्थ (artha).
Pronunciation
Noun
अर्थ • (artha)
Further reading
- “अर्थ”, in नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश (nepālī br̥hat śabdakoś) [Comprehensive Nepali Dictionary], Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- অৰ্থ (Assamese script)
- ᬅᬃᬣ (Balinese script)
- অর্থ (Bengali script)
- 𑰀𑰨𑰿𑰞 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀅𑀭𑁆𑀣 (Brahmi script)
- အရ်္ထ (Burmese script)
- અર્થ (Gujarati script)
- ਅਰ੍ਥ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌅𑌰𑍍𑌥 (Grantha script)
- ꦄꦂꦡ (Javanese script)
- 𑂃𑂩𑂹𑂟 (Kaithi script)
- ಅರ್ಥ (Kannada script)
- អថ៌ (Khmer script)
- ອຣ຺ຖ (Lao script)
- അര്ഥ (Malayalam script)
- ᠠᡵᡨᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘀𑘨𑘿𑘞 (Modi script)
- ᠠᠷᠲᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦠𑧈𑧠𑦾 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐀𑐬𑑂𑐠 (Newa script)
- ଅର୍ଥ (Odia script)
- ꢂꢬ꣄ꢢ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆃𑆫𑇀𑆡 (Sharada script)
- 𑖀𑖨𑖿𑖞 (Siddham script)
- අර්ථ (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩐𑩼 𑪙𑩬 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚀𑚤𑚶𑚚 (Takri script)
- அர்த² (Tamil script)
- అర్థ (Telugu script)
- อรฺถ (Thai script)
- ཨ་རྠ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒁𑒩𑓂𑒟 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨀𑨫𑩇𑨚 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hártʰam (“matter, object, purpose”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ert-. Cognate with Avestan 𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬚𐬀 (arəθa).
Pronunciation
Noun
अर्थ • (ártha) stem, m or n
- aim, purpose, meaning
- advantage, use, utility
- profit
- prosperity
- interest
- thing, object
- money, wealth, property, opulence, substance
- affair, concern
- (in law) lawsuit, action
- sense, notion
- manner, kind
- price
Declension
| Masculine a-stem declension of अर्थ (artha) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | अर्थः arthaḥ |
अर्थौ / अर्था¹ arthau / arthā¹ |
अर्थाः / अर्थासः¹ arthāḥ / arthāsaḥ¹ |
| Vocative | अर्थ artha |
अर्थौ / अर्था¹ arthau / arthā¹ |
अर्थाः / अर्थासः¹ arthāḥ / arthāsaḥ¹ |
| Accusative | अर्थम् artham |
अर्थौ / अर्था¹ arthau / arthā¹ |
अर्थान् arthān |
| Instrumental | अर्थेन arthena |
अर्थाभ्याम् arthābhyām |
अर्थैः / अर्थेभिः¹ arthaiḥ / arthebhiḥ¹ |
| Dative | अर्थाय arthāya |
अर्थाभ्याम् arthābhyām |
अर्थेभ्यः arthebhyaḥ |
| Ablative | अर्थात् arthāt |
अर्थाभ्याम् arthābhyām |
अर्थेभ्यः arthebhyaḥ |
| Genitive | अर्थस्य arthasya |
अर्थयोः arthayoḥ |
अर्थानाम् arthānām |
| Locative | अर्थे arthe |
अर्थयोः arthayoḥ |
अर्थेषु artheṣu |
| Notes |
| ||
| Neuter a-stem declension of अर्थ (artha) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | अर्थम् artham |
अर्थे arthe |
अर्थानि / अर्था¹ arthāni / arthā¹ |
| Vocative | अर्थ artha |
अर्थे arthe |
अर्थानि / अर्था¹ arthāni / arthā¹ |
| Accusative | अर्थम् artham |
अर्थे arthe |
अर्थानि / अर्था¹ arthāni / arthā¹ |
| Instrumental | अर्थेन arthena |
अर्थाभ्याम् arthābhyām |
अर्थैः / अर्थेभिः¹ arthaiḥ / arthebhiḥ¹ |
| Dative | अर्थाय arthāya |
अर्थाभ्याम् arthābhyām |
अर्थेभ्यः arthebhyaḥ |
| Ablative | अर्थात् arthāt |
अर्थाभ्याम् arthābhyām |
अर्थेभ्यः arthebhyaḥ |
| Genitive | अर्थस्य arthasya |
अर्थयोः arthayoḥ |
अर्थानाम् arthānām |
| Locative | अर्थे arthe |
अर्थयोः arthayoḥ |
अर्थेषु artheṣu |
| Notes |
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Descendants
- Pali: attha
- → Khmer: អត្ថ (ʼat)
- Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀅𑀝𑁆𑀞 (aṭṭha), 𑀅𑀢𑁆𑀣 (attha)
- Gujarati: આથ (ātha)
- → Assamese: অৰ্থ (ortho) (learned)
- → Bengali: অর্থ (ôrthô) (learned)
- → Gujarati: અર્થ (arth) (learned)
- → Hindustani: arth (learned)
- → Malay: harta, arta
- → Kannada: ಅರ್ಥ (artha) (learned)
- → Malayalam: അർത്ഥം (aṟtthaṁ) (learned)
- → Marathi: artha (learned)
- → Nepali: अर्थ (artha) (learned)
- → Old Javanese: artha, arthi
- → Tamil: அர்த்தம் (arttam) (learned)
- ⇒ Telugu: అర్థము (arthamu)
- → Tocharian B: ārth
References
- “अ॑र्थ” in Carl Cappeller, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary: Based upon the St. Petersburg Lexicons, Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, 1891, →OCLC, page 41, column 2.
- Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “अर्थ”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, page 027
- Monier Williams (1899) “अर्थ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 90, column 2.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume I, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 117