आश्रय

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit आश्रय (āśraya).

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɑːʃ.ɾəj/, [äːʃ.ɾəj]

Noun

आश्रय • (āśray) m

shelter, refuge
उन्हें पड़ोसी के घर में आश्रय लेना पड़ा।
unhẽ paṛosī ke ghar mẽ āśray lenā paṛā.
He had to take shelter in his neighbour's home.

Synonym: शरण (śaraṇ)

Declension

Declension of आश्रय (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	आश्रय āśray	आश्रय āśray
oblique	आश्रय āśray	आश्रयों āśrayõ
vocative	आश्रय āśray	आश्रयो āśrayo

Further reading

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “आश्रय”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

ᬆᬰ᭄ᬭᬬ (Balinese script)
আশ্ৰয় (Assamese script)
আশ্রয় (Bengali script)
𑰁𑰫𑰿𑰨𑰧 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀆𑀰𑁆𑀭𑀬 (Brahmi script)
𑌆𑌶𑍍𑌰𑌯 (Grantha script)
આશ્રય (Gujarati script)
ਆਸ਼ੑਰਯ (Gurmukhi script)
ꦄꦴꦯꦿꦪ (Javanese script)
អាឝ្រយ (Khmer script)
ಆಶ್ರಯ (Kannada script)
ອາຨ຺ຣຍ (Lao script)
ആശ്രയ (Malayalam script)
𑘁𑘫𑘿𑘨𑘧 (Modi script)
ᠠᢗᠱᠷᠠᠶ᠋ᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
ᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡧᡵᠠᠶᠠ (Manchu script)
အာၐြယ (Burmese script)
𑦡𑧋𑧠𑧈𑧇 (Nandinagari script)
𑐁𑐱𑑂𑐬𑐫 (Newa script)
ଆଶ୍ରଯ (Oriya script)
ꢃꢯ꣄ꢬꢫ (Saurashtra script)
𑆄𑆯𑇀𑆫𑆪 (Sharada script)
𑖁𑖫𑖿𑖨𑖧 (Siddham script)
ආශ්රය (Sinhalese script)
ఆశ్రయ (Telugu script)
อาศฺรย (Thai script)
ཨཱ་ཤྲ་ཡ (Tibetan script)
𑒂𑒬𑓂𑒩𑒨 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

Synchronically analysable as आ (ā) +‎ श्रि (śri, root). For more on the verb root, see श्रयति (śrayati).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɑːɕ.ɾɐ.jɐ/
(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɑːɕ.ɾɐ.jɐ/

Noun

आश्रय • (āśraya) m

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Paisaci Prakrit:
- Punjabi: ਆਸਰਾ (āsarā)
→ Hindi: आश्रय (āśray)
→ Tocharian B: āśrai

Further reading

Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2023), “āśraya”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.

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