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Av means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Hindi, Tamil. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Av (अव्).—1 P. [अवति, आव, आवीत्, अविष्यति, अवितुम्, अवित (avati, āva, āvīt, aviṣyati, avitum, avita) or ऊत (ūta)]

1) To protect, defend; सह नाववतु (saha nāvavatu) Tait 2.1.1. यमवता- मवतां च धुरि स्थितः (yamavatā- mavatāṃ ca dhuri sthitaḥ) R.9.1; प्रत्यक्षाभिः प्रपन्नस्तनुभिरवतु वस्ता- भिरष्टाभिरीशः (pratyakṣābhiḥ prapannastanubhiravatu vastā- bhiraṣṭābhirīśaḥ) Ś.1.1.

2) To please, satisfy, give pleasure to; do good to; विक्रमसेन मामवति नाजिते त्वयि (vikramasena māmavati nājite tvayi) R.11.75; न मामवति सद्वीपा रत्नसूरपि मेदिनी (na māmavati sadvīpā ratnasūrapi medinī). 1.65.

3) To like, wish, desire, love.

4) To favour, promote, animate. (In the Dhātupāṭha several other meanings are assigned to this root, but they are very rarely used in classical literature; e. g. gati, kānti, avagama, praveśa, śravaṇa, svāmyartha or sāmarthya, yācana, kriyā, dīpti, avāpti, grahaṇa, vyāpti,āliṅgana, hiṃsā, ādāna, dahana, bhāva, bhāga, and vṛddhi). -Caus. To consume, devour. -With [anu] to encourage, inspire.

-ud 1 to regard, attend to.

2) to wait for.

3) to promote, impel.

-upa 1 to cherish, behave friendly towards.

2) to encourage.

-sam 1 to satisfy, satiate.

2) to protect, maintain. [cf. L. aveo].

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Av (अव्).—[ava] r. 1st. cl. avati 1. To keep, protect or defend. 2. To please. (The following meanings, although found in lists of roots, are rarely used:) 3. To move. 4. To excite affection or be lovely. 5. To satisfy. 6. To know or apprehend. 7. To enter. 8. To be near. 9. To own, to have a right. 10. To obey. 11. To act. 12. To desire. 13. To shine or be splendid. 14. To obtain. 15. To embrace. 16. To kill or hurt. 17. To take. 18. To be. 19. To grow. In place of 9, 17, and 18. as above, some read; 9. To be able. 17. To burn, and 18. To divide or share.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Av (अव्).—i. 1, [Parasmaipada.] 1. To please, to satisfy, [Raghuvaṃśa, (ed. Stenzler.)] 11, 75. 2. To be pleased, ved. 3. To desire, [Raghuvaṃśa, (ed. Stenzler.)] 1, 65. 4. To take care, ved. 5. To protect, Chr. 291, 13 = [Rigveda.] i. 64, 13; [Śākuntala, (ed. Böhtlingk.)] [distich] 1. 6. † To move. 7. † To excite affection, or be lovely. 8. † To know, or apprehend. 9. † To own (v. r. to be able). 10. † To obey. 11. † To act. 12. † To shine. 13. † To obtain. 14. † To embrace. 15. † To kill or hurt. 16. † To take (v. r. to burn). 17. † To be (v. r. to divide). 18. † To grow. Ptcple. of the pf. pass. ūta.

— With the prep. pra pra, To help. Chr. 288, 2 = [Rigveda.] i. 49, 2; Chr. 296, 5 = [Rigveda.] i, 112, 5.

— With sam sam, To satisfy, Chr. 297, 18 = [Rigveda.] i. 112, 18.

— Cf [Latin] avere and uti (an old denominat.).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Av (अव्).—avati [participle] uta favour, like, delight in ([accusative]), accept; further, protect, aid, comfort, satiate. [Causative] āvayati enjoy, eat, devour.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Av (अव्):—[class] 1. [Parasmaipada] avati (Imper. 2. sg. avatāt, [Ṛg-veda viii, 2, 3], p. avat; [imperfect tense] āvat, 2. sg. 1. āvaḥ [for 2. āvaḥ See √vṛ]; perf. 3. sg. āva, 2. [plural] āva, [Ṛg-veda viii, 7, 18], 2. sg. āvitha; [Aorist] avit, 2. sg. āvīs, avīs and aviṣas, Imper. aviṣṭu, 2. sg. aviḍḍhi [once, [Ṛg-veda ii, 17, 8]] or aviḍḍhi [six times in [Ṛg-veda]], 2. [dual number] aviṣṭam, 3. [dual number], 2. [plural] aviṣṭanā, [Ṛg-veda vii, 18, 25] Prec. 3. sg. avyās, [Infinitive mood] avitave, [Ṛg-veda vii, 33, 1]; [Vedic or Veda] [indeclinable participle] āvyā, [Ṛg-veda i, 166, 13])

—to drive, impel, animate (as a car or horse), [Ṛg-veda];

— [Vedic or Veda] to promote, favour, (chiefly [Vedic or Veda]) to satisfy, refresh;

—to offer (as a hymn to the gods), [Ṛg-veda iv, 44, 6];

—to lead or bring to ([dative case]: ūtaye, vāja-sātaye, kṣatrāya, svastaye), [Ṛg-veda];

— (said of the gods) to be pleased with, like, accept favourably (as sacrifices, prayers or hymns), [Ṛg-veda], (chiefly said of kings or princes)

—to guard, defend, protect, govern, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa; Raghuvaṃśa ix, 1; Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā] etc.:—[Causal] (only [imperfect tense] avayat, 2. sg. āvayas) to consume, devour, [Ṛg-veda; Atharva-veda; Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā; Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa]

2) cf. [Greek] ἀίω [Latin] aveo?.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Av (अव्):—avati 1. a. To keep; to please.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Av (अव्):—

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Av (अव्):—

1) [Z. 3] lies brahmannaviṣa . —

3) [Z. 2 lies 1, 166, 8. 13. Stenzler 1, 168, 8. 13.] —

5) beschützen, behüten [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka 27, 24.] avitāsmyaham [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 10, 66, 37.] ya idaṃ līlayā viśvaṃ sṛjatyavati hanti ca [57, 15. 74, 21.] sṛjatyattyavati [60, 2.] sṛjasyavasi lumyasi [11, 6, 8.] avitā vayaṃ cāsmāt geschützt vor [10, 14, 48.] beherrschen [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 69, 11.] — upa füge zustimmen, einstimmen hinzu.

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Av (अव्):—

5) prāṇānavati kiṃ naiva gṛhītaṃ vadane tṛṇam [Spr. (II) 3176.] — anu, füge bei [Ṛgveda 4, 52, 6. 10, 113, 1.] — sam vgl. samavana .

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Av (अव्):—avati —

1) in Gang bringen , antreiben. —

2) darbringen (ein Loblied). —

3) Jmd fördern , begünstigen , wohl wollen. —

4) laben , erquicken , sättigen. —

5) Jmd (Acc.) zu Etwas (Dat. Loc.) verhelfen. —

6) beschützen , behüten. —

7) beherrschen , regieren. —

8) Etwas gern haben , — annehmen. — Caus. verzehren. — Mit anu erfrischen , aufmuntern. — Mit abhi erquicken. — Mit ud —

1) in Gang bringen , antreiben. —

2) fördern , unterstützen. —

3) gnädig annehmen. —

4) lauern. — Mit upa —

1) liebkosen. —

2) erfrischen. —

3) zustimmen , einstimmen. — Mit pra —

1) in Gang bringen , antreiben. —

2) fördern , unterstützen. —

3) laben , erquicken. —

4) gern annehmen. — Mit saṃpra behülflich sein. — Mit sam —

1) zusammentreiben , feindlich an einander bringen. —

2) laben , erquicken.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

Av (in Sanskrit) can be associated with the following Chinese terms:

1) 能護 [néng hù]: “able to protect”..

Note: av can be alternatively written as: √av.

Source: DILA Glossaries: Sanskrit-Chinese-English (dictionary of Buddhism)

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

Hindi dictionary

Av in Hindi refers in English to:——a Sanskrit prefix denoting after, downwards, smallness or diminution, decay, determination, etc..—av (अव) is alternatively transliterated as Ava.

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

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Tamil dictionary

Av (அவ்) pronominal < அ. [a.] They, impersonal; அவை. [avai.] (தொல். சொல். [thol. sol.] 121.)

Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

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Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.

Nepali dictionary

Av is another spelling for अव [ava].—pref. 1. away; off; away from; 2. denotes; disrespect; dishonor; scarcity;

Source: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

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Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.

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