आयतन
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit आयतन (āyatana, “resting-place, home”).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /ɑːj.t̪ən/, [äːj.t̪ə̃n̪]
Noun
आयतन • (āytan) m
- (geometry) volume
- bulk, size
- (rare) home
Declension
Declension of आयतन (masc cons-stem)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | आयतन āytan | आयतन āytan |
| oblique | आयतन āytan | आयतनों āytanõ |
| vocative | आयतन āytan | आयतनो āytano |
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative forms
- āyatana (Latin script)
- 𑀆𑀬𑀢𑀦 (Brahmi script)
- আযতন (Bengali script)
- ආයතන (Sinhalese script)
- အာယတန or ဢႃယတၼ (Burmese script)
- อายตน or อายะตะนะ (Thai script)
- ᩋᩣᨿᨲᨶ (Tai Tham script)
- ອາຍຕນ or ອາຍະຕະນະ or ອາຢຕນ or ອາຢະຕະນະ (Lao script)
- អាយតន (Khmer script)
- 𑄃𑄂𑄠𑄖𑄚 (Chakma script)
Noun
आयतन n
- Devanagari script form of āyatana (“resting-place”)
Declension
Declension table of "आयतन" (neuter)
| Case \\ Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative (first) | आयतनं (āyatanaṃ) | आयतनानि (āyatanāni) |
| Accusative (second) | आयतनं (āyatanaṃ) | आयतनानि (āyatanāni) |
| Instrumental (third) | आयतनेन (āyatanena) | आयतनेहि (āyatanehi) or आयतनेभि (āyatanebhi) |
| Dative (fourth) | आयतनस्स (āyatanassa) or आयतनाय (āyatanāya) or आयतनत्थं (āyatanatthaṃ) | आयतनानं (āyatanānaṃ) |
| Ablative (fifth) | आयतनस्मा (āyatanasmā) or आयतनम्हा (āyatanamhā) or आयतना (āyatanā) | आयतनेहि (āyatanehi) or आयतनेभि (āyatanebhi) |
| Genitive (sixth) | आयतनस्स (āyatanassa) | आयतनानं (āyatanānaṃ) |
| Locative (seventh) | आयतनस्मिं (āyatanasmiṃ) or आयतनम्हि (āyatanamhi) or आयतने (āyatane) | आयतनेसु (āyatanesu) |
| Vocative (calling) | आयतन (āyatana) | आयतनानि (āyatanāni) |
Sanskrit
Etymology
आ (ā́-, “in”, preverb) + यत् (yat, “to be/put in place”, root) + -अन (-ana-, suffix denoting location), compare the verb आयतति (āyatati, “to enter into”).
Noun
आयतन • (āyatana) n
- house, home, seat, support, or resting place
- place of the sacred fire
- altar, shed for sacrifices
- the cause of a disease
- the five senses and the मनस् (mánas-, “mind”) and the objects they perceive
Descendants
- Hindi: आयतन (āytan)
- Pali: आयतन (āyatana)
- → Tocharian B: āyataṃ
- → Tocharian B: āraṇyāyataṃ
Further reading
- Monier Williams (1899), “आयतन”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 148/1.
- Otto Böhtlingk; Richard Schmidt (1879-1928), “आयतन”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016