अव

Awadhi

Alternative forms

• औ (au)

Conjunction

अव (av)

1. and

Gondi

Etymology

From Proto-Dravidian *a-. Cognate with Tamil அவ் (av).

Pronoun

अव (av)

1. they, those

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• অৱ (Assamese script)
• ᬅᬯ (Balinese script)
• অব (Bengali script)
• 𑰀𑰪 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀅𑀯 (Brahmi script)
• အဝ (Burmese script)
• અવ (Gujarati script)
• ਅਵ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌅𑌵 (Grantha script)
• ꦄꦮ (Javanese script)
• 𑂃𑂫 (Kaithi script)
• ಅವ (Kannada script)
• អវ (Khmer script)
• ອວ (Lao script)
• അവ (Malayalam script)
• ᠠᠸᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘀𑘪 (Modi script)
• ᠠᠸᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦠𑧊 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐀𑐰 (Newa script)
• ଅଵ (Odia script)
• ꢂꢮ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆃𑆮 (Sharada script)
• 𑖀𑖪 (Siddham script)
• අව (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩾 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚀𑚦 (Takri script)
• அவ (Tamil script)
• అవ (Telugu script)
• อว (Thai script)
• ཨ་ཝ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒁𑒫 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨭 (Zanabazar Square script)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐ́.ʋɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɐ.ʋɐ/

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew

Proto-Indo-Iranian *Háwa

Sanskrit अव (ava)

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Háwa, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwo (“off, away, down”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬀 (auua) and Latin au-.

Adverb

अव • (áva)

1. off, away
2. down

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hawa. Cognate to Avestan 𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬀 (auua).

Pronoun

अव • (ava)

1. this

Etymology 3

From the root अव् (av).

Noun

अव • (ava) stem, m

1. favour

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of अव

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	अवः (avaḥ)	अवौ (avau) अवा¹ (avā¹)	अवाः (avāḥ) अवासः¹ (avāsaḥ¹)
vocative	अव (ava)	अवौ (avau) अवा¹ (avā¹)	अवाः (avāḥ) अवासः¹ (avāsaḥ¹)
accusative	अवम् (avam)	अवौ (avau) अवा¹ (avā¹)	अवान् (avān)
instrumental	अवेन (avena)	अवाभ्याम् (avābhyām)	अवैः (avaiḥ) अवेभिः¹ (avebhiḥ¹)
dative	अवाय (avāya)	अवाभ्याम् (avābhyām)	अवेभ्यः (avebhyaḥ)
ablative	अवात् (avāt)	अवाभ्याम् (avābhyām)	अवेभ्यः (avebhyaḥ)
genitive	अवस्य (avasya)	अवयोः (avayoḥ)	अवानाम् (avānām)
locative	अवे (ave)	अवयोः (avayoḥ)	अवेषु (aveṣu)

• ¹Vedic

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “अव”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 96/1.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 129; 135