अवसर

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit अवसर (avasara).

Pronunciation

(Delhi) IPA^(key): /əʋ.səɾ/,

Noun

अवसर • (avsar) m (Urdu spelling اوسر)

opportunity, chance
Synonym: मौक़ा (mauqā)

इस शुभ अवसर पर... ― is śubh avsar par... ― On this auspicious occasion...

Declension

Declension of अवसर (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	अवसर avsar	अवसर avsar
oblique	अवसर avsar	अवसरों avsarõ
vocative	अवसर avsar	अवसरो avsaro

Old Gujarati

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit अवसर (avasara).

Noun

अवसर • (avasara) m

opportunity, occasion

Descendants

Gujarati: અવસર (avasar)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

অৱসৰ (Assamese script)
ᬅᬯᬲᬭ (Balinese script)
অবসর (Bengali script)
𑰀𑰪𑰭𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀅𑀯𑀲𑀭 (Brahmi script)
အဝသရ (Burmese script)
અવસર (Gujarati script)
ਅਵਸਰ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌅𑌵𑌸𑌰 (Grantha script)
ꦄꦮꦱꦫ (Javanese script)
𑂃𑂫𑂮𑂩 (Kaithi script)
ಅವಸರ (Kannada script)
អវសរ (Khmer script)
ອວສຣ (Lao script)
അവസര (Malayalam script)
ᠠᠸᠠᠰ᠌ᠠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘀𑘪𑘭𑘨 (Modi script)
ᠠᠸᠠᠰᠠᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
𑦠𑧊𑧍𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
𑐀𑐰𑐳𑐬 (Newa script)
ଅଵସର (Odia script)
ꢂꢮꢱꢬ (Saurashtra script)
𑆃𑆮𑆱𑆫 (Sharada script)
𑖀𑖪𑖭𑖨 (Siddham script)
අවසර (Sinhalese script)
𑩐𑩾𑪁𑩼 (Soyombo script)
𑚀𑚦𑚨𑚤 (Takri script)
அவஸர (Tamil script)
అవసర (Telugu script)
อวสร (Thai script)
ཨ་ཝ་ས་ར (Tibetan script)
𑒁𑒫𑒮𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
𑨀𑨭𑨰𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Compound of अव- (ava-, “down”) +‎ सर (sara, “runner”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈɐ.ʋɐ.s̪ɐ.ɾɐ/

Noun

अवसर • (avasara) stem, m

"descent (of water)", rain
occasion, moment, favorable opportunity
seasonableness, appropriate place for anything
anyone's turn
leisure, advantageous situation

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of अवसर (avasara)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	अवसरः avasaraḥ	अवसरौ avasarau	अवसराः avasarāḥ
Vocative	अवसर avasara	अवसरौ avasarau	अवसराः avasarāḥ
Accusative	अवसरम् avasaram	अवसरौ avasarau	अवसरान् avasarān
Instrumental	अवसरेण avasareṇa	अवसराभ्याम् avasarābhyām	अवसरैः avasaraiḥ
Dative	अवसराय avasarāya	अवसराभ्याम् avasarābhyām	अवसरेभ्यः avasarebhyaḥ
Ablative	अवसरात् avasarāt	अवसराभ्याम् avasarābhyām	अवसरेभ्यः avasarebhyaḥ
Genitive	अवसरस्य avasarasya	अवसरयोः avasarayoḥ	अवसराणाम् avasarāṇām
Locative	अवसरे avasare	अवसरयोः avasarayoḥ	अवसरेषु avasareṣu

References

Monier Williams (1899) “अवसर”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 105/1.

अवसर

Hindi

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Old Gujarati

Etymology

Noun

Descendants

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

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