अर्थ
Hindi
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अर्थ (artha).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /əɾt̪ʰ/
Noun
अर्थ • (arth) m (Urdu spelling ارتھ)
- meaning, purport
- Synonym: मतलब (matlab)
- इस शब्द के कई अर्थ हैं। ― is śabd ke kaī arth ha͠i. ― This word has several meanings.
- sense
- अब जाने का कोई अर्थ नहीं है।
- ab jāne kā koī arth nahī̃ hai.
- There is no sense in going now.
- (in compounds) wealth, prosperity
- चोरी करने का अर्थदंड बहुत ऊँचा है।
- corī karne kā arthadaṇḍ bahut ū̃cā hai.
- The fine (lit. money-penalty) for stealing is very high.
Declension
Declension of अर्थ (masc cons-stem)
singular | plural | |
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direct | अर्थ arth | अर्थ arth |
oblique | अर्थ arth | अर्थों arthõ |
vocative | अर्थ arth | अर्थो artho |
Derived terms
- अर्थकर (arthakar)
- अर्थगत (arthagat)
- अर्थगर्भित (arthagarbhit)
- अर्थदंड (arthadaṇḍ)
- अर्थनीति (arthanīti)
- अर्थनैतिक (arthanaitik)
- अर्थपूर्ण (arthapūrṇ)
- अर्थप्रक्रिया (arthaprakriyā)
- अर्थभेद (arthabhed)
- अर्थविचार (arthavicār)
- अर्थविज्ञान (arthavigyān)
- अर्थविधि (arthavidhi)
- अर्थविवाद (arthavivād)
- अर्थव्यवस्था (arthavyavasthā)
- अर्थशास्त्र (arthaśāstra)
- अर्थहीन (arthahīn)
- अर्थागम (arthāgam)
- अर्थाधिकारिणी (arthādhikāriṇī)
- अर्थाधिकारी (arthādhikārī)
- अर्थानुबन्ध (arthānubandh)
- अर्थार्जन (arthārjan)
- अर्थोपार्जन (arthopārjan)
Further reading
- Platts, John T. (1884), “अर्थ”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
Marathi
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अर्थ (artha).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /əɾ.t̪ʰə/
Noun
अर्थ • (artha) m
- meaning, significance
- intention, aim
- substance, money, wealth, property
Further reading
- Berntsen, Maxine, “अर्थ”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
- Molesworth, James Thomas (1857), “अर्थ”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
Nepali
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अर्थ (artha).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ʌrt̪ʰʌ]
- Phonetic Devanagari: अर्थ
Noun
अर्थ • (artha)
- meaning, purport
- wealth, prosperity
- sense
Further reading
- “अर्थ”, in नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश (Nepālī Br̥hat Śabdakoś) [Comprehensive Nepali Dictionary], Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018
Sanskrit
See also: अर्थ्
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ᬅᬃᬣ (Balinese script)
- অৰ্থ (Assamese script)
- অর্থ (Bengali script)
- 𑰀𑰨𑰿𑰞 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀅𑀭𑁆𑀣 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌅𑌰𑍍𑌥 (Grantha script)
- અર્થ (Gujarati script)
- ਅਰੑਥ (Gurmukhi script)
- ꦄꦂꦡ (Javanese script)
- អថ៌ (Khmer script)
- ಅರ್ಥ (Kannada script)
- ອຣ຺ຖ (Lao script)
- അര്ഥ (Malayalam script)
- 𑘀𑘨𑘿𑘞 (Modi script)
- ᠠᠷᠲᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- ᠠᡵᡨᠠ (Manchu script)
- အရ်္ထ (Burmese script)
- 𑦠𑧈𑧠𑦾 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐀𑐬𑑂𑐠 (Newa script)
- ଅର୍ଥ (Oriya script)
- ꢂꢬ꣄ꢢ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆃𑆫𑇀𑆡 (Sharada script)
- 𑖀𑖨𑖿𑖞 (Siddham script)
- අර්ථ (Sinhalese script)
- అర్థ (Telugu script)
- อรฺถ (Thai script)
- ཨ་རྠ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒁𑒩𑓂𑒟 (Tirhuta script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hártʰam (“matter, object, purpose”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ert-. Cognate with Avestan 𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬚𐬀 (arəθa).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɐ́ɾ.tʰɐ/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈɐɾ.t̪ʰɐ/
Noun
अर्थ • (artha) m or m
- aim, purpose, meaning
- advantage, use, utility
- profit
- prosperity
- interest
- money, wealth, property, opulence, substance
- affair, concern
- (in law) lawsuit, action
- sense, notion
- manner, kind
- price
Declension
Masculine a-stem declension of अर्थ (artha) | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | अर्थः arthaḥ | अर्थौ arthau | अर्थाः / अर्थासः¹ arthāḥ / arthāsaḥ¹ |
Vocative | अर्थ artha | अर्थौ arthau | अर्थाः / अर्थासः¹ arthāḥ / arthāsaḥ¹ |
Accusative | अर्थम् artham | अर्थौ arthau | अर्थान् arthān |
Instrumental | अर्थेन arthena | अर्थाभ्याम् arthābhyām | अर्थैः / अर्थेभिः¹ arthaiḥ / arthebhiḥ¹ |
Dative | अर्थाय arthāya | अर्थाभ्याम् arthābhyām | अर्थेभ्यः arthebhyaḥ |
Ablative | अर्थात् arthāt | अर्थाभ्याम् arthābhyām | अर्थेभ्यः arthebhyaḥ |
Genitive | अर्थस्य arthasya | अर्थयोः arthayoḥ | अर्थानाम् arthānām |
Locative | अर्थे arthe | अर्थयोः arthayoḥ | अर्थेषु artheṣu |
Notes |
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Neuter a-stem declension of अर्थ (artha) | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | अर्थम् artham | अर्थे arthe | अर्थानि / अर्था¹ arthāni / arthā¹ |
Vocative | अर्थ artha | अर्थे arthe | अर्थानि / अर्था¹ arthāni / arthā¹ |
Accusative | अर्थम् artham | अर्थे arthe | अर्थानि / अर्था¹ arthāni / arthā¹ |
Instrumental | अर्थेन arthena | अर्थाभ्याम् arthābhyām | अर्थैः / अर्थेभिः¹ arthaiḥ / arthebhiḥ¹ |
Dative | अर्थाय arthāya | अर्थाभ्याम् arthābhyām | अर्थेभ्यः arthebhyaḥ |
Ablative | अर्थात् arthāt | अर्थाभ्याम् arthābhyām | अर्थेभ्यः arthebhyaḥ |
Genitive | अर्थस्य arthasya | अर्थयोः arthayoḥ | अर्थानाम् arthānām |
Locative | अर्थे arthe | अर्थयोः arthayoḥ | अर्थेषु artheṣu |
Notes |
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Descendants
- Pali: attha
- → Khmer: អត្ថ (ʼat)
- Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀅𑀝𑁆𑀞 (aṭṭha), 𑀅𑀢𑁆𑀣 (attha)
- Gujarati: આથ (ātha)
- → Assamese: অৰ্থ (ortho)
- → Bengali: অর্থ (ôrthô)
- → Gujarati: અર્થ (arth)
- → Hindi: अर्थ (arth)
- → Indonesian: arta, arti, erti, harta
- → Kannada: ಅರ್ಥ (artha)
- → Malayalam: അർത്ഥം (aṟtthaṃ)
- → Marathi: अर्थ (artha)
- → Nepali: अर्थ (artha)
- → Old Javanese: artha
- Javanese: ꦄꦂꦛ → ꦲꦂꦠ (arta)
- → Balinese: ᬅᬃᬣ (arta)
- → Tamil: அர்த்தம் (arttam)
- → Telugu: అర్థము (arthamu)
- → Tocharian B: ārth
- → Urdu: ارتھ (arth)
References
- “अ॑र्थ” in Carl Cappeller, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary: Based upon the St. Petersburg Lexicons, Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, 1891, →OCLC, page 41, column 2.
- Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893), “अर्थ”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, page 027
- Monier Williams (1899), “अर्थ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 90, column 2.