आयाम

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit आयाम (āyāma), ultimately from the root आयम् (āyam), which is from आ- (ā-) +‎ यम् (yam).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɑː.jɑːm/, [äː.jä̃ːm]

Noun

आयाम • (āyām) m

1. extending, stretching
2. (mensuration) breadth

Declension

Declension of आयाम (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	आयाम āyām	आयाम āyām
oblique	आयाम āyām	आयामों āyāmõ
vocative	आयाम āyām	आयामो āyāmo

References

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “आयाम”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “आयाम”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• আয়াম (Assamese script)
• ᬆᬬᬵᬫ (Balinese script)
• আয়াম (Bengali script)
• 𑰁𑰧𑰯𑰦 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀆𑀬𑀸𑀫 (Brahmi script)
• အာယာမ (Burmese script)
• આયામ (Gujarati script)
• ਆਯਾਮ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌆𑌯𑌾𑌮 (Grantha script)
• ꦄꦴꦪꦴꦩ (Javanese script)
• 𑂄𑂨𑂰𑂧 (Kaithi script)
• ಆಯಾಮ (Kannada script)
• អាយាម (Khmer script)
• ອາຍາມ (Lao script)
• ആയാമ (Malayalam script)
• ᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠶᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠮᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘁𑘧𑘰𑘦 (Modi script)
• ᠠᢗᠶ᠋ᠠᢗᠮᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦡𑧇𑧑𑧆 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐁𑐫𑐵𑐩 (Newa script)
• ଆଯାମ (Odia script)
• ꢃꢫꢵꢪ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆄𑆪𑆳𑆩 (Sharada script)
• 𑖁𑖧𑖯𑖦 (Siddham script)
• ආයාම (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩛𑩻𑩛𑩴 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚁𑚣𑚭𑚢 (Takri script)
• ஆயாம (Tamil script)
• ఆయామ (Telugu script)
• อายาม (Thai script)
• ཨཱ་ཡཱ་མ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒂𑒨𑒰𑒧 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨊𑨪𑨊𑨢 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Vṛddhi derivative of आयम् (āyam).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɑː.jɑː.mɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɑː.jɑː.mɐ/

Noun

आयाम • (āyāma) stem, m

1. stretching, extending
2. restraining, restrained, stopping
3. expansion, length (either in space or time)
4. (mensuration) breadth

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of आयाम

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	आयामः (āyāmaḥ)	आयामौ (āyāmau) आयामा¹ (āyāmā¹)	आयामाः (āyāmāḥ) आयामासः¹ (āyāmāsaḥ¹)
vocative	आयाम (āyāma)	आयामौ (āyāmau) आयामा¹ (āyāmā¹)	आयामाः (āyāmāḥ) आयामासः¹ (āyāmāsaḥ¹)
accusative	आयामम् (āyāmam)	आयामौ (āyāmau) आयामा¹ (āyāmā¹)	आयामान् (āyāmān)
instrumental	आयामेन (āyāmena)	आयामाभ्याम् (āyāmābhyām)	आयामैः (āyāmaiḥ) आयामेभिः¹ (āyāmebhiḥ¹)
dative	आयामाय (āyāmāya)	आयामाभ्याम् (āyāmābhyām)	आयामेभ्यः (āyāmebhyaḥ)
ablative	आयामात् (āyāmāt)	आयामाभ्याम् (āyāmābhyām)	आयामेभ्यः (āyāmebhyaḥ)
genitive	आयामस्य (āyāmasya)	आयामयोः (āyāmayoḥ)	आयामानाम् (āyāmānām)
locative	आयामे (āyāme)	आयामयोः (āyāmayoḥ)	आयामेषु (āyāmeṣu)

• ¹Vedic

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “आयाम”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 148, column 2.