अवयव
Hindi
FWOTD – 25 November 2020
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit अवयव (avayava).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /əʋ.jəʋ/
Noun
अवयव • (avyav) m
- element, component
- 1865, Paṇḍit Vijayśaṇkar, Padārthvidyāsār:
- परंतु यह नंही होसक्ता कि लकड़ी के अवयव और कील एक ही स्थान में हों […]
- parantu yah nãhī hosaktā ki lakṛī ke avyav aur kīl ek hī sthān mẽ hõ […]
- But it cannot be so that the piece of wood and the nail are in the same place […]
- Synonyms: हिस्सा (hissā), अंश (anś)
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- organ, limb
- अवयव-दान ― avyav-dān ― organ donation
- Synonym: अंग (aṅg)
Declension
Declension of अवयव (masc cons-stem)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | अवयव avyav | अवयव avyav |
| oblique | अवयव avyav | अवयवों avyavõ |
| vocative | अवयव avyav | अवयवो avyavo |
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “अवयव”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press