अमरावती

Hindi

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Hindi Wikipedia has an article on:

अमरावती

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)

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

Hindi Wikipedia has an article on:

अमरावती, आन्ध्र प्रदेश

Wikipedia ^hi

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अमरावती (चम्पा)

Wikipedia ^hi

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

Proper noun

अमरावती • (amrāvatī) f (Urdu spelling امراوتی)

(Hinduism) name of the capital city of Indra
Amaravati, Amaravathi (a city, the state capital of Andhra Pradesh, India)
name of a historic Buddhist town in Andhra Pradesh
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

Marathi Wikipedia has an article on:

अमरावती

Wikipedia ^mr

From an earlier उमरावती (umrāvtī),^[1] from Maharastri Prakrit 𑀉𑀁𑀩𑀭𑀸𑀯𑀢𑀻 (uṃbarāvatī),^[2]^[3] from Sanskrit उदुम्बरावती (udumbarāvatī), औदुम्बरावती (audumbarāvatī). Influenced by अमरावती (amarāvatī, “abode of immortals”).

Proper noun

अमरावती • (amrāvatī) f

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

Etymology 2

Marathi Wikipedia has an article on:

अमरावती, आंध्र प्रदेश

Wikipedia ^mr

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

Proper noun

अमरावती • (amrāvatī) f

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

References

^ दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “अमरावती”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).
^ Kranti P. Sawarkar (2005) Potential For Tourism Development In Vidarbha Region (Maharashtra)‎^[1], Jhansi: Bundelkhand University, page 114
^ Sir Richard Francis Burton, transl., Pradeep Thakur, Isabel Burton, editors (2012), Vikram & the Vampire (Improvised Edition)‎^[2], Ludhiana: Pradeep Thakur & Sons, page Glossary iii

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

Sanskrit

Sanskrit Wikipedia has an article on:

अमरावती

Wikipedia ^sa

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)

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐ.mɐ.ɾɑː.ʋɐ.tiː/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɐ.mɐˈɾɑː.ʋɐ.t̪iː/

Noun

अमरावती • (amarāvatī) stem, f

(Hinduism) ‘the abode of the immortals’, Indra's residence
name of a town in Berar

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

[1] दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “अमरावती”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).

[2] Kranti P. Sawarkar (2005) Potential For Tourism Development In Vidarbha Region (Maharashtra)‎^[1], Jhansi: Bundelkhand University, page 114

[3] Sir Richard Francis Burton, transl., Pradeep Thakur, Isabel Burton, editors (2012), Vikram & the Vampire (Improvised Edition)‎^[2], Ludhiana: Pradeep Thakur & Sons, page Glossary iii

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