अव्ययी

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अव्ययिन् (avyayin). By surface analysis, अ- (a-) +‎ व्यय (vyay) +‎ -ई (-ī).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /əʋ.jə.jiː/, [ɐʋ.jɐ.jiː]

Adjective

अव्ययी • (avyayī) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling اوييي)

1. (grammar) indeclinable

   अव्ययी विशेषण ― avyayī viśeṣaṇ ― Indeclinable adjective

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “अव्ययी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Platts, John T. (1884) “अव्ययी”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.