आश्रय

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Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit आश्रय (āśraya).

Pronunciation

(Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɑːʃ.ɾəj/,

Noun

आश्रय • (āśray) m

shelter, refuge
Synonym: शरण (śaraṇ)

उन्हें पड़ोसी के घर में आश्रय लेना पड़ा।
unhẽ paṛosī ke ghar mẽ āśray lenā paṛā.
He had to take shelter in his neighbour's home.

Declension

Declension of आश्रय (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	आश्रय āśray	आश्रय āśray
oblique	आश्रय āśray	आश्रयों āśrayõ
vocative	आश्रय āśray	आश्रयो āśrayo

Further reading

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “आश्रय”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

আশ্ৰয় (Assamese script)
ᬆᬰ᭄ᬭᬬ (Balinese script)
আশ্রয় (Bengali script)
𑰁𑰫𑰿𑰨𑰧 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀆𑀰𑁆𑀭𑀬 (Brahmi script)
အာၐြယ (Burmese script)
આશ્રય (Gujarati script)
ਆਸ਼੍ਰਯ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌆𑌶𑍍𑌰𑌯 (Grantha script)
ꦄꦴꦯꦿꦪ (Javanese script)
𑂄𑂬𑂹𑂩𑂨 (Kaithi script)
ಆಶ್ರಯ (Kannada script)
អាឝ្រយ (Khmer script)
ອາຨ຺ຣຍ (Lao script)
ആശ്രയ (Malayalam script)
ᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡧᡵᠠᠶᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘁𑘫𑘿𑘨𑘧 (Modi script)
ᠠᢗᠱᠷᠠᠶ᠋ᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
𑦡𑧋𑧠𑧈𑧇 (Nandinagari script)
𑐁𑐱𑑂𑐬𑐫 (Newa script)
ଆଶ୍ରଯ (Odia script)
ꢃꢯ꣄ꢬꢫ (Saurashtra script)
𑆄𑆯𑇀𑆫𑆪 (Sharada script)
𑖁𑖫𑖿𑖨𑖧 (Siddham script)
ආශ්‍රය (Sinhalese script)
𑩐𑩛𑩿 𑪙𑩼𑩻 (Soyombo script)
𑚁𑚧𑚶𑚤𑚣 (Takri script)
ஆஶ்ரய (Tamil script)
ఆశ్రయ (Telugu script)
อาศฺรย (Thai script)
ཨཱ་ཤྲ་ཡ (Tibetan script)
𑒂𑒬𑓂𑒩𑒨 (Tirhuta script)
𑨀𑨊𑨮𑩇𑨫𑨪 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From the root आ- (ā-) +‎ श्रि (śri, root).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɑːɕ.ɾɐ.jɐ/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈɑːɕ.ɾɐ.jɐ/

Noun

आश्रय • (āśraya) stem, m

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of आश्रय (āśraya)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	आश्रयः āśrayaḥ	आश्रयौ / आश्रया¹ āśrayau / āśrayā¹	आश्रयाः / आश्रयासः¹ āśrayāḥ / āśrayāsaḥ¹
Vocative	आश्रय āśraya	आश्रयौ / आश्रया¹ āśrayau / āśrayā¹	आश्रयाः / आश्रयासः¹ āśrayāḥ / āśrayāsaḥ¹
Accusative	आश्रयम् āśrayam	आश्रयौ / आश्रया¹ āśrayau / āśrayā¹	आश्रयान् āśrayān
Instrumental	आश्रयेण āśrayeṇa	आश्रयाभ्याम् āśrayābhyām	आश्रयैः / आश्रयेभिः¹ āśrayaiḥ / āśrayebhiḥ¹
Dative	आश्रयाय āśrayāya	आश्रयाभ्याम् āśrayābhyām	आश्रयेभ्यः āśrayebhyaḥ
Ablative	आश्रयात् āśrayāt	आश्रयाभ्याम् āśrayābhyām	आश्रयेभ्यः āśrayebhyaḥ
Genitive	आश्रयस्य āśrayasya	आश्रययोः āśrayayoḥ	आश्रयाणाम् āśrayāṇām
Locative	आश्रये āśraye	आश्रययोः āśrayayoḥ	आश्रयेषु āśrayeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

Paisaci Prakrit:
- Punjabi: ਆਸਰਾ (āsarā)
→ Hindi: आश्रय (āśray)
→ Old Javanese: āśraya
- ⇒ Javanese: ꦱꦿꦪ (sraya)
  - → Malay: seraya
→ Tocharian B: āśrai

References

Monier Williams (1899) “आश्रय”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 158, column 2.

Further reading

Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “āśraya”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.

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