अपाय

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

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

From अपे (ape, “to go away”, root).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐ.pɑː.jɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɐˈpɑː.jɐ/

Noun

अपाय • (apāya) stem, m

1. danger, risk

   उपायं चिन्तयेत् प्राज्ञस्तथापायं च चिन्तयेत्।

   upāyaṃ cintayet prājñastathāpāyaṃ ca cintayet.

   The wise (man) must calculate the means and also the risk.

2. injury, loss
3. destruction

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of अपाय (apāya)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	अपायः apāyaḥ	अपायौ / अपाया¹ apāyau / apāyā¹	अपायाः / अपायासः¹ apāyāḥ / apāyāsaḥ¹
Vocative	अपाय apāya	अपायौ / अपाया¹ apāyau / apāyā¹	अपायाः / अपायासः¹ apāyāḥ / apāyāsaḥ¹
Accusative	अपायम् apāyam	अपायौ / अपाया¹ apāyau / apāyā¹	अपायान् apāyān
Instrumental	अपायेन apāyena	अपायाभ्याम् apāyābhyām	अपायैः / अपायेभिः¹ apāyaiḥ / 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
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• → Kannada: ಅಪಾಯ (apāya)
• → Malayalam: അപായം (apāyaṁ)
• → Tamil: அபாயம் (apāyam)
• → Telugu: అపాయము (apāyamu)
• → Tocharian B: apāy

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “अपाय”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0056.