अम्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• অম্ (Assamese script)
• ᬅᬫ᭄ (Balinese script)
• অম্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰀𑰦𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀅𑀫𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• အမ် (Burmese script)
• અમ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਅਮ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌅𑌮𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦄꦩ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂃𑂧𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಅಮ್ (Kannada script)
• អម៑ (Khmer script)
• ອມ຺ (Lao script)
• അമ് (Malayalam script)
• ᠠᠮ (Manchu script)
• 𑘀𑘦𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠠᠮ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦠𑧆𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐀𑐩𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଅମ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢂꢪ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆃𑆩𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖀𑖦𑖿 (Siddham script)
• අම් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩴 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚀𑚢𑚶 (Takri script)
• அம் (Tamil script)
• అమ్ (Telugu script)
• อมฺ (Thai script)
• ཨ་མ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒁𑒧𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨢𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₃emh₃- (“to seize, take hold; swear”). Cognate with Old Norse ama (“to bother, wound”) and possibly Latin amō (“to love”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐm/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɐm/

Root

अम् • (am)

1. to injure, be harmful, perishable
2. to go
3. to serve, swear
4. to seize violently

Derived terms

Category Sanskrit terms belonging to the root अम् not found

Terms derived from the Sanskrit root अम् (0 c, 0 e)

Primary Verbal Forms

• अमीति (ámīti, Present)

Secondary Forms

• आमयति (āmáyati, Causative)

Derived Nominal Forms

• अम (áma)
• अमत्र (ámatra)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “अम्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 80.
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 3
• Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “अम्”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016

• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) “AM^I”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 96-97
• Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 277
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) “778”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 778