अवसर

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit अवसर (avasara).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /əʋ.səɾ/, [ɐʋ.sɐɾ]

Noun

अवसर • (avsar) m (Urdu spelling اوسر)

1. opportunity, chance

   Synonym: मौक़ा (mauqā)

   इस शुभ अवसर पर... ― is śubh avsar par... ― On this auspicious occasion...

Declension

Declension of अवसर (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	अवसर avsar	अवसर avsar
oblique	अवसर avsar	अवसरों avsarõ
vocative	अवसर avsar	अवसरो avsaro

Old Gujarati

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit अवसर (avasara).

Noun

अवसर • (avasara) m

1. opportunity, occasion

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• অৱসৰ (Assamese script)
• ᬅᬯᬲᬭ (Balinese script)
• অবসর (Bengali script)
• 𑰀𑰪𑰭𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀅𑀯𑀲𑀭 (Brahmi script)
• အဝသရ (Burmese script)
• અવસર (Gujarati script)
• ਅਵਸਰ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌅𑌵𑌸𑌰 (Grantha script)
• ꦄꦮꦱꦫ (Javanese script)
• 𑂃𑂫𑂮𑂩 (Kaithi script)
• ಅವಸರ (Kannada script)
• អវសរ (Khmer script)
• ອວສຣ (Lao script)
• അവസര (Malayalam script)
• ᠠᠸᠠᠰ᠌ᠠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘀𑘪𑘭𑘨 (Modi script)
• ᠠᠸᠠᠰᠠᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦠𑧊𑧍𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐀𑐰𑐳𑐬 (Newa script)
• ଅଵସର (Odia script)
• ꢂꢮꢱꢬ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆃𑆮𑆱𑆫 (Sharada script)
• 𑖀𑖪𑖭𑖨 (Siddham script)
• අවසර (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩾𑪁𑩼 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚀𑚦𑚨𑚤 (Takri script)
• அவஸர (Tamil script)
• అవసర (Telugu script)
• อวสร (Thai script)
• ཨ་ཝ་ས་ར (Tibetan script)
• 𑒁𑒫𑒮𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨭𑨰𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

अव- (ava-) +‎ सर (sara), the latter from the root सृ (sṛ, “to spring, flow”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐ.ʋɐ.sɐ.ɾɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈɐ.ʋɐ.s̪ɐ.ɾɐ/

Noun

अवसर • (avasara) stem, m

1. "descent (of water)", rain
2. occasion, moment, favorable opportunity
3. seasonableness, appropriate place for anything
4. anyone's turn
5. leisure, advantageous situation

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “अवसर”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 105/1.