अपाय
Sanskrit
[edit]Alternative scripts
[edit]Alternative scripts
- অপায় (Assamese script)
- ᬅᬧᬵᬬ (Balinese script)
- অপায় (Bengali script)
- 𑰀𑰢𑰯𑰧 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀅𑀧𑀸𑀬 (Brahmi script)
- အပါယ (Burmese script)
- અપાય (Gujarati script)
- ਅਪਾਯ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌅𑌪𑌾𑌯 (Grantha script)
- ꦄꦥꦴꦪ (Javanese script)
- 𑂃𑂣𑂰𑂨 (Kaithi script)
- ಅಪಾಯ (Kannada script)
- អបាយ (Khmer script)
- ອປາຍ (Lao script)
- അപായ (Malayalam script)
- ᠠᢒᠠ᠊ᠠᠶᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘀𑘢𑘰𑘧 (Modi script)
- ᠠᢒᠠᢗᠶ᠋ᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦠𑧂𑧑𑧇 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐀𑐥𑐵𑐫 (Newa script)
- ଅପାଯ (Odia script)
- ꢂꢦꢵꢫ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆃𑆥𑆳𑆪 (Sharada script)
- 𑖀𑖢𑖯𑖧 (Siddham script)
- අපාය (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩐𑩰𑩛𑩻 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚀𑚞𑚭𑚣 (Takri script)
- அபாய (Tamil script)
- అపాయ (Telugu script)
- อปาย (Thai script)
- ཨ་པཱ་ཡ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒁𑒣𑒰𑒨 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨀𑨞𑨊𑨪 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
[edit]From अपे (ape, “to go away”, root).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]अपाय • (apāya) stem, m
- danger, risk
- उपायं चिन्तयेत् प्राज्ञस्तथापायं च चिन्तयेत्।
- upāyaṃ cintayet prājñastathāpāyaṃ ca cintayet.
- The wise (man) must calculate the means and also the risk.
- injury, loss
- destruction
Declension
[edit]| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | अपायः (apāyaḥ) | अपायौ (apāyau) अपाया¹ (apāyā¹) |
अपायाः (apāyāḥ) अपायासः¹ (apāyāsaḥ¹) |
| vocative | अपाय (apāya) | अपायौ (apāyau) अपाया¹ (apāyā¹) |
अपायाः (apāyāḥ) अपायासः¹ (apāyāsaḥ¹) |
| accusative | अपायम् (apāyam) | अपायौ (apāyau) अपाया¹ (apāyā¹) |
अपायान् (apāyān) |
| instrumental | अपायेन (apāyena) | अपायाभ्याम् (apāyābhyām) | अपायैः (apāyaiḥ) अपायेभिः¹ (apāyebhiḥ¹) |
| dative | अपायाय (apāyāya) | अपायाभ्याम् (apāyābhyām) | अपायेभ्यः (apāyebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | अपायात् (apāyāt) | अपायाभ्याम् (apāyābhyām) | अपायेभ्यः (apāyebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | अपायस्य (apāyasya) | अपाययोः (apāyayoḥ) | अपायानाम् (apāyānām) |
| locative | अपाये (apāye) | अपाययोः (apāyayoḥ) | अपायेषु (apāyeṣu) |
- ¹Vedic
Descendants
[edit]- → Kannada: ಅಪಾಯ (apāya)
- → Malayalam: അപായം (apāyaṁ)
- Pali: apāya
- → Thai: อบาย (à-baai) (a name for Hell)
- → Tamil: அபாயம் (apāyam)
- → Telugu: అపాయము (apāyamu)
- → Tocharian B: apāy
References
[edit]- Monier Williams (1899) “अपाय”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0056.