# अमरावती
## Hindi
### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /əm.ɾɑː.ʋə.t̪iː/, [ɐ̃m.ɾäː.ʋɐ.t̪iː]

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Marathi अमरावती (amrāvtī), from an earlier उमरावती (umrāvtī), from Maharastri Prakrit 𑀉𑀁𑀩𑀭𑀸𑀯𑀢𑀻 (uṃbarāvatī), from Sanskrit उदुम्बरावती (udumbarāvatī), औदुम्बरावती (audumbarāvatī). Influenced by अमरावती (amarāvatī, “abode of immortals”).

#### Proper noun

अमरावती • (amrāvatī) f (Urdu spelling امراوتی)
* Amravati, Oomrawutty (a city in Vidarbha, Maharashtra, India)

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Sanskrit अमरावती (amarāvatī) and Telugu అమరావతి (amarāvati).

#### Proper noun

अमरावती • (amrāvatī) f (Urdu spelling امراوتی)
* (Hinduism) name of the capital city of Indra
* Amaravati, Amaravathi (a city, the state capital of Andhra Pradesh, India)
* name of a historic Buddhist town in Andhra Pradesh
* Amaravati (an ancient kingdom in Champa, Vietnam)

##### Declension
### References

* Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “अमरावती”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
* Hardev Bahri (2013) “अमरावती”, in राजपाल हिंदी शब्दकोश [rājpāl hindī śabdakoś, Rajpal Hindi Dictionary], Rajpal and Sons, →ISBN

## Marathi
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /əm.ɾa.ʋə.t̪i/, [əm.ɾa.ʋə.t̪iː]
* Audio:(file)

### Etymology 1

From an earlier उमरावती (umrāvtī), from Maharastri Prakrit 𑀉𑀁𑀩𑀭𑀸𑀯𑀢𑀻 (uṃbarāvatī), from Sanskrit उदुम्बरावती (udumbarāvatī), औदुम्बरावती (audumbarāvatī). Influenced by अमरावती (amarāvatī, “abode of immortals”).

#### Proper noun

अमरावती • (amrāvatī) f
* Amravati, Oomrawutty (a city in Vidarbha, Maharashtra, India)

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Sanskrit अमरावती (amarāvatī) and Telugu అమరావతి (amarāvati).

#### Proper noun

अमरावती • (amrāvatī) f
* (Hinduism) Name of the capital city of Indra
* Amaravati, Amaravathi (a city, the state capital of Andhra Pradesh, India)
* Name of a historic Buddhist town in Andhra Pradesh

### References

* ↑ दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “अमरावती”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).
* ↑ Kranti P. Sawarkar (2005) Potential For Tourism Development In Vidarbha Region (Maharashtra)‎, Jhansi: Bundelkhand University, page 114
* ↑ Sir Richard Francis Burton, transl., Pradeep Thakur, Isabel Burton, editors (2012), Vikram & the Vampire (Improvised Edition)‎, Ludhiana: Pradeep Thakur & Sons, page Glossary iii
* Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “अमरावती”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* অমৰাৱতী (Assamese script)
* ᬅᬫᬭᬵᬯᬢᬷ (Balinese script)
* অমরাবতী (Bengali script)
* 𑰀𑰦𑰨𑰯𑰪𑰝𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀅𑀫𑀭𑀸𑀯𑀢𑀻 (Brahmi script)
* အမရာဝတီ (Burmese script)
* અમરાવતી (Gujarati script)
* ਅਮਰਾਵਤੀ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌅𑌮𑌰𑌾𑌵𑌤𑍀 (Grantha script)
* ꦄꦩꦫꦴꦮꦠꦷ (Javanese script)
* 𑂃𑂧𑂩𑂰𑂫𑂞𑂲 (Kaithi script)
* ಅಮರಾವತೀ (Kannada script)
* អមរាវតី (Khmer script)
* ອມຣາວຕີ (Lao script)
* അമരാവതീ (Malayalam script)
* ᠠᠮᠠᡵᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠸᠠᢠᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
* 𑘀𑘦𑘨𑘰𑘪𑘝𑘲 (Modi script)
* ᠠᠮᠠᠷᠠᢗᠸᠠᢐᠢᠢ (Mongolian script)
* 𑦠𑧆𑧈𑧑𑧊𑦽𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐀𑐩𑐬𑐵𑐰𑐟𑐷 (Newa script)
* ଅମରାଵତୀ (Odia script)
* ꢂꢪꢬꢵꢮꢡꢷ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆃𑆩𑆫𑆳𑆮𑆠𑆵 (Sharada script)
* 𑖀𑖦𑖨𑖯𑖪𑖝𑖱 (Siddham script)
* අමරාවතී (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩐𑩴𑩼𑩛𑩾𑩫𑩑𑩛 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚀𑚢𑚤𑚭𑚦𑚙𑚯 (Takri script)
* அமராவதீ (Tamil script)
* అమరావతీ (Telugu script)
* อมราวตี (Thai script)
* ཨ་མ་རཱ་ཝ་ཏཱི (Tibetan script)
* 𑒁𑒧𑒩𑒰𑒫𑒞𑒲 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨀𑨢𑨫𑨊𑨭𑨙𑨁𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

Compound of अमरा (amarā, “immortals”) +‎ -वती (-vatī, “-ful”).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ɐ.mɐˈɾɑː.ʋɐ.t̪iː/

### Noun

अमरावती • (amarāvatī) stem, f
* name of a town in Berar

#### Declension
### Proper noun

अमरावती • (amarāvatī) stem, f
* (Hinduism) Amarāvatī, "city of immortals", the capital of Svarga
    Synonyms: देवपुर (devapura), पूषाभासा (pūṣābhāsā)

#### Descendants

* Old Gujarati: अमरावइ (amarāvaï)
* → Bengali: অমরাবতী (omraboti)
* → Gujarati: અમરાવતી (amarāvtī)
* → Hindi: अमरावती (amrāvtī)
* → Kannada: ಅಮರಾವತಿ (amarāvati)
* → Malayalam: അമരാവതി (amarāvati)
* → Marathi: अमरावती (amrāvtī)
* → Punjabi: ਅਮਰਾਵਤੀ (amarāvtī) / امراوتی
* → Tamil: அமராவதி (amarāvati)
* → Telugu: అమరావతి (amarāvati)
* → Thai: อมราวดี

### References

* “अमरावती” in Carl Cappeller, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary: Based upon the St. Petersburg Lexicons, Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, 1891, →OCLC, page 37, column 2.
* Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “अमरावती”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, page 025
* Monier Williams (1899) “Amarā-vatī”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 80, column 3.
* Horace Hayman Wilson, A dictionary in Sanscrit and English, 2nd ed., Calcutta: Education Press, Circular Road, 1832, page 060