अव्यय
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
- ᬅᬯ᭄ᬬᬬ (Balinese script)
- অৱ্যয (Assamese script)
- অব্যয (Bengali script)
- 𑰀𑰪𑰿𑰧𑰧 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀅𑀯𑁆𑀬𑀬 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌅𑌵𑍍𑌯𑌯 (Grantha script)
- અવ્યય (Gujarati script)
- ਅਵੑਯਯ (Gurmukhi script)
- ꦄꦮꦾꦪ (Javanese script)
- អវ្យយ (Khmer script)
- ಅವ್ಯಯ (Kannada script)
- ອວ຺ຍຍ (Lao script)
- അവ്യയ (Malayalam script)
- 𑘀𑘪𑘿𑘧𑘧 (Modi script)
- ᠠᠧᠶ᠋ᠠᠶ᠋ᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- ᠠᠸᠶᠠᠶᠠ (Manchu script)
- အဝျယ (Burmese script)
- 𑦠𑧊𑧠𑧇𑧇 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐀𑐰𑑂𑐫𑐫 (Newa script)
- ଅଵ୍ଯଯ (Oriya script)
- ꢂꢮ꣄ꢫꢫ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆃𑆮𑇀𑆪𑆪 (Sharada script)
- 𑖀𑖪𑖿𑖧𑖧 (Siddham script)
- අව්යය (Sinhalese script)
- అవ్యయ (Telugu script)
- อวฺยย (Thai script)
- ཨ་ཝྱ་ཡ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒁𑒫𑓂𑒨𑒨 (Tirhuta script)
Etymology 1
From अवि (avi, “sheep”) + -य (-ya, “suffix denoting state or origin”).
Adjective
अव्यय • (avyaya)
- (relational) sheep
Etymology 2
From अ- (a-, “not, un-”) + व्यय (vyaya, “death; transient”).
Noun
अव्यय • (avyaya) n
- (grammar) an indeclinable word, particle
Descendants
- → Malayalam: അവ്യയം (avyayaṃ)
- → Telugu: అవ్యయము (avyayamu)