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अव

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Awadhi

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Alternative forms

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Conjunction

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अव (av)

  1. and

Gondi

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Etymology

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From Proto-Dravidian *a-. Cognate with Tamil அவ் (av).

Pronoun

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अव (av)

  1. they, those

Sanskrit

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Alternative scripts

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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    Inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Háwa, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwo (off, away, down). Cognate with Avestan 𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬀 (auua) and Latin au-.

    Adverb

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    अव (áva)

    1. off, away
    2. down

    Etymology 2

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    From Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hawa. Cognate to Avestan 𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬀 (auua).

    Pronoun

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    अव (ava)

    1. this

    Etymology 3

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    From the root अव् (av).

    Noun

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    अव (ava) stemm

    1. favour
    Declension
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    Masculine a-stem declension of अव (ava)
    Singular Dual Plural
    Nominative अवः
    avaḥ
    अवौ / अवा¹
    avau / avā¹
    अवाः / अवासः¹
    avāḥ / avāsaḥ¹
    Vocative अव
    ava
    अवौ / अवा¹
    avau / avā¹
    अवाः / अवासः¹
    avāḥ / avāsaḥ¹
    Accusative अवम्
    avam
    अवौ / अवा¹
    avau / avā¹
    अवान्
    avān
    Instrumental अवेन
    avena
    अवाभ्याम्
    avābhyām
    अवैः / अवेभिः¹
    avaiḥ / avebhiḥ¹
    Dative अवाय
    avāya
    अवाभ्याम्
    avābhyām
    अवेभ्यः
    avebhyaḥ
    Ablative अवात्
    avāt
    अवाभ्याम्
    avābhyām
    अवेभ्यः
    avebhyaḥ
    Genitive अवस्य
    avasya
    अवयोः
    avayoḥ
    अवानाम्
    avānām
    Locative अवे
    ave
    अवयोः
    avayoḥ
    अवेषु
    aveṣu
    Notes
    • ¹Vedic

    References

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    • Monier Williams (1899) “अव”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 96/1.
    • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 129; 135