अव्

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Sanskrit[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew- (to enjoy, consume). Cognate with Latin aveō (to desire, be eager), Old Irish con·ói (to protect, preserve).

Pronunciation[edit]

Root[edit]

अव् (av)

  1. to promote, favour, satisfy
  2. to drive, impel, lead, offer
  3. to be pleased, accept favourably

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References[edit]

  • Monier Williams (1899) “अव्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0096.
  • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 04
  • Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “अव्”, 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
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 134
  • Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 077, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 077