आयु

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit आयु (āyu).

Noun

आयु • (āyu) f (Urdu spelling آیو‎)

  1. age
  2. lifetime
  3. duration or period of life
    वह आयु में बूढ़ा नहीं है।
    vah āyu mẽ būṛhā nahī̃ hai.
    He is not old in age.

Synonyms

References

  • John T. Platts (accessed 08-05-2012), “A Dictionary of Urdu, Classical Hindi, and English”, in (Please provide the title of the work)‎
  • Hardev Bahri (accessed 08-05-2012), “Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary”, in (Please provide the title of the work)‎

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂óyu (“long time, lifetime”). Cognate with Latin aevum (whence English age), Ancient Greek αἰών (aiṓn) (whence English eon), Avestan 𐬁𐬌𐬌𐬏‎ (āiiū, “lifetime, life”), Old English ā. The Sanskrit root is इ (i).

Pronunciation

Noun

आयु • (ā́yu) n

  1. duration of life, lifetime, long life
    • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 3.3.7
      अग्ने जरस्व स्वपत्य आयुन्यूर्जा पिन्वस्व समिषो दिदीहि नः।
      वयांसि जिन्व बृहतश्च जागृव उशिग्देवानामसि सुक्रतुर्विपाम्॥
      agne jarasva svapatya āyunyūrjā pinvasva samiṣo didīhi naḥ.
      vayāṃsi jinva bṛhataśca jāgṛva uśigdevānāmasi sukraturvipām.
      Sing, Agni, for long life to us and noble sons: teem thou with plenty, shine upon us store of food.
      Increase the great man's strength, thou ever-vigilant: thou, longing for the Gods, knowest their hymns full well.
  2. life
  3. man, a living being
  4. mankind, human race
  5. living beings taken collectively
  6. the first man

Declension

Neuter u-stem declension of आयु (ā́yu)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative आयु
ā́yu		 आयुनी
ā́yunī		 आयू / आयु / आयूनि¹
ā́yū / ā́yu / ā́yūni¹
Vocative आयु / आयो
ā́yu / ā́yo		 आयुनी
ā́yunī		 आयू / आयु / आयूनि¹
ā́yū / ā́yu / ā́yūni¹
Accusative आयु
ā́yu		 आयुनी
ā́yunī		 आयू / आयु / आयूनि¹
ā́yū / ā́yu / ā́yūni¹
Instrumental आयुना / आय्वा²
ā́yunā / ā́yvā²		 आयुभ्याम्
ā́yubhyām		 आयुभिः
ā́yubhiḥ
Dative आयवे / आय्वे³
ā́yave / ā́yve³		 आयुभ्याम्
ā́yubhyām		 आयुभ्यः
ā́yubhyaḥ
Ablative आयोः / आयुनः¹ / आय्वः³
ā́yoḥ / ā́yunaḥ¹ / ā́yvaḥ³		 आयुभ्याम्
ā́yubhyām		 आयुभ्यः
ā́yubhyaḥ
Genitive आयोः / आयुनः¹ / आय्वः³
ā́yoḥ / ā́yunaḥ¹ / ā́yvaḥ³		 आयुनोः
ā́yunoḥ		 आयूनाम्
ā́yūnām
Locative आयुनि¹
ā́yuni¹		 आयुनोः
ā́yunoḥ		 आयुषु
ā́yuṣu
Notes
  • ¹Later Sanskrit
  • ²Vedic
  • ³Less common

Descendants

  • Pali: āyu
  • → Telugu: ఆయువు (āyuvu)
  • Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀆𑀉 (āu)
    • Old Hindi: आउ (āu)

Adjective

आयु • (āyú)

  1. living, going, moveable

References

  • Vaman Shivaram Apte (accessed 08-05-2012), “The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary”, in (Please provide the title of the work)‎
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