अभाव

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit अभाव (abhāva).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ə.bʱɑːʋ/, [ɐ.bʱäːʋ]

Noun

अभाव • (abhāv) m (Urdu spelling ابھاو)

1. non-existence

   Synonyms: असत (asat), अनस्तित्व (anastitva)

   Antonym: अस्तित्व (astitva)

2. lack, deficiency

   Synonym: कमी (kamī)

Declension

Declension of अभाव (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	अभाव abhāv	अभाव abhāv
oblique	अभाव abhāv	अभावों abhāvõ
vocative	अभाव abhāv	अभावो abhāvo

Related terms

• अभावत्व (abhāvatva)
• अभावता (abhāvtā)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “अभाव”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Hardev Bahri (2013) “अभाव”, in राजपाल हिंदी शब्दकोश [rājpāl hindī śabdakoś, Rajpal Hindi Dictionary], Rajpal and Sons, →ISBN

Marathi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अभाव (abhāva).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ə.bʱaʋ/

Noun

अभाव • (abhāv) m

1. absence, lack of

Declension

Declension of अभाव (masc cons-stem)
direct singular	अभाव abhāv
direct plural	अभाव abhāv
	singular एकवचन		plural अनेकवचन
nominative प्रथमा	अभाव abhāv		अभाव abhāv
oblique सामान्यरूप	अभावा abhāvā		अभावां- abhāvān-
acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी	अभावाला abhāvālā		अभावांना abhāvānnā
ergative	अभावाने, अभावानं abhāvāne, abhāvāna		अभावांनी abhāvānnī
instrumental	अभावाशी abhāvāśī		अभावांशी abhāvānśī
locative सप्तमी	अभावात abhāvāt		अभावांत abhāvāt
vocative संबोधन	अभावा abhāvā		अभावांनो abhāvānno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition. Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.

Genitive declension of अभाव (masc cons-stem)
	masculine object पुल्लिंगी कर्म		feminine object स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म		neuter object नपुसकलिंगी कर्म		oblique सामान्यरूप
	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular* एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन
singular subject एकवचनी कर्ता	अभावाचा abhāvāċā	अभावाचे abhāvāċe	अभावाची abhāvācī	अभावाच्या abhāvācā	अभावाचे, अभावाचं abhāvāċe, abhāvāċa	अभावाची abhāvācī	अभावाच्या abhāvācā
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता	अभावांचा abhāvānċā	अभावांचे abhāvānċe	अभावांची abhāvāñcī	अभावांच्या abhāvāncā	अभावांचे, अभावांचं abhāvānċe, abhāvānċa	अभावांची abhāvāñcī	अभावांच्या abhāvāñcā
* Note: Word-final ए (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ (a). Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

See also

• गैरहजेरी (gairahjerī)
• अनुपस्थिती (anupasthitī)

References

• Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “अभाव”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “अभाव”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• Shridhar Ganesh Vaze (1911) “अभाव”, in The Aryabhusan School Dictionary, Poona: Arya-Bhushan Press
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “अभाव”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).

Sanskrit

Etymology

अ- (a-) +‎ भाव (bhāva)

Noun

अभाव • (abhāva) stem, m

1. death
2. not being, non-existence, absence
3. want
4. failure
5. destruction

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of अभाव
Nom. sg.	अभावः (abhāvaḥ)
Gen. sg.	अभावस्य (abhāvasya)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	अभावः (abhāvaḥ)	अभावौ (abhāvau)	अभावाः (abhāvāḥ)
Vocative	अभाव (abhāva)	अभावौ (abhāvau)	अभावाः (abhāvāḥ)
Accusative	अभावम् (abhāvam)	अभावौ (abhāvau)	अभावान् (abhāvān)
Instrumental	अभावेन (abhāvena)	अभावाभ्याम् (abhāvābhyām)	अभावैः (abhāvaiḥ)
Dative	अभावाय (abhāvāya)	अभावाभ्याम् (abhāvābhyām)	अभावेभ्यः (abhāvebhyaḥ)
Ablative	अभावात् (abhāvāt)	अभावाभ्याम् (abhāvābhyām)	अभावेभ्यः (abhāvebhyaḥ)
Genitive	अभावस्य (abhāvasya)	अभावयोः (abhāvayoḥ)	अभावानाम् (abhāvānām)
Locative	अभावे (abhāve)	अभावयोः (abhāvayoḥ)	अभावेषु (abhāveṣu)

Descendants

• → Hindi: अभाव (abhāv)
• → Malayalam: അഭാവം (abhāvaṁ)

References

• Cappeller, Carl A Sanskrit-English dictionary Bostin, Ginn and Co., 1891.