आशय

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Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit आशय (āśayá).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /ɑː.ʃəj/,

Noun

आशय (āśaym

  1. (rare, formal) abode, home
    Synonyms: निवास (nivās), वास (vās), गृह (gŕh), घर (ghar)
  2. (in compounds) container, vessel
  3. (in compounds, physiology) organ

Declension

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Further reading

Sanskrit

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Etymology

From आ- (ā-) +‎ शय (śaya), from शी (śī, to sleep, lie down for sexual intercourse), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱey- (to lie down, settle).

Compare with Pali āsaya.

Pronunciation

Noun

आशय (āśayá) stemm

  1. resting-place, bed
  2. seat, place
  3. an asylum, abode or retreat
  4. a receptacle
  5. any recipient
  6. any vessel of the body
    रक्ताशयraktāśayaheart (lit. ‘the receptacle of blood’)
    आमाशयāmāśayastomach (lit. ‘the receptacle of undigested (food)’)
  7. the stomach, abdomen
  8. the seat of feelings and thoughts, the mind, heart, soul
  9. thought, meaning, intention
  10. disposition of mind, mode of thinking
  11. the balance of the fruits of previous works, which lie stored up in the mind in the form of mental deposits of merit or demerit, until they ripen in the individual soul's own experience into rank, years, and enjoyment
  12. the will
  13. pleasure
  14. virtue
  15. vice
  16. fate
  17. fortune
  18. property
  19. a miser, niggard
  20. name of the plant Artocarpus integer (syn. Artocarpus integrifolia; chempedak)

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of आशय (āśayá)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative आशयः
āśayáḥ
आशयौ / आशया¹
āśayaú / āśayā́¹
आशयाः / आशयासः¹
āśayā́ḥ / āśayā́saḥ¹
Vocative आशय
ā́śaya
आशयौ / आशया¹
ā́śayau / ā́śayā¹
आशयाः / आशयासः¹
ā́śayāḥ / ā́śayāsaḥ¹
Accusative आशयम्
āśayám
आशयौ / आशया¹
āśayaú / āśayā́¹
आशयान्
āśayā́n
Instrumental आशयेन
āśayéna
आशयाभ्याम्
āśayā́bhyām
आशयैः / आशयेभिः¹
āśayaíḥ / āśayébhiḥ¹
Dative आशयाय
āśayā́ya
आशयाभ्याम्
āśayā́bhyām
आशयेभ्यः
āśayébhyaḥ
Ablative आशयात्
āśayā́t
आशयाभ्याम्
āśayā́bhyām
आशयेभ्यः
āśayébhyaḥ
Genitive आशयस्य
āśayásya
आशययोः
āśayáyoḥ
आशयानाम्
āśayā́nām
Locative आशये
āśayé
आशययोः
āśayáyoḥ
आशयेषु
āśayéṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

Descendants

  • Hindi: आशय (āśay)
  • Tamil: ஆசயம் (ācayam)

Further reading