# आदित्य
## Hindi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit आदित्य (āditya).

### Noun

आदित्य • (āditya) m
* (Hinduism) Aditya, one of various deities, the sons of Aditi and Kashyapa
* (astronomy, rare) the sun
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:सूरज

#### Derived terms

* आदित्यवार (ādityavār)
* आदित्य-मंडल (āditya-maṇḍal)

### Proper noun

आदित्य • (āditya) m
* a male given name from Sanskrit

### References

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

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* আদিত্য (Assamese script)
* ᬆᬤᬶᬢ᭄ᬬ (Balinese script)
* আদিত্য (Bengali script)
* 𑰁𑰟𑰰𑰝𑰿𑰧 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀆𑀤𑀺𑀢𑁆𑀬 (Brahmi script)
* အာဒိတျ (Burmese script)
* આદિત્ય (Gujarati script)
* ਆਦਿਤ੍ਯ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌆𑌦𑌿𑌤𑍍𑌯 (Grantha script)
* ꦄꦴꦢꦶꦠꦾ (Javanese script)
* 𑂄𑂠𑂱𑂞𑂹𑂨 (Kaithi script)
* ಆದಿತ್ಯ (Kannada script)
* អាទិត្យ (Khmer script)
* ອາທິຕ຺ຍ (Lao script)
* ആദിത്യ (Malayalam script)
* ᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡩᡳᢠᠶᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘁𑘟𑘱𑘝𑘿𑘧 (Modi script)
* ᠠᢗᢑᠢᢐᠶ᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
* 𑦡𑦿𑧒𑦽𑧠𑧇 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐁𑐡𑐶𑐟𑑂𑐫 (Newa script)
* ଆଦିତ୍ଯ (Odia script)
* ꢃꢣꢶꢡ꣄ꢫ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆄𑆢𑆴𑆠𑇀𑆪 (Sharada script)
* 𑖁𑖟𑖰𑖝𑖿𑖧 (Siddham script)
* ආදිත්‍ය (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩐𑩛𑩭𑩑𑩫 𑪙𑩻 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚁𑚛𑚮𑚙𑚶𑚣 (Takri script)
* ஆதி³த்ய (Tamil script)
* ఆదిత్య (Telugu script)
* อาทิตฺย (Thai script)
* ཨཱ་དི་ཏྱ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒂𑒠𑒱𑒞𑓂𑒨 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨀𑨊𑨛𑨁𑨙𑩇𑨪 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

Vrddhi derivative of अदिति (áditi) with a -य (-ya) extension.

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /ɑː.dit.jɐ́/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ɑːˈd̪it̪.jɐ/

### Noun

आदित्य • (ādityá) stem, m
* (Vedic religion, Hinduism) one of the various deities of the heavenly sphere, described as the sons of Aditi and Kashyapa.
** c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 7.44.1:द॒धि॒क्रां वः॑ प्रथ॒मम॒श्विनो॒षस॑म॒ग्निं समि॑द्धं॒ भग॑मू॒तये॑ हुवे । इन्द्रं॒ विष्णुं॑ पू॒षणं॒ ब्रह्म॑ण॒स्पति॑म्आदि॒त्यान्द्यावा॑पृथि॒वी अ॒पः स्वः॑ ॥dadhikrā́ṃ vaḥ prathamámaśvínoṣásamagníṃ sámiddhaṃ bhágamūtáye huve. índraṃ víṣṇuṃ pūṣáṇaṃ bráhmaṇaspátimādityā́ndyā́vāpṛthivī́ apáḥ svàḥ.I call on Dadhikrās, the first, to give you aid, the Aśvins, Bhaga, Dawn, and the well kindled Agni, Indra, and Viṣṇu, Pūṣan, Brahmaṇaspati, Ādityas, Heaven and Earth, the Waters, and the Sun.
** c. 1200 BCE – 800 BCE, Kṛṣṇa-Yajurveda (Taittirīya Saṃhitā) I.5.3.3:लेकः सलेकः सुलेकस् ते न आदित्या आज्यं जुषाणा वियन्तु केतः सकेतः सुकेतस् ते न आदित्या आज्यं जुषाणा वियन्तु विवस्वाꣳ अदितिर् देवजूतिस् ते न आदित्या आज्यं जुषाणा वियन्तु ॥lekaḥ salekaḥ sulekas te na ādityā ājyaṃ juṣāṇā viyantu ketaḥ saketaḥ suketas te na ādityā ājyaṃ juṣāṇā viyantu vivasvāṃ aditir devajūtis te na ādityā ājyaṃ juṣāṇā viyantu.Leka, Saleka, Suleka, may these Adityas rejoicing partake of our oblation; Keta, Saketa, Suketa, may these Adityas rejoicing partake of our oblation; Vivasvan, Aditi, Devajuti, may these Adityas rejoicing partake of our oblation.

### Proper noun

आदित्य • (ādityá) stem, m
* (particularly) a name of Surya

### Adjective

आदित्य • (ādityá) stem
* belonging to or coming from Aditi

#### Descendants

* Pali: ādicca
* Prakrit: 𑀆𑀇𑀘𑁆𑀘 (āicca​)
** Bengali: আইচ (aic)
* → Bengali: আদিত্য (aditto)
* → Gujarati: આદિત્ય (āditya)
* → Hindi: आदित्य (āditya)
* → Kannada: ಆದಿತ್ಯ (āditya)
* → Khmer: អាទិត្យ (ʼaatɨt)
* → Lao: ອາທິດ (ʼā thit)
* → Malayalam: ആദിത്യ (āditya)
* → Marathi: आदित्य (āditya)
* → Old Javanese: āditya
* → Tamil: ஆதித்தியன் (ātittiyaṉ), ஆதித்தன் (ātittaṉ)
* → Thai: อาทิตย์ (aa-tít)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “आदित्य”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0137.