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Awadhi
Alternative forms
Conjunction
अव (av)
- and
Gondi
Etymology
From Proto-Dravidian *a-. Cognate with Tamil அவ் (av).
Pronoun
अव (av)
- they, those
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- অৱ (Assamese script)
- ᬅᬯ (Balinese script)
- অব (Bengali script)
- 𑰀𑰪 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀅𑀯 (Brahmi script)
- အဝ (Burmese script)
- અવ (Gujarati script)
- ਅਵ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌅𑌵 (Grantha script)
- ꦄꦮ (Javanese script)
- 𑂃𑂫 (Kaithi script)
- ಅವ (Kannada script)
- អវ (Khmer script)
- ອວ (Lao script)
- അവ (Malayalam script)
- ᠠᠸᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘀𑘪 (Modi script)
- ᠠᠸᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦠𑧊 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐀𑐰 (Newa script)
- ଅଵ (Odia script)
- ꢂꢮ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆃𑆮 (Sharada script)
- 𑖀𑖪 (Siddham script)
- අව (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩐𑩾 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚀𑚦 (Takri script)
- அவ (Tamil script)
- అవ (Telugu script)
- อว (Thai script)
- ཨ་ཝ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒁𑒫 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨀𑨭 (Zanabazar Square script)
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *Háwa, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwo (“off, away, down”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬀 (auua) and Latin au-.
Adverb
अव • (áva)
- off, away
- down
Etymology 2
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hawa. Cognate to Avestan 𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬀 (auua).
Pronoun
अव • (ava)
- this
Etymology 3
From the root अव् (av).
Noun
अव • (ava) stem, m
- favour
Declension
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “अव”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 96/1.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 129; 135