आह्वयति

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• আহ্বয়তি (Assamese script)
• ᬆᬳ᭄ᬯᬬᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
• আহ্বয়তি (Bengali script)
• 𑰁𑰮𑰿𑰪𑰧𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀆𑀳𑁆𑀯𑀬𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• အာဟွယတိ (Burmese script)
• આહ્વયતિ (Gujarati script)
• ਆਹ੍ਵਯਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌆𑌹𑍍𑌵𑌯𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
• ꦄꦴꦲ꧀ꦮꦪꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
• 𑂄𑂯𑂹𑂫𑂨𑂞𑂱 (Kaithi script)
• ಆಹ್ವಯತಿ (Kannada script)
• អាហ្វយតិ (Khmer script)
• ອາຫ຺ວຍຕິ (Lao script)
• ആഹ്വയതി (Malayalam script)
• ᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡥᠣᠸᠠᠶᠠᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘁𑘮𑘿𑘪𑘧𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
• ᠠᢗᠾᢦᠶ᠋ᠠᢐᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦡𑧎𑧠𑧊𑧇𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐁𑐴𑑂𑐰𑐫𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
• ଆହ୍ଵଯତି (Odia script)
• ꢃꢲ꣄ꢮꢫꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆄𑆲𑇀𑆮𑆪𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
• 𑖁𑖮𑖿𑖪𑖧𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
• ආහ‍්වයති (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩛𑪂 𑪙𑩾𑩻𑩫𑩑 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚁𑚩𑚶𑚦𑚣𑚙𑚮 (Takri script)
• ஆஹ்வயதி (Tamil script)
• ఆహ్వయతి (Telugu script)
• อาหฺวยติ (Thai script)
• ཨཱ་ཧྭ་ཡ་ཏི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒂𑒯𑓂𑒫𑒨𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨊𑨱𑩇𑨭𑨪𑨙𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From आ- (ā-) +‎ ह्वयति (hvayati). The Sanskrit root is आह्वे (āhve).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɑːɦ.ʋɐ.jɐ.ti/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈɑːɦ.ʋɐ.jɐ.t̪i/

Verb

आह्वयति • (āhvayati) third-singular present indicative (root आह्वे, class 1, type P, present)

1. to call

   शीघ्रम्, अम्बा अस्मान् आह्वयति। ― śīghram, ambā asmān āhvayati. ― Hurry, mother is calling us. (literally, “Hurry, mother calls us.”)

2. to call up, ring up, phone up

   कृपया तम् आह्वयति वा? ― kṛpayā tam āhvayati vā? ― Will you please call him up?

3. to invite
4. to appeal to
5. to proclaim
6. to summon; to send for
7. to invoke, to challenge

Descendants

• Pali: avhayati

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “आह्वयति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 163/2.