व्यय

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit व्यय (vyaya).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ʋjəj/, [ʋjɐj]

Noun

व्यय • (vyay) m

1. expenditure, spending

   Synonyms: ख़र्च (xarc), ख़र्चा (xarcā)

   इस धन का उचित व्यय होना चाहिए।

   is dhan kā ucit vyay honā cāhie.

   This money must be spent properly.

   आय-व्यय ― āy-vyay ― income and expenditure

Declension

Declension of व्यय (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	व्यय vyay	व्यय vyay
oblique	व्यय vyay	व्ययों vyayõ
vocative	व्यय vyay	व्ययो vyayo

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• ৱ্যয় (Assamese script)
• ᬯ᭄ᬬᬬ (Balinese script)
• ব্যয় (Bengali script)
• 𑰪𑰿𑰧𑰧 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀯𑁆𑀬𑀬 (Brahmi script)
• ဝျယ (Burmese script)
• વ્યય (Gujarati script)
• ਵ੍ਯਯ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌵𑍍𑌯𑌯 (Grantha script)
• ꦮꦾꦪ (Javanese script)
• 𑂫𑂹𑂨𑂨 (Kaithi script)
• ವ್ಯಯ (Kannada script)
• វ្យយ (Khmer script)
• ວ຺ຍຍ (Lao script)
• വ്യയ (Malayalam script)
• ᠸᠶᠠᠶᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘪𑘿𑘧𑘧 (Modi script)
• ᠸᠶ᠋ᠠᠶ᠋ᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧊𑧠𑧇𑧇 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐰𑑂𑐫𑐫 (Newa script)
• ଵ୍ଯଯ (Odia script)
• ꢮ꣄ꢫꢫ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆮𑇀𑆪𑆪 (Sharada script)
• 𑖪𑖿𑖧𑖧 (Siddham script)
• ව්‍යය (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩾 𑪙𑩻𑩻 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚦𑚶𑚣𑚣 (Takri script)
• வ்யய (Tamil script)
• వ్యయ (Telugu script)
• วฺยย (Thai script)
• ཝྱ་ཡ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒫𑓂𑒨𑒨 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨭𑩇𑨪𑨪 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From वि- (vi-) +‎ अय् (ay, “to go”) +‎ -अ (-a).

Noun

व्यय • (vyaya) stem, m

1. (ifc. f( आ).) disappearance, decay, ruin, loss
2. spending, expense, outlay, disbursement (opp. to आय, ‘income’, and often with कोशस्य, वित्तस्य, धनस्य &c. ; without a gen. = ‘extravagance, waste, prodigality’ ; with loc. or ifc. = ‘outlay for or in’)
3. cost, sacrifice of (gen. or comp. ; व्ययेन ifc. = ‘at the cost of’)
4. wealth, money
5. (grammar) inflection, declension
6. name of the 20th (or 54th) year of Jupiter's cycle of a serpent-demon

Descendants

• Hindi: व्यय (vyay)
• Old Javanese: byaya, beya
  • → Malay: biaya
    • Indonesian: biaya
    • → Tagalog: biyaya
  • Javanese: ꦧꦺꦪ (béya)
    • → Malay: bea
      • Indonesian: bea
      • → Min Nan: 傌仔／骂仔 (bé-á)
• Telugu: వ్యయ (vyaya), వ్యయము (vyayamu)