व्यय

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit व्यय (vyaya).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /ʋjəj/, [ʋjɐj]

Noun

व्यय • (vyay) m

  1. expenditure, spending
    Synonyms: ख़र्च (xarc), ख़र्चा (xarcā)
    इस धन का उचित व्यय होना चाहिए।
    is dhan kā ucit vyay honā cāhie.
    This money must be spent properly.
    आय-व्ययāy-vyayincome and expenditure

Declension

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Etymology

From वि- (vi-) + अय् (ay, to go) + -अ (-a).

Noun

व्यय • (vyaya) stem, m

  1. (ifc. f( आ).) disappearance, decay, ruin, loss
  2. spending, expense, outlay, disbursement (opp. to आय, ‘income’, and often with कोशस्य, वित्तस्य, धनस्य &c. ; without a gen. = ‘extravagance, waste, prodigality’ ; with loc. or ifc. = ‘outlay for or in’)
  3. cost, sacrifice of (gen. or comp. ; व्ययेन ifc. = ‘at the cost of’)
  4. wealth, money
  5. (grammar) inflection, declension
  6. name of the 20th (or 54th) year of Jupiter's cycle of a serpent-demon

Descendants

References

  1. Salmon Claudine. Malay (and Javanese) Loan-words in Chinese as a Mirror of Cultural Exchanges. In: Archipel, volume 78, 2009. pp. 181-208
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