आलय

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit आलय (ālaya).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɑː.ləj/, [äː.lɐj]

Noun

आलय • (ālay) m (Urdu spelling آلیہ) (formal)

1. place, home

Declension

Declension of आलय (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	आलय ālay	आलय ālay
oblique	आलय ālay	आलयों ālayõ
vocative	आलय ālay	आलयो ālayo

Derived terms

• कार्यालय (kāryālay)
• पुस्तकालय (pustakālay)
• ग्रन्थालय (granthālay)
• विद्यालय (vidyālay)
• महाविद्यालय (mahāvidyālay)
• भोजनालय (bhojnālay)
• शौचालय (śaucālay)
• संग्रहालय (saṅgrahālay)
• हिमालय (himālay)
• चिकित्सालय (cikitsālay)
• रुग्णालय (rugṇālay)
• न्यायालय (nyāyālay)
• मंत्रालय (mantrālay)
• वस्त्रालय (vastrālay)
• दुग्धालय (dugdhālay)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• আলয় (Assamese script)
• ᬆᬮᬬ (Balinese script)
• আলয় (Bengali script)
• 𑰁𑰩𑰧 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀆𑀮𑀬 (Brahmi script)
• အာလယ (Burmese script)
• આલય (Gujarati script)
• ਆਲਯ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌆𑌲𑌯 (Grantha script)
• ꦄꦴꦭꦪ (Javanese script)
• 𑂄𑂪𑂨 (Kaithi script)
• ಆಲಯ (Kannada script)
• អាលយ (Khmer script)
• ອາລຍ (Lao script)
• ആലയ (Malayalam script)
• ᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠯᠠᠶᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘁𑘩𑘧 (Modi script)
• ᠠᢗᠯᠠᠶ᠋ᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦡𑧉𑧇 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐁𑐮𑐫 (Newa script)
• ଆଲଯ (Odia script)
• ꢃꢭꢫ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆄𑆬𑆪 (Sharada script)
• 𑖁𑖩𑖧 (Siddham script)
• ආලය (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩛𑩽𑩻 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚁𑚥𑚣 (Takri script)
• ஆலய (Tamil script)
• ఆలయ (Telugu script)
• อาลย (Thai script)
• ཨཱ་ལ་ཡ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒂𑒪𑒨 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨊𑨬𑨪 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From आ- (ā-) +‎ लयते (layate, “stays, sticks”), the latter component from the root ली (lī, “to cling, adhere to”), from Proto-Indo-European *sley- (“smooth; slick; sticky; slimy”), related to लिनाति (lināti, “stays, sticks, adheres to”) and cognate with Proto-Germanic *slīmą (whence English slime).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɑː.lɐ.jɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈɑː.l̪ɐ.jɐ/

Noun

आलय • (ā-laya) stem, m or n

1. house, dwelling

   हिमालय (himālaya "abode of snow", from hima "snow" + ālaya)

2. receptacle, asylum

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of आलय (ālaya)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	आलयः ālayaḥ	आलयौ / आलया¹ ālayau / ālayā¹	आलयाः / आलयासः¹ ālayāḥ / ālayāsaḥ¹
Vocative	आलय ālaya	आलयौ / आलया¹ ālayau / ālayā¹	आलयाः / आलयासः¹ ālayāḥ / ālayāsaḥ¹
Accusative	आलयम् ālayam	आलयौ / आलया¹ ālayau / ālayā¹	आलयान् ālayān
Instrumental	आलयेन ālayena	आलयाभ्याम् ālayābhyām	आलयैः / आलयेभिः¹ ālayaiḥ / ālayebhiḥ¹
Dative	आलयाय ālayāya	आलयाभ्याम् ālayābhyām	आलयेभ्यः ālayebhyaḥ
Ablative	आलयात् ālayāt	आलयाभ्याम् ālayābhyām	आलयेभ्यः ālayebhyaḥ
Genitive	आलयस्य ālayasya	आलययोः ālayayoḥ	आलयानाम् ālayānām
Locative	आलये ālaye	आलययोः ālayayoḥ	आलयेषु ālayeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Neuter a-stem declension of आलय (ālaya)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	आलयम् ālayam	आलये ālaye	आलयानि / आलया¹ ālayāni / ālayā¹
Vocative	आलय ālaya	आलये ālaye	आलयानि / आलया¹ ālayāni / ālayā¹
Accusative	आलयम् ālayam	आलये ālaye	आलयानि / आलया¹ ālayāni / ālayā¹
Instrumental	आलयेन ālayena	आलयाभ्याम् ālayābhyām	आलयैः / आलयेभिः¹ ālayaiḥ / ālayebhiḥ¹
Dative	आलयाय ālayāya	आलयाभ्याम् ālayābhyām	आलयेभ्यः ālayebhyaḥ
Ablative	आलयात् ālayāt	आलयाभ्याम् ālayābhyām	आलयेभ्यः ālayebhyaḥ
Genitive	आलयस्य ālayasya	आलययोः ālayayoḥ	आलयानाम् ālayānām
Locative	आलये ālaye	आलययोः ālayayoḥ	आलयेषु ālayeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Magadhi Prakrit
  • • Bengali: -অল (-ol)
• → Hindi: आलय (ālay) (learned)
• → Telugu: ఆలయము (ālayamu)
• → Tamil: ஆலயம் (ālayam)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “आलय”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0153.
• “आलय”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.