अमरावती

Hindi

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /əm.ɾɑː.ʋə.t̪iː/, [ɐ̃m.ɾäː.ʋɐ.t̪iː]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Marathi अमरावती (amrāvtī), from an earlier उमरावती (umrāvtī), from Maharastri Prakrit 𑀉𑀁𑀩𑀭𑀸𑀯𑀢𑀻 (uṃbarāvatī), from Sanskrit उदुम्बरावती (udumbarāvatī), औदुम्बरावती (audumbarāvatī). Influenced by अमरावती (amarāvatī, “abode of immortals”).

Proper noun

अमरावती • (amrāvatī) f (Urdu spelling امراوتی)

1. Amravati, Oomrawutty (a city in Vidarbha, Maharashtra, India)

Declension

Declension of अमरावती (sg-only fem ī-stem)

	singular
direct	अमरावती amrāvatī
oblique	अमरावती amrāvatī
vocative	अमरावती amrāvatī

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Sanskrit अमरावती (amarāvatī) and Telugu అమరావతి (amarāvati).

Proper noun

अमरावती • (amrāvatī) f (Urdu spelling امراوتی)

1. (Hinduism) name of the capital city of Indra
2. Amaravati, Amaravathi (a city, the state capital of Andhra Pradesh, India)
3. name of a historic Buddhist town in Andhra Pradesh
4. Amaravati (an ancient kingdom in Champa, Vietnam)

Declension

Declension of अमरावती (sg-only fem ī-stem)

	singular
direct	अमरावती amrāvatī
oblique	अमरावती amrāvatī
vocative	अमरावती amrāvatī

References

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “अमरावती”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• Hardev Bahri (2013) “अमरावती”, in राजपाल हिंदी शब्दकोश [rājpāl hindī śabdakoś, Rajpal Hindi Dictionary], Rajpal and Sons, →ISBN

Marathi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əm.ɾa.ʋə.t̪i/, [əm.ɾa.ʋə.t̪iː]

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Etymology 1

From an earlier उमरावती (umrāvtī), from Maharastri Prakrit 𑀉𑀁𑀩𑀭𑀸𑀯𑀢𑀻 (uṃbarāvatī), from Sanskrit उदुम्बरावती (udumbarāvatī), औदुम्बरावती (audumbarāvatī). Influenced by अमरावती (amarāvatī, “abode of immortals”).

Proper noun

अमरावती • (amrāvatī) f

1. Amravati, Oomrawutty (a city in Vidarbha, Maharashtra, India)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Sanskrit अमरावती (amarāvatī) and Telugu అమరావతి (amarāvati).

Proper noun

अमरावती • (amrāvatī) f

1. (Hinduism) Name of the capital city of Indra
2. Amaravati, Amaravathi (a city, the state capital of Andhra Pradesh, India)
3. Name of a historic Buddhist town in Andhra Pradesh

References

• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “अमरावती”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• অমৰাৱতী (Assamese script)
• ᬅᬫᬭᬵᬯᬢᬷ (Balinese script)
• অমরাবতী (Bengali script)
• 𑰀𑰦𑰨𑰯𑰪𑰝𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀅𑀫𑀭𑀸𑀯𑀢𑀻 (Brahmi script)
• အမရာဝတီ (Burmese script)
• અમરાવતી (Gujarati script)
• ਅਮਰਾਵਤੀ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌅𑌮𑌰𑌾𑌵𑌤𑍀 (Grantha script)
• ꦄꦩꦫꦴꦮꦠꦷ (Javanese script)
• 𑂃𑂧𑂩𑂰𑂫𑂞𑂲 (Kaithi script)
• ಅಮರಾವತೀ (Kannada script)
• អមរាវតី (Khmer script)
• ອມຣາວຕີ (Lao script)
• അമരാവതീ (Malayalam script)
• ᠠᠮᠠᡵᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠸᠠᢠᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘀𑘦𑘨𑘰𑘪𑘝𑘲 (Modi script)
• ᠠᠮᠠᠷᠠᢗᠸᠠᢐᠢᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦠𑧆𑧈𑧑𑧊𑦽𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐀𑐩𑐬𑐵𑐰𑐟𑐷 (Newa script)
• ଅମରାଵତୀ (Odia script)
• ꢂꢪꢬꢵꢮꢡꢷ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆃𑆩𑆫𑆳𑆮𑆠𑆵 (Sharada script)
• 𑖀𑖦𑖨𑖯𑖪𑖝𑖱 (Siddham script)
• අමරාවතී (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩴𑩼𑩛𑩾𑩫𑩑𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚀𑚢𑚤𑚭𑚦𑚙𑚯 (Takri script)
• அமராவதீ (Tamil script)
• అమరావతీ (Telugu script)
• อมราวตี (Thai script)
• ཨ་མ་རཱ་ཝ་ཏཱི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒁𑒧𑒩𑒰𑒫𑒞𑒲 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨢𑨫𑨊𑨭𑨙𑨁𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Compound of अमरा (amarā, “immortals”) +‎ -वती (-vatī, “-ful”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɐ.mɐˈɾɑː.ʋɐ.t̪iː/

Noun

अमरावती • (amarāvatī) stem, f

1. name of a town in Berar

Declension

Feminine ī-stem declension of अमरावती (amarāvatī)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	अमरावती amarāvatī	अमरावत्यौ amarāvatyau	अमरावत्यः amarāvatyaḥ
Vocative	अमरावति amarāvati	अमरावत्यौ amarāvatyau	अमरावत्यः amarāvatyaḥ
Accusative	अमरावतीम् amarāvatīm	अमरावत्यौ amarāvatyau	अमरावतीः amarāvatīḥ
Instrumental	अमरावत्या amarāvatyā	अमरावतीभ्याम् amarāvatībhyām	अमरावतीभिः amarāvatībhiḥ
Dative	अमरावत्यै amarāvatyai	अमरावतीभ्याम् amarāvatībhyām	अमरावतीभ्यः amarāvatībhyaḥ
Ablative	अमरावत्याः amarāvatyāḥ	अमरावतीभ्याम् amarāvatībhyām	अमरावतीभ्यः amarāvatībhyaḥ
Genitive	अमरावत्याः amarāvatyāḥ	अमरावत्योः amarāvatyoḥ	अमरावतीनाम् amarāvatīnām
Locative	अमरावत्याम् amarāvatyām	अमरावत्योः amarāvatyoḥ	अमरावतीषु amarāvatīṣu

Proper noun

अमरावती • (amarāvatī) stem, f

1. (Hinduism) Amarāvatī, "city of immortals", the capital of Svarga

   Synonyms: देवपुर (devapura), पूषाभासा (pūṣābhāsā)

Declension

Feminine ī-stem declension of अमरावती (amarāvatī)
	Singular
Nominative	अमरावती amarāvatī
Vocative	अमरावति amarāvati
Accusative	अमरावतीम् amarāvatīm
Instrumental	अमरावत्या amarāvatyā
Dative	अमरावत्यै amarāvatyai
Ablative	अमरावत्याः amarāvatyāḥ
Genitive	अमरावत्याः amarāvatyāḥ
Locative	अमरावत्याम् amarāvatyām

Descendants

• Old Gujarati: अमरावइ (amarāvaï)
• → Bengali: অমরাবতী (omraboti)
• → Gujarati: અમરાવતી (amarāvtī)
• → Hindi: अमरावती (amrāvtī)
• → Kannada: ಅಮರಾವತಿ (amarāvati)
• → Malayalam: അമരാവതി (amarāvati)
• → Marathi: अमरावती (amrāvtī)
• → Punjabi: ਅਮਰਾਵਤੀ (amarāvtī) / امراوتی
• → Tamil: அமராவதி (amarāvati)
• → Telugu: అమరావతి (amarāvati)
• → Thai: อมราวดี

References

• “अमरावती” in Carl Cappeller, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary: Based upon the St. Petersburg Lexicons, Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, 1891, →OCLC, page 37, column 2.
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “अमरावती”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, page 025
• Monier Williams (1899) “Amarā-vatī”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 80, column 3.
• Horace Hayman Wilson, A dictionary in Sanscrit and English, 2nd ed., Calcutta: Education Press, Circular Road, 1832, page 060