आयु
Sanskrit
noun
Definitions
- man, a living being
- mankind, human race
- son, descendant, offspring
- family, lineage
- a divine personification presiding over life
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hā́yu inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hā́yu inherited from Proto-Indo-European *h₂óyu (youthful vigor, vital force, long time, lifetime).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₂óyu
Gloss
youthful vigor, vital force, long time, lifetime
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- aevum English
- age English
- age-mate English
- ageable English
- ageful English
- agegraphic English
- ageism English
- ageist English
- ageistic English
- ageless English
- agelong English
- agemate English
- ageplay English
- ager English
- agest English
- ageth English
- agewise English
- agism English
- bottom-age English
- cyberage English
- deage English
- eon English
- eonic English
- longevous English
- midage English
- multiage English
- nonage English
- old age English
- overage English
- postage English
- preage English
- supereon English
- top-age English
- underage English
- aioni Finnish
- aeon Latin
- aetas Latin
- aevitas Latin
- aevum Latin
- aeōn Latin
- evo Italian
- Aión Spanish, Castilian
- evo Spanish, Castilian
- αἰολόπωλος Ancient Greek
- αἰόλος Ancient Greek
- αἰών Ancient Greek
- αἰώνιος Ancient Greek
- ἄν Ancient Greek
- ἑβδομάς Ancient Greek
- *h₂ey- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂eyu- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂yéwHō Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂óyu Proto-Indo-European
- *yuwn̥kós Proto-Indo-European
- *aiwaz Proto-Germanic
- アイオーン Japanese
- eon Polish
- a to feore Old English
- awiht Old English
- no Old English
- æfre Old English
- æg- Old English
- ā Old English
- आयुस् Sanskrit
- दिर्घायु Sanskrit
- दीर्घ Sanskrit
- age Middle English
- अर्धायु Hindi
- आयु Hindi
- ev Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- จิรายุ Thai
- อายุ Thai
- อายุวัฒนะ Thai
- αιώνας Greek (modern)
- dirgahayu Indonesian
- յաւէժ Old Armenian
- javë Albanian
- -āyuka Pali
- -อายุก Pali
- āyu Pali
- *Hā́yu Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *aiwom Proto-Italic
- អាយុ Central Khmer
- *Hā́yu Proto-Indo-Aryan
- ʼāyuḥ Old Khmer
- *walwólos Proto-Hellenic
- aivom Old Latin