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Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew- (to enjoy, consume). Cognate with Latin aveō (to desire, be eager), Old Irish con·ói (to protect, preserve).

Pronunciation edit

Root edit

अव् (av)

  1. to promote, favour, satisfy
  2. to drive, impel, lead, offer
  3. to be pleased, accept favourably

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References edit

  • Monier Williams (1899) “अव्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0096.
  • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 04
  • Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “अव्”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 134
  • Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 077, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 077