अव्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• অৱ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬅᬯ᭄ (Balinese script)
• অব্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰀𑰪𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀅𑀯𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• အဝ် (Burmese script)
• અવ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਅਵ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌅𑌵𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦄꦮ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂃𑂫𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಅವ್ (Kannada script)
• អវ៑ (Khmer script)
• ອວ຺ (Lao script)
• അവ് (Malayalam script)
• ᠠᠸ (Manchu script)
• 𑘀𑘪𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠠᠧ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦠𑧊𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐀𑐰𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଅଵ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢂꢮ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆃𑆮𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖀𑖪𑖿 (Siddham script)
• අව් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩾 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚀𑚦𑚶 (Takri script)
• அவ் (Tamil script)
• అవ్ (Telugu script)
• อวฺ (Thai script)
• ཨ་ཝ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒁𑒫𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨭𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐʋ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɐʋ/

Root

अव् • (av)

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

Derived terms

• अव (áva, “favour”)
• अवति (avati, “to help”)
• अवत् (ávat, “favourable”)
• अवत्तरम् (ávattaram, “more favourably”)
• अवन (ávana, “favour, preservation”)
• ओम (oma, “friend, helper”)

 

References

• 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) “077”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 077