अवकाश

अवकाश

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit अवकाश (avakāśa).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /əʋ.kɑːʃ/, [əʋ.käːʃ]

Noun

अवकाश • (avkāś) m (Urdu spelling اوکاش‎)

1. leisure
2. leave
3. free time

Declension

Declension of अवकाश (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	अवकाश avkāś	अवकाश avkāś
oblique	अवकाश avkāś	अवकाशों avkāśõ
vocative	अवकाश avkāś	अवकाशो avkāśo

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “अवकाश”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

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Marathi

Etymology

From Old Marathi 𑘀𑘪𑘎𑘰𑘫 (avakāśa), from Sanskrit अवकाश (avakāśa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əʋ.kaɕ/

Noun

अवकाश • (avkāś) m

1. leisure
2. interval, space, room

Declension

Declension of अवकाश (avkāś)
direct singular	अवकाश avkāś
direct plural	अवकाश avkāś
	singular		plural
nominative	अवकाश avkāś		अवकाश avkāś
oblique	अवकाशा- avkāśā-		अवकाशां- avkāśāN-
dative	अवकाशाला avkāśālā		अवकाशांना avkāśāNnā
ergative	अवकाशाने avkāśāne		अवकाशांनी avkāśāNni
instrumental	अवकाशाशी avkāśāśi		अवकाशांशी avkāśāNśi
locative	अवकाशात avkāśāt		अवकाशांत avkāśāNt
vocative	अवकाशा avkāśā		अवकाशांनो avkāśāNno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition. Dative Note: -स (-sa) is archaic. -ते (-te) is limited to literary usage. Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.

Genitive declension of अवकाश
	masculine object		feminine object		neuter object		oblique
	singular	plural	singular	plural	singular*	plural
singular subject	अवकाशाचा avkāśāċā	अवकाशाचे avkāśāce	अवकाशाची avkāśāci	अवकाशाच्या avkāśāca	अवकाशाचे, अवकाशाचं avkāśāce, avkāśāċa	अवकाशाची avkāśāci	अवकाशाच्या avkāśāca
plural subject	अवकाशांचा avkāśāNċā	अवकाशांचे avkāśāNce	अवकाशांची avkāśāNci	अवकाशांच्या avkāśāNca	अवकाशांचे, अवकाशांचं avkāśāNce, avkāśāNċa	अवकाशांची avkāśāNci	अवकाशांच्या avkāśāNca
* 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.

References

• Berntsen, Maxine, “अवकाश”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857), “अवकाश”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press

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Old Marathi

Noun

अवकाश (avakāśa) m

1. Devanagari form of 𑘀𑘪𑘎𑘰𑘫 (avakāśa)

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Sanskrit

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐ.ʋɐ.kɑː.ɕɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ɐ.ʋɐˈkɑː.ɕɐ/

Noun

अवकाश • (avakāśa) m

1. space; room
2. opportunity
3. interval
4. access

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of अवकाश (avakāśa)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	अवकाशः avakāśaḥ	अवकाशौ avakāśau	अवकाशाः / अवकाशासः¹ avakāśāḥ / avakāśāsaḥ¹
Vocative	अवकाश avakāśa	अवकाशौ avakāśau	अवकाशाः / अवकाशासः¹ avakāśāḥ / avakāśāsaḥ¹
Accusative	अवकाशम् avakāśam	अवकाशौ avakāśau	अवकाशान् avakāśān
Instrumental	अवकाशेन avakāśena	अवकाशाभ्याम् avakāśābhyām	अवकाशैः / अवकाशेभिः¹ avakāśaiḥ / avakāśebhiḥ¹
Dative	अवकाशाय avakāśāya	अवकाशाभ्याम् avakāśābhyām	अवकाशेभ्यः avakāśebhyaḥ
Ablative	अवकाशात् avakāśāt	अवकाशाभ्याम् avakāśābhyām	अवकाशेभ्यः avakāśebhyaḥ
Genitive	अवकाशस्य avakāśasya	अवकाशयोः avakāśayoḥ	अवकाशानाम् avakāśānām
Locative	अवकाशे avakāśe	अवकाशयोः avakāśayoḥ	अवकाशेषु avakāśeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• → Hindi: अवकाश (avkāś)
• → Old Marathi: 𑘀𑘪𑘎𑘰𑘫 (avakāśa), 𑘀𑘪𑘎𑘰𑘭 (avakāsa)
  • Marathi: अवकाश (avkāś)
• → Telugu: అవకాశము (avakāśamu)

References

• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893), “अवकाश”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press