अवयव

Hindi

FWOTD – 25 November 2020

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit अवयव (avayava).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /əʋ.jəʋ/, [ɐʋ.jɐʋ]

Noun

अवयव • (avyav) m

1. element, component

   Synonyms: हिस्सा (hissā), अंश (añś)

   • 1865, Paṇḍit Vijayśaṇkar, Padārthvidyāsār‎^[1]:

     परंतु यह नंही होसक्ता कि लकड़ी के अवयव और कील एक ही स्थान में हों […]

     parantu yah nãhī hosaktā ki lakṛī ke avyav aur kīl ek hī sthān mẽ hõ […]

     But it cannot be so that the piece of wood and the nail are in the same place […]

2. organ, limb

   Synonym: अंग (aṅg)

   अवयव-दान ― avyav-dān ― organ donation

Declension

Declension of अवयव (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	अवयव avyav	अवयव avyav
oblique	अवयव avyav	अवयवों avyavõ
vocative	अवयव avyav	अवयवो avyavo

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “अवयव”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• অৱয়ৱ (Assamese script)
• ᬅᬯᬬᬯ (Balinese script)
• অবয়ব (Bengali script)
• 𑰀𑰪𑰧𑰪 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀅𑀯𑀬𑀯 (Brahmi script)
• အဝယဝ (Burmese script)
• અવયવ (Gujarati script)
• ਅਵਯਵ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌅𑌵𑌯𑌵 (Grantha script)
• ꦄꦮꦪꦮ (Javanese script)
• 𑂃𑂫𑂨𑂫 (Kaithi script)
• ಅವಯವ (Kannada script)
• អវយវ (Khmer script)
• ອວຍວ (Lao script)
• അവയവ (Malayalam script)
• ᠠᠸᠠᠶᠠᠸᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘀𑘪𑘧𑘪 (Modi script)
• ᠠᠸᠠᠶ᠋ᠠᠸᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦠𑧊𑧇𑧊 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐀𑐰𑐫𑐰 (Newa script)
• ଅଵଯଵ (Odia script)
• ꢂꢮꢫꢮ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆃𑆮𑆪𑆮 (Sharada script)
• 𑖀𑖪𑖧𑖪 (Siddham script)
• අවයව (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩾𑩻𑩾 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚀𑚦𑚣𑚦 (Takri script)
• அவயவ (Tamil script)
• అవయవ (Telugu script)
• อวยว (Thai script)
• ཨ་ཝ་ཡ་ཝ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒁𑒫𑒨𑒫 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨭𑨪𑨭 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From the root अवयु (avayu, “to separate from”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐ.ʋɐ.jɐ.ʋɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɐ.ʋɐ.jɐ.ʋɐ/

Noun

अवयव • (avayava) stem, m

1. a limb, member, part, portion
2. a member or component part of a logical argument or syllogism

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of अवयव (avayava)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	अवयवः avayavaḥ	अवयवौ / अवयवा¹ avayavau / avayavā¹	अवयवाः / अवयवासः¹ avayavāḥ / avayavāsaḥ¹
Vocative	अवयव avayava	अवयवौ / अवयवा¹ avayavau / avayavā¹	अवयवाः / अवयवासः¹ avayavāḥ / avayavāsaḥ¹
Accusative	अवयवम् avayavam	अवयवौ / अवयवा¹ avayavau / avayavā¹	अवयवान् avayavān
Instrumental	अवयवेन avayavena	अवयवाभ्याम् avayavābhyām	अवयवैः / अवयवेभिः¹ avayavaiḥ / avayavebhiḥ¹
Dative	अवयवाय avayavāya	अवयवाभ्याम् avayavābhyām	अवयवेभ्यः avayavebhyaḥ
Ablative	अवयवात् avayavāt	अवयवाभ्याम् avayavābhyām	अवयवेभ्यः avayavebhyaḥ
Genitive	अवयवस्य avayavasya	अवयवयोः avayavayoḥ	अवयवानाम् avayavānām
Locative	अवयवे avayave	अवयवयोः avayavayoḥ	अवयवेषु avayaveṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “अवयव”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 102/2.