आश्रय
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Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit आश्रय (āśraya).
Pronunciation
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)
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)
- ਆਸ਼ੑਰਯ (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
By surface analysis, आ (ā) + श्रि (śri, root). For more on the verb root, see श्रयति (śrayati).
Pronunciation
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 |
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Descendants
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “आश्रय”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 158/2.
Further reading
- Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “āśraya”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.