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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 *h₁ewH- (“to help, protect”). Cognate with Latin iuvō (“to help”), Old Irish con·oí (“to protect, preserve”).
Pronunciation
Root
अव् • (av)
- to promote, favour, satisfy
- to drive, impel, lead, offer
- to be pleased, accept favourably
Derived terms
Category Terms derived from the Sanskrit root अव् not found
- Primary Verbal Forms
- Non-Finite Forms
- ऊत (ūta, Past Participle)
- अवितुम् (avitum, Infinitive)
- अवितवे (ávitave, Infinitive)
- Derived Nominal Forms
- अव (áva, “favour”)
- अवत् (ávat, “favourable”)
- अवत्तरम् (ávattaram, “more favourably”)
- अवन (ávana, “favour, preservation”)
- अवस् (ávas)
- अवितृ (avitṛ́)
- ऊति (ūtí)
- ऊम (ū́ma)
- ओम (oma, “friend, helper”)
- ओमन् (oman)
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “अव्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 96, column 1.
- William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 4
- 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) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 77
- Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 243-244