अवसर

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit अवसर (avasara).

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /əʋ.səɾ/, [ɐʋ.sɐɾ]

Noun

अवसर • (avsar) m (Urdu spelling اوسر)

opportunity, chance
Synonym: मौक़ा (mauqā)

इस शुभ अवसर पर... ― is śubh avsar par... ― On this auspicious occasion...

Declension

Declension of अवसर (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	अवसर avsar	अवसर avsar
oblique	अवसर avsar	अवसरों avsarõ
vocative	अवसर avsar	अवसरो avsaro

Old Gujarati

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit अवसर (avasara).

Noun

अवसर • (avasara) m

opportunity, occasion

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

অৱসৰ (Assamese script)
ᬅᬯᬲᬭ (Balinese script)
অবসর (Bengali script)
𑰀𑰪𑰭𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀅𑀯𑀲𑀭 (Brahmi script)
အဝသရ (Burmese script)
અવસર (Gujarati script)
ਅਵਸਰ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌅𑌵𑌸𑌰 (Grantha script)
ꦄꦮꦱꦫ (Javanese script)
𑂃𑂫𑂮𑂩 (Kaithi script)
ಅವಸರ (Kannada script)
អវសរ (Khmer script)
ອວສຣ (Lao script)
അവസര (Malayalam script)
ᠠᠸᠠᠰ᠌ᠠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘀𑘪𑘭𑘨 (Modi script)
ᠠᠸᠠᠰᠠᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
𑦠𑧊𑧍𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
𑐀𑐰𑐳𑐬 (Newa script)
ଅଵସର (Odia script)
ꢂꢮꢱꢬ (Saurashtra script)
𑆃𑆮𑆱𑆫 (Sharada script)
𑖀𑖪𑖭𑖨 (Siddham script)
අවසර (Sinhalese script)
𑩐𑩾𑪁𑩼 (Soyombo script)
𑚀𑚦𑚨𑚤 (Takri script)
அவஸர (Tamil script)
అవసర (Telugu script)
อวสร (Thai script)
ཨ་ཝ་ས་ར (Tibetan script)
𑒁𑒫𑒮𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
𑨀𑨭𑨰𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

अव- (ava-) +‎ सर (sara), the latter from the root सृ (sṛ, “to spring, flow”).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐ.ʋɐ.sɐ.ɾɐ/
(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɐ.ʋɐ.s̪ɐ.ɾɐ/

Noun

अवसर • (avasara) stem, m

"descent (of water)", rain
occasion, moment, favorable opportunity
seasonableness, appropriate place for anything
anyone's turn
leisure, advantageous situation

References

Monier Williams (1899) “अवसर”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 105/1.

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