आसानी

See also: आसन and आसान

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian آسانی (āsānī). By surface analysis, आसान (āsān, “easy, simple”) +‎ -ई (-ī, “ness”). Compare Bengali আসানী (aśani).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɑː.sɑː.niː/, [äː.säː.niː]

Noun

आसानी • (āsānī) f (Urdu spelling آسانی)

1. ease, simpleness, convenience

   आसानी से ― āsānī se ― with ease; easily

   Synonyms: सरलता (saraltā), सुगमता (sugamtā)

   1. an instance of above; an easy thing
      • 1974, Lallan Rai, रीतिकालीन हिन्दी-साहित्य‎^[1], Publication Bureau, Punjab University:

        […] मेरी मुश्किलों को आसान और आसानियों को मुश्किल बनाकर प्रबंध की त्रुटियों को दूर करने का स्तुत्य प्रयास किया है।

        […] merī muśkilõ ko āsān aur āsāniyõ ko muśkil banākar prabandh kī truṭiyõ ko dūr karne kā stutya prayās kiyā hai.

        By making my difficulties easy and my easinesses difficult, it is a commendable attempt to remove the mistakes of administration.

      • 2018 November 20, Rashid Damohi, इश्क़ के धागे [Threads of love], Educreation Publishing, page 19:

        चलता रहा हयात में चलने का सिलसिला
        आसानियाँ घटी तो कभी मुश्किलें बढ़ीं

        caltā rahā hayāt mẽ calne kā silsilā
        āsāniyā̃ ghaṭī to kabhī muśkilẽ baṛhī̃

        In life, the affair of moving forward kept going on
        Easinesses decreased sometimes while difficulties increased

Declension

Declension of आसानी (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	आसानी āsānī	आसानियाँ āsāniyā̃
oblique	आसानी āsānī	आसानियों āsāniyõ
vocative	आसानी āsānī	आसानियो āsāniyo

Further reading

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “आसानी”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 488
• Platts, John T. (1884) “āsānī”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 47
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “आसानी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 98
• Bahri, Hardev (1989) “आसानी”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons, page 49.
• Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “आसानी”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House, page 76
• “आसानी”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.