आयतन
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit आयतन (āyatana, “resting-place, home”).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /ɑːj.t̪ən/, [äːj.t̪ɐ̃n]
Noun
आयतन • (āytan) m
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | आयतन āytan |
आयतन āytan |
| oblique | आयतन āytan |
आयतनों āytanõ |
| vocative | आयतन āytan |
आयतनो āytano |
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
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
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- আয়তন (Assamese script)
- ᬆᬬᬢᬦ (Balinese script)
- আয়তন (Bengali script)
- 𑰁𑰧𑰝𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀆𑀬𑀢𑀦 (Brahmi script)
- အာယတန (Burmese script)
- આયતન (Gujarati script)
- ਆਯਤਨ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌆𑌯𑌤𑌨 (Grantha script)
- ꦄꦴꦪꦠꦤ (Javanese script)
- 𑂄𑂨𑂞𑂢 (Kaithi script)
- ಆಯತನ (Kannada script)
- អាយតន (Khmer script)
- ອາຍຕນ (Lao script)
- ആയതന (Malayalam script)
- ᠠ᠊ᠠᠶᠠᢠᠠᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘁𑘧𑘝𑘡 (Modi script)
- ᠠᢗᠶ᠋ᠠᢐᠠᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦡𑧇𑦽𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐁𑐫𑐟𑐣 (Newa script)
- ଆଯତନ (Odia script)
- ꢃꢫꢡꢥ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆄𑆪𑆠𑆤 (Sharada script)
- 𑖁𑖧𑖝𑖡 (Siddham script)
- ආයතන (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩐𑩛𑩻𑩫𑩯 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚁𑚣𑚙𑚝 (Takri script)
- ஆயதந (Tamil script)
- ఆయతన (Telugu script)
- อายตน (Thai script)
- ཨཱ་ཡ་ཏ་ན (Tibetan script)
- 𑒂𑒨𑒞𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨀𑨊𑨪𑨙𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)
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) stem, 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, 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