अपाय

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

ᬅᬧᬵᬬ (Balinese script)
অপায় (Assamese script)
অপায় (Bengali script)
𑰀𑰢𑰯𑰧 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀅𑀧𑀸𑀬 (Brahmi script)
𑌅𑌪𑌾𑌯 (Grantha script)
અપાય (Gujarati script)
ਅਪਾਯ (Gurmukhi script)
ꦄꦥꦴꦪ (Javanese script)
អបាយ (Khmer script)
ಅಪಾಯ (Kannada script)
ອປາຍ (Lao script)
അപായ (Malayalam script)
𑘀𑘢𑘰𑘧 (Modi script)
ᠠᢒᠠᢗᠶ᠋ᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
ᠠᢒᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠶᠠ (Manchu script)
အပါယ (Burmese script)
𑦠𑧂𑧑𑧇 (Nandinagari script)
𑐀𑐥𑐵𑐫 (Newa script)
ଅପାଯ (Odia script)
ꢂꢦꢵꢫ (Saurashtra script)
𑆃𑆥𑆳𑆪 (Sharada script)
𑖀𑖢𑖯𑖧 (Siddham script)
අපාය (Sinhalese script)
அபாய (Tamil script)
అపాయ (Telugu script)
อปาย (Thai script)
ཨ་པཱ་ཡ (Tibetan script)
𑒁𑒣𑒰𑒨 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

From अपे (ape, “to go away”, root).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐ.pɑː.jɐ/
(Classical) IPA^(key): /ɐˈpɑː.jɐ/

Noun

अपाय • (apāya) stem, m

danger, risk
उपायं चिन्तयेत् प्राज्ञस्तथापायं च चिन्तयेत्।
upāyaṃ cintayet prājñastathāpāyaṃ ca cintayet.
The wise (man) must calculate the means and also the risk.
injury, loss
destruction

Declension

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Descendants

→ Kannada: ಅಪಾಯ (apāya)
→ Malayalam: അപായം (apāyaṁ)
→ Tamil: அபாயம் (apāyam)
→ Telugu: అపాయము (apāyamu)
→ Tocharian B: apāy

References

Monier Williams (1899), “अपाय”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0056.

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