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Hindi
Etymology
Possibly a deverbal of the causative suffix -आना (-ānā), which, in Old Hindi, had a -v- in many forms, like the Old Hindi -आवै (-āvai, first-person), from Sauraseni Prakrit -𑀆𑀯𑁂𑀤𑀺 (-āvedi) (compare Marathi -आवणे (-āvṇe)). Compare Punjabi -ਆਅ (-āa).
Pronunciation
Suffix
-आव • (-āv) (Urdu spelling آؤ)
- forms abstract nouns from adjectives, or nouns referring to someone or something that conforms to the adjective's description; -ity
- अलग (alag, “different”) + -आव (-āv) → अलगाव (algāv, “difference”)
- forms abstract nouns from verbs, or nouns referring to someone or something that conforms to the verb's description
- ठहरना (ṭhaharnā, “to stop”) + -आव (-āv) → ठहराव (ṭhahrāv, “stopping, an obstacle”)
Declension
Declension of -आव (masc cons-stem)
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singular
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plural
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| direct
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-आव
-āv
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-आव
-āv
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| oblique
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-आव
-āv
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-आवों
-āvõ
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| vocative
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-आव
-āv
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-आवो
-āvo
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Derived terms