आशय

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit आशय (āśayá).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɑː.ʃəj/, [äː.ʃɐj]

Noun

आशय • (āśay) m

1. (rare, formal) abode, home

   Synonyms: निवास (nivās), वास (vās), गृह (gŕh), घर (ghar)

2. (in compounds) container, vessel
3. (in compounds, physiology) organ

Declension

Declension of आशय (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	आशय āśay	आशय āśay
oblique	आशय āśay	आशयों āśayõ
vocative	आशय āśay	आशयो āśayo

Derived terms

• अग्न्याशय (agnyāśay, “pancreas”)
• आमाशय (āmāśay, “stomach”)
• गर्भाशय (garbhāśay, “womb”)
• पित्ताशय (pittāśay, “gall-bladder”)
• मूत्राशय (mūtrāśay, “bladder, vesica”)
• अंडाशय (aṇḍāśay, “ovary”)

Further reading

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

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• আশয় (Assamese script)
• ᬆᬰᬬ (Balinese script)
• আশয় (Bengali script)
• 𑰁𑰫𑰧 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀆𑀰𑀬 (Brahmi script)
• အာၐယ (Burmese script)
• આશય (Gujarati script)
• ਆਸ਼ਯ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌆𑌶𑌯 (Grantha script)
• ꦄꦴꦯꦪ (Javanese script)
• 𑂄𑂬𑂨 (Kaithi script)
• ಆಶಯ (Kannada script)
• អាឝយ (Khmer script)
• ອາຨຍ (Lao script)
• ആശയ (Malayalam script)
• ᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡧᠠᠶᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘁𑘫𑘧 (Modi script)
• ᠠᢗᠱᠠᠶ᠋ᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦡𑧋𑧇 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐁𑐱𑐫 (Newa script)
• ଆଶଯ (Odia script)
• ꢃꢯꢫ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆄𑆯𑆪 (Sharada script)
• 𑖁𑖫𑖧 (Siddham script)
• ආශය (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩛𑩿𑩻 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚁𑚧𑚣 (Takri script)
• ஆஶய (Tamil script)
• ఆశయ (Telugu script)
• อาศย (Thai script)
• ཨཱ་ཤ་ཡ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒂𑒬𑒨 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨊𑨮𑨪 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From आ- (ā-) +‎ शय (śaya), from शी (śī, “to sleep, lie down for sexual intercourse”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱey- (“to lie down, settle”).

Compare with Pali āsaya.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɑː.ɕɐ.jɐ́/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈɑː.ɕɐ.jɐ/

Noun

आशय • (āśayá) stem, m

1. resting-place, bed
2. seat, place
3. an asylum, abode or retreat
4. a receptacle
5. any recipient
6. any vessel of the body

   रक्ताशय ― raktāśaya ― heart (lit. ‘the receptacle of blood’)

   आमाशय ― āmāśaya ― stomach (lit. ‘the receptacle of undigested (food)’)

7. the stomach, abdomen
8. the seat of feelings and thoughts, the mind, heart, soul
9. thought, meaning, intention
10. disposition of mind, mode of thinking
11. the balance of the fruits of previous works, which lie stored up in the mind in the form of mental deposits of merit or demerit, until they ripen in the individual soul's own experience into rank, years, and enjoyment
12. the will
13. pleasure
14. virtue
15. vice
16. fate
17. fortune
18. property
19. a miser, niggard
20. name of the plant Artocarpus integer (syn. Artocarpus integrifolia; chempedak)

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of आशय (āśayá)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	आशयः āśayáḥ	आशयौ / आशया¹ āśayaú / āśayā́¹	आशयाः / आशयासः¹ āśayā́ḥ / āśayā́saḥ¹
Vocative	आशय ā́śaya	आशयौ / आशया¹ ā́śayau / ā́śayā¹	आशयाः / आशयासः¹ ā́śayāḥ / ā́śayāsaḥ¹
Accusative	आशयम् āśayám	आशयौ / आशया¹ āśayaú / āśayā́¹	आशयान् āśayā́n
Instrumental	आशयेन āśayéna	आशयाभ्याम् āśayā́bhyām	आशयैः / आशयेभिः¹ āśayaíḥ / āśayébhiḥ¹
Dative	आशयाय āśayā́ya	आशयाभ्याम् āśayā́bhyām	आशयेभ्यः āśayébhyaḥ
Ablative	आशयात् āśayā́t	आशयाभ्याम् āśayā́bhyām	आशयेभ्यः āśayébhyaḥ
Genitive	आशयस्य āśayásya	आशययोः āśayáyoḥ	आशयानाम् āśayā́nām
Locative	आशये āśayé	आशययोः āśayáyoḥ	आशयेषु āśayéṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Hindi: आशय (āśay)
• → Tamil: ஆசயம் (ācayam)

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899) “आशय”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 714.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “āśayá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press