आढ्य

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit आढ्य (āḍhyá).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɑːɖʱ.jᵊ/, [äːɖʱ.jᵊ]

Adjective

आढ्य • (āḍhya) (indeclinable)

1. (formal) wealthy, opulent, rich

Further reading

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “आढ्य”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• আঢ্য (Assamese script)
• ᬆᬠ᭄ᬬ (Balinese script)
• আঢ্য (Bengali script)
• 𑰁𑰛𑰿𑰧 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀆𑀠𑁆𑀬 (Brahmi script)
• အာဎျ (Burmese script)
• આઢ્ય (Gujarati script)
• ਆਢ੍ਯ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌆𑌢𑍍𑌯 (Grantha script)
• ꦄꦴꦞꦾ (Javanese script)
• 𑂄𑂛𑂹𑂨 (Kaithi script)
• ಆಢ್ಯ (Kannada script)
• អាឍ្យ (Khmer script)
• ອາຒ຺ຍ (Lao script)
• ആഢ്യ (Malayalam script)
• ᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᢟᠶᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘁𑘛𑘿𑘧 (Modi script)
• ᠠᢗᢎᠾᠶ᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦡𑦻𑧠𑧇 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐁𑐝𑑂𑐫 (Newa script)
• ଆଢ୍ଯ (Odia script)
• ꢃꢟ꣄ꢫ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆄𑆞𑇀𑆪 (Sharada script)
• 𑖁𑖛𑖿𑖧 (Siddham script)
• ආඪ්‍ය (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩛𑩩 𑪙𑩻 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚁𑚗𑚶𑚣 (Takri script)
• ஆட்⁴ய (Tamil script)
• ఆఢ్య (Telugu script)
• อาฒฺย (Thai script)
• ཨཱ་ཌྷྱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒂𑒜𑓂𑒨 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨊𑨗𑩇𑨪 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

A late Vedic corruption of an earlier *ārdhyá, which was the vṛddhi derivative of a formation of ऋध् (ṛdh, “to grow, to prosper”); ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃erdʰ-.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɑːɖʱ.jɐ́/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɑːɖʱ.jɐ/

Adjective

आढ्य • (āḍhyá) stem

1. wealthy, opulent, rich
   • c. 700 BCE, Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa 14.6.11.1:

     यथा वै सम्राण्महान्तमध्वानमेष्यन्रथं वा नावं वा समाददीतैवमेवैताभिरुपनिषद्भिः समाहितात्माऽस्येवं वृन्दारक आढ्यः सन्नधीतवेद उक्तोपनिषत्क इतो विमुच्यमानः क्व गमिष्यसीति नाहं तद्भगवन्वेद यत्र गमिष्यामीत्यथ वै तेऽहं तद्वक्ष्यामि यत्र गमिष्यसीति ब्रवीतु भगवानिति

     yathā vai samrāṇmahāntamadhvānameṣyanrathaṃ vā nāvaṃ vā samādadītaivamevaitābhirupaniṣadbhiḥ samāhitātmāʼsyevaṃ vṛndāraka āḍhyaḥ sannadhītaveda uktopaniṣatka ito vimucyamānaḥ kva gamiṣyasīti nāhaṃ tadbhagavanveda yatra gamiṣyāmītyatha vai teʼhaṃ tadvakṣyāmi yatra gamiṣyasīti bravītu bhagavāniti

     [Yājñavalkya said:] “As indeed, oh great king, he who is going to make a long journey would take up a chariot or a ship to himself, just so you are the one whose self (ātman-) is equipped with these profound theories (upaniṣad-). Standing at the top [of the people] [and] wealthy as you are, where will you go as the one who has learned the Veda [and] been taught the Upaniṣad, when you are released from this world?”. [Janaka said:] “I don’t know, sir, where I will go to”. [Yājñavalkya said:] “Then I will verily tell you where you will go to”. [Janaka said:] “You, sir, shall please speak”.

2. (with the instrumental case of the object or in compounds) rich or abounding in; richly endowed or filled with

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of आढ्य

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	आढ्यः (āḍhyáḥ)	आढ्यौ (āḍhyaú) आढ्या¹ (āḍhyā́¹)	आढ्याः (āḍhyā́ḥ) आढ्यासः¹ (āḍhyā́saḥ¹)
vocative	आढ्य (ā́ḍhya)	आढ्यौ (ā́ḍhyau) आढ्या¹ (ā́ḍhyā¹)	आढ्याः (ā́ḍhyāḥ) आढ्यासः¹ (ā́ḍhyāsaḥ¹)
accusative	आढ्यम् (āḍhyám)	आढ्यौ (āḍhyaú) आढ्या¹ (āḍhyā́¹)	आढ्यान् (āḍhyā́n)
instrumental	आढ्येन (āḍhyéna)	आढ्याभ्याम् (āḍhyā́bhyām)	आढ्यैः (āḍhyaíḥ) आढ्येभिः¹ (āḍhyébhiḥ¹)
dative	आढ्याय (āḍhyā́ya)	आढ्याभ्याम् (āḍhyā́bhyām)	आढ्येभ्यः (āḍhyébhyaḥ)
ablative	आढ्यात् (āḍhyā́t)	आढ्याभ्याम् (āḍhyā́bhyām)	आढ्येभ्यः (āḍhyébhyaḥ)
genitive	आढ्यस्य (āḍhyásya)	आढ्ययोः (āḍhyáyoḥ)	आढ्यानाम् (āḍhyā́nām)
locative	आढ्ये (āḍhyé)	आढ्ययोः (āḍhyáyoḥ)	आढ्येषु (āḍhyéṣu)

• ¹Vedic

Feminine ā-stem declension of आढ्या

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	आढ्या (āḍhyā́)	आढ्ये (āḍhyé)	आढ्याः (āḍhyā́ḥ)
vocative	आढ्ये (ā́ḍhye)	आढ्ये (ā́ḍhye)	आढ्याः (ā́ḍhyāḥ)
accusative	आढ्याम् (āḍhyā́m)	आढ्ये (āḍhyé)	आढ्याः (āḍhyā́ḥ)
instrumental	आढ्यया (āḍhyáyā) आढ्या¹ (āḍhyā́¹)	आढ्याभ्याम् (āḍhyā́bhyām)	आढ्याभिः (āḍhyā́bhiḥ)
dative	आढ्यायै (āḍhyā́yai)	आढ्याभ्याम् (āḍhyā́bhyām)	आढ्याभ्यः (āḍhyā́bhyaḥ)
ablative	आढ्यायाः (āḍhyā́yāḥ) आढ्यायै² (āḍhyā́yai²)	आढ्याभ्याम् (āḍhyā́bhyām)	आढ्याभ्यः (āḍhyā́bhyaḥ)
genitive	आढ्यायाः (āḍhyā́yāḥ) आढ्यायै² (āḍhyā́yai²)	आढ्ययोः (āḍhyáyoḥ)	आढ्यानाम् (āḍhyā́nām)
locative	आढ्यायाम् (āḍhyā́yām)	आढ्ययोः (āḍhyáyoḥ)	आढ्यासु (āḍhyā́su)

• ¹Vedic
• ²Brāhmaṇas

Neuter a-stem declension of आढ्य

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	आढ्यम् (āḍhyám)	आढ्ये (āḍhyé)	आढ्यानि (āḍhyā́ni) आढ्या¹ (āḍhyā́¹)
vocative	आढ्य (ā́ḍhya)	आढ्ये (ā́ḍhye)	आढ्यानि (ā́ḍhyāni) आढ्या¹ (ā́ḍhyā¹)
accusative	आढ्यम् (āḍhyám)	आढ्ये (āḍhyé)	आढ्यानि (āḍhyā́ni) आढ्या¹ (āḍhyā́¹)
instrumental	आढ्येन (āḍhyéna)	आढ्याभ्याम् (āḍhyā́bhyām)	आढ्यैः (āḍhyaíḥ) आढ्येभिः¹ (āḍhyébhiḥ¹)
dative	आढ्याय (āḍhyā́ya)	आढ्याभ्याम् (āḍhyā́bhyām)	आढ्येभ्यः (āḍhyébhyaḥ)
ablative	आढ्यात् (āḍhyā́t)	आढ्याभ्याम् (āḍhyā́bhyām)	आढ्येभ्यः (āḍhyébhyaḥ)
genitive	आढ्यस्य (āḍhyásya)	आढ्ययोः (āḍhyáyoḥ)	आढ्यानाम् (āḍhyā́nām)
locative	आढ्ये (āḍhyé)	आढ्ययोः (āḍhyáyoḥ)	आढ्येषु (āḍhyéṣu)

• ¹Vedic

Descendants

• Pali: āḷhiya, aḍḍha
• Prakrit: 𑀅𑀟𑁆𑀠 (aḍḍha)
• → Hindi: आढ्य (āḍhya)

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899) “आढ्य”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 134.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “āḍhyá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 50
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “आढ्य”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, page 38