आलय

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit आलय (ālaya).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɑː.ləj/, [äː.lɐj]

Noun

आलय • (ālay) m (Urdu spelling آلیہ) (formal)

1. place, home

Declension

Declension of आलय (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	आलय ālay	आलय ālay
oblique	आलय ālay	आलयों ālayõ
vocative	आलय ālay	आलयो ālayo

Derived terms

• कार्यालय (kāryālay)
• पुस्तकालय (pustakālay)
• ग्रन्थालय (granthālay)
• विद्यालय (vidyālay)
• महाविद्यालय (mahāvidyālay)
• भोजनालय (bhojnālay)
• शौचालय (śaucālay)
• संग्रहालय (saṅgrahālay)
• हिमालय (himālay)
• चिकित्सालय (cikitsālay)
• रुग्णालय (rugṇālay)
• न्यायालय (nyāyālay)
• मंत्रालय (mantrālay)
• वस्त्रालय (vastrālay)
• दुग्धालय (dugdhālay)

Marathi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit आलय (ālaya).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ləj/

Noun

आलय • (ālay) n

1. home, dwelling
2. abode

Declension

Declension of आलय (neut cons-stem)
direct singular	आलय ālay
direct plural	आलये, आलयं ālye, ālya
	singular एकवचन		plural अनेकवचन
nominative प्रथमा	आलय ālay		आलये, आलयं ālye, ālya
oblique सामान्यरूप	आलया ālyā		आलयां- ālyān-
acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी	आलयाला ālyālā		आलयांना ālyānnā
ergative	आलयाने, आलयानं ālyāne, ālyāna		आलयांनी ālyānnī
instrumental	आलयाशी ālyāśī		आलयांशी ālyānśī
locative सप्तमी	आलयात ālyāt		आलयांत ālyāt
vocative संबोधन	आलया ālyā		आलयांनो ālyānno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition. Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.

Genitive declension of आलय (neut cons-stem)
	masculine object पुल्लिंगी कर्म		feminine object स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म		neuter object नपुसकलिंगी कर्म		oblique सामान्यरूप
	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular* एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन
singular subject एकवचनी कर्ता	आलयाचा ālyāċā	आलयाचे ālyāċe	आलयाची ālyācī	आलयाच्या ālyācā	आलयाचे, आलयाचं ālyāċe, ālyāċa	आलयाची ālyācī	आलयाच्या ālyācā
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता	आलयांचा ālyānċā	आलयांचे ālyānċe	आलयांची ālyāñcī	आलयांच्या ālyāncā	आलयांचे, आलयांचं ālyānċe, ālyānċa	आलयांची ālyāñcī	आलयांच्या ālyāñcā
* Note: Word-final ए (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ (a). Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• আলয় (Assamese script)
• ᬆᬮᬬ (Balinese script)
• আলয় (Bengali script)
• 𑰁𑰩𑰧 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀆𑀮𑀬 (Brahmi script)
• အာလယ (Burmese script)
• આલય (Gujarati script)
• ਆਲਯ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌆𑌲𑌯 (Grantha script)
• ꦄꦴꦭꦪ (Javanese script)
• 𑂄𑂪𑂨 (Kaithi script)
• ಆಲಯ (Kannada script)
• អាលយ (Khmer script)
• ອາລຍ (Lao script)
• ആലയ (Malayalam script)
• ᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠯᠠᠶᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘁𑘩𑘧 (Modi script)
• ᠠᢗᠯᠠᠶ᠋ᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦡𑧉𑧇 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐁𑐮𑐫 (Newa script)
• ଆଲଯ (Odia script)
• ꢃꢭꢫ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆄𑆬𑆪 (Sharada script)
• 𑖁𑖩𑖧 (Siddham script)
• ආලය (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩛𑩽𑩻 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚁𑚥𑚣 (Takri script)
• ஆலய (Tamil script)
• ఆలయ (Telugu script)
• อาลย (Thai script)
• ཨཱ་ལ་ཡ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒂𑒪𑒨 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨊𑨬𑨪 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From आ- (ā-) +‎ लयते (layate, “stays, sticks”), the latter component from the root ली (lī, “to cling, adhere to”), from Proto-Indo-European *sley- (“smooth; slick; sticky; slimy”), related to लिनाति (lināti, “stays, sticks, adheres to”) and cognate with Proto-Germanic *slīmą (whence English slime).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɑː.lɐ.jɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɑː.l̪ɐ.jɐ/

Noun

आलय • (ā-laya) stem, m or n

1. house, dwelling

   हिमालय (himālaya "abode of snow", from hima "snow" + ālaya)

2. receptacle, asylum

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of आलय

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	आलयः (ālayaḥ)	आलयौ (ālayau) आलया¹ (ālayā¹)	आलयाः (ālayāḥ) आलयासः¹ (ālayāsaḥ¹)
vocative	आलय (ālaya)	आलयौ (ālayau) आलया¹ (ālayā¹)	आलयाः (ālayāḥ) आलयासः¹ (ālayāsaḥ¹)
accusative	आलयम् (ālayam)	आलयौ (ālayau) आलया¹ (ālayā¹)	आलयान् (ālayān)
instrumental	आलयेन (ālayena)	आलयाभ्याम् (ālayābhyām)	आलयैः (ālayaiḥ) आलयेभिः¹ (ālayebhiḥ¹)
dative	आलयाय (ālayāya)	आलयाभ्याम् (ālayābhyām)	आलयेभ्यः (ālayebhyaḥ)
ablative	आलयात् (ālayāt)	आलयाभ्याम् (ālayābhyām)	आलयेभ्यः (ālayebhyaḥ)
genitive	आलयस्य (ālayasya)	आलययोः (ālayayoḥ)	आलयानाम् (ālayānām)
locative	आलये (ālaye)	आलययोः (ālayayoḥ)	आलयेषु (ālayeṣu)

• ¹Vedic

Neuter a-stem declension of आलय

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	आलयम् (ālayam)	आलये (ālaye)	आलयानि (ālayāni) आलया¹ (ālayā¹)
vocative	आलय (ālaya)	आलये (ālaye)	आलयानि (ālayāni) आलया¹ (ālayā¹)
accusative	आलयम् (ālayam)	आलये (ālaye)	आलयानि (ālayāni) आलया¹ (ālayā¹)
instrumental	आलयेन (ālayena)	आलयाभ्याम् (ālayābhyām)	आलयैः (ālayaiḥ) आलयेभिः¹ (ālayebhiḥ¹)
dative	आलयाय (ālayāya)	आलयाभ्याम् (ālayābhyām)	आलयेभ्यः (ālayebhyaḥ)
ablative	आलयात् (ālayāt)	आलयाभ्याम् (ālayābhyām)	आलयेभ्यः (ālayebhyaḥ)
genitive	आलयस्य (ālayasya)	आलययोः (ālayayoḥ)	आलयानाम् (ālayānām)
locative	आलये (ālaye)	आलययोः (ālayayoḥ)	आलयेषु (ālayeṣu)

• ¹Vedic

Descendants

• Magadhi Prakrit
  • • Bengali: -অল (-ol)
• → Kannada: ಆಲಯ (ālaya)
• → Tamil: ஆலயம் (ālayam)
• → Telugu: ఆలయము (ālayamu)
• → Thai: อาลัย (aa-lai)
• → Hindi: आलय (ālay) (learned)
• → Marathi: आलय (ālay) (learned)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “आलय”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0153.
• “आलय”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.