आयतन

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit आयतन (āyatana, “resting-place, home”).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɑːj.t̪ən/, [äːj.t̪ɐ̃n]

Noun

आयतन • (āytan) m

1. (geometry) volume
2. bulk, size
3. (rare) home

Declension

Declension of आयतन (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	आयतन āytan	आयतन āytan
oblique	आयतन āytan	आयतनों āytanõ
vocative	आयतन āytan	आयतनो āytano

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• āyatana (Latin script)
• 𑀆𑀬𑀢𑀦 (Brahmi script)
• আযতন (Bengali script)
• ආයතන (Sinhalese script)
• အာယတန or ဢႃယတၼ (Burmese script)
• อายตน or อายะตะนะ (Thai script)
• ᩋᩣᨿᨲᨶ (Tai Tham script)
• ອາຍຕນ or ອາຍະຕະນະ or ອາຢະຕະນະ (Lao script)
• អាយតន (Khmer script)
• 𑄃𑄂𑄠𑄖𑄚 (Chakma script)

Noun

आयतन n

1. Devanagari script form of āyatana (“resting-place”)

Declension

Declension table of "आयतन" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	आयतनं (āyatanaṃ)	आयतनानि (āyatanāni)
Accusative (second)	आयतनं (āyatanaṃ)	आयतनानि (āyatanāni)
Instrumental (third)	आयतनेन (āyatanena)	आयतनेहि (āyatanehi) or आयतनेभि (āyatanebhi)
Dative (fourth)	आयतनस्स (āyatanassa) or आयतनाय (āyatanāya) or आयतनत्थं (āyatanatthaṃ)	आयतनानं (āyatanānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	आयतनस्मा (āyatanasmā) or आयतनम्हा (āyatanamhā) or आयतना (āyatanā)	आयतनेहि (āyatanehi) or आयतनेभि (āyatanebhi)
Genitive (sixth)	आयतनस्स (āyatanassa)	आयतनानं (āyatanānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	आयतनस्मिं (āyatanasmiṃ) or आयतनम्हि (āyatanamhi) or आयतने (āyatane)	आयतनेसु (āyatanesu)
Vocative (calling)	आयतन (āyatana)	आयतनानि (āyatanāni)

Sanskrit

Etymology

आ (ā́-, “in”, preverb) +‎ यत् (yat, “to be/put in place”, root) +‎ -अन (-ana-, suffix denoting location), compare the verb आयतति (āyatati, “to enter into”).

Noun

आयतन • (āyatana) stem, n

1. house, home, seat, support, or resting place
2. place of the sacred fire
3. altar, shed for sacrifices
4. the cause of a disease
5. the five senses and the मनस् (mánas-, “mind”) and the objects they perceive

Descendants

• Hindi: आयतन (āytan)
• Pali: आयतन (āyatana)
• → Tocharian B: āyataṃ
• → Tocharian B: āraṇyāyataṃ

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899) “आयतन”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 148/1.
• Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “आयतन”, 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