अव्यवस्था

Hindi

Etymology

Sanskritic formation from अ- (a-, negative prefix) +‎ व्यवस्था (vyavasthā, “arrangement; order”).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /əʋ.jə.ʋəs.t̪ʰɑː/, [ɐʋ.jɐ.ʋɐs.t̪ʰäː]

Noun

अव्यवस्था • (avyavasthā) f

1. disorganisation, chaos, disarray, lawlessness
   • 2003, पर्व [parv]‎^[1], Kitabghar Prakashan, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 260:

     उनके जाते ही नगर में अव्यवस्था फैल गयी ।

     unke jāte hī nagar mẽ avyavasthā phail gayī .

     On his departure, chaos spread in the city.

Declension

Declension of अव्यवस्था (fem ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	अव्यवस्था avyavasthā	अव्यवस्थाएँ avyavasthāẽ
oblique	अव्यवस्था avyavasthā	अव्यवस्थाओं avyavasthāõ
vocative	अव्यवस्था avyavasthā	अव्यवस्थाओ avyavasthāo

Further reading

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “अव्यवस्था”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 361
• Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “अव्यवस्था”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House, page 50