अम्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• অম্ (Assamese script)
• ᬅᬫ᭄ (Balinese script)
• অম্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰀𑰦𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀅𑀫𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• အမ် (Burmese script)
• અમ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਅਮ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌅𑌮𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦄꦩ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂃𑂧𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಅಮ್ (Kannada script)
• អម៑ (Khmer script)
• ອມ຺ (Lao script)
• അമ് (Malayalam script)
• ᠠᠮ (Manchu script)
• 𑘀𑘦𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠠᠮ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦠𑧆𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐀𑐩𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଅମ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢂꢪ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆃𑆩𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖀𑖦𑖿 (Siddham script)
• අම් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩴 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚀𑚢𑚶 (Takri script)
• அம் (Tamil script)
• అమ్ (Telugu script)
• อมฺ (Thai script)
• ཨ་མ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒁𑒧𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨢𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₃emh₃- (“to seize, take hold; swear”). Cognate with Old Norse ama (“to bother, wound”) and possibly Latin amō (“to love”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐm/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ɐm/

Root

अम् • (am)

1. to injure, be harmful, perishable
2. to go
3. to serve, swear
4. to seize violently

Derived terms

• अमीति (ámīti)

 

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “अम्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0080.
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 03
• Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “अम्”, 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

• Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 277
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 0778, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 0778