Av: 11 definitions
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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].
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.
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,
— With the prep. pra pra, To help.
— With sam sam, To satisfy,
— Cf [Latin] avere and uti (an old denominat.).
Av (अव्).—avati [participle] uta favour, like, delight in ([accusative]), accept; further, protect, aid, comfort, satiate. [Causative] āvayati enjoy, eat, devour.
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?.
Av (अव्):—avati 1. a. To keep; to please.
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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.
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Tamil dictionary
Av (அவ்) pronominal < அ. [a.] They, impersonal; அவை. [avai.] (தொல். சொல். [thol. sol.] 121.)
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;
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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