# अभ्यास
## Hindi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit अभ्यास (abhyāsa).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /əbʱ.jɑːs/, [ɐbʱ.jäːs]

### Noun

अभ्यास • (abhyās) m (Urdu spelling ابھیاس)
* practice, exercise
* habit
    Synonym: आदत (ādat)

#### Related terms

* अभ्यस्त (abhyast)

## Marathi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit अभ्यास (abhyāsa), through Old Marathi 𑘀𑘥𑘿𑘧𑘰𑘭 (abhyāsa).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /əbʱ.jas/

### Noun

अभ्यास • (abhyās) m
* study, exercise, practice

#### Derived terms

* अभ्यासक्रम (abhyāskram, “syllabus, curriculum”)
* अभ्यासिका (abhyāsikā, “study room”)
* अभ्यासू (abhyāsū, “studious”)

### References

* Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “अभ्यास”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
* Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “अभ्यास”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
* Shankar Gopal Tulpule, Anne Feldhaus (1999) “अभ्यास”, in A Dictionary of Old Marathi, Mumbai: Popular Prakashan

## Old Gujarati
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit अभ्यास (abhyāsa).

### Noun

अभ्यास • (abhyāsa) m
* instruction, study

#### Descendants

* Gujarati: અભ્યાસ (abhyās)

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* অভ্যাস (Assamese script)
* ᬅᬪ᭄ᬬᬵᬲ (Balinese script)
* অভ্যাস (Bengali script)
* 𑰀𑰥𑰿𑰧𑰯𑰭 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀅𑀪𑁆𑀬𑀸𑀲 (Brahmi script)
* အဘျာသ (Burmese script)
* અભ્યાસ (Gujarati script)
* ਅਭ੍ਯਾਸ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌅𑌭𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌸 (Grantha script)
* ꦄꦨꦾꦴꦱ (Javanese script)
* 𑂃𑂦𑂹𑂨𑂰𑂮 (Kaithi script)
* ಅಭ್ಯಾಸ (Kannada script)
* អភ្យាស (Khmer script)
* ອຠ຺ຍາສ (Lao script)
* അഭ്യാസ (Malayalam script)
* ᠠᢨᠶᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠰ᠌ᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘀𑘥𑘿𑘧𑘰𑘭 (Modi script)
* ᠠᠪᠾᠶ᠋ᠠᢗᠰᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑦠𑧅𑧠𑧇𑧑𑧍 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐀𑐨𑑂𑐫𑐵𑐳 (Newa script)
* ଅଭ୍ଯାସ (Odia script)
* ꢂꢩ꣄ꢫꢵꢱ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆃𑆨𑇀𑆪𑆳𑆱 (Sharada script)
* 𑖀𑖥𑖿𑖧𑖯𑖭 (Siddham script)
* අභ්‍යාස (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩐𑩳 𑪙𑩻𑩛𑪁 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚀𑚡𑚶𑚣𑚭𑚨 (Takri script)
* அப்⁴யாஸ (Tamil script)
* అభ్యాస (Telugu script)
* อภฺยาส (Thai script)
* ཨ་བྷྱཱ་ས (Tibetan script)
* 𑒁𑒦𑓂𑒨𑒰𑒮 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨀𑨡𑩇𑨪𑨊𑨰 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /ɐbʱ.jɑː.sɐ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ɐbʱ.jɑː.s̪ɐ/

### Etymology 1

See अभ्याश (abhyāśa).

#### Noun

अभ्यास • (abhyāsa) stem, m
* Alternative form of अभ्याश (abhyāśa, “reaching to, pervading”)

##### Declension

* ¹Vedic

### Etymology 2

From the root अभ्यस् (abhyas, “to concentrate on, repeat, practice”).

#### Noun

अभ्यास • (abhyāsa) stem, m
* the act of adding anything
* (grammar) "what is prefixed", the first syllable of a reduplicated radical
* reduplication
* repetition
* (poetry) repetition of the last verse of a stanza or of the last word of a chapter
* (arithmetic) multiplication
* repeated or permanent exercise, discipline, use, habit, custom
* repeated reading, study
* military practice
* (in later Vedanta philosophy) inculcation of a truth conveyed in sacred writings by means of repeating the same word or the same passage
* (in Yoga philosophy) the effort of the mind to remain in its unmodified condition of purity (sattva)

##### Descendants

* → Hindi: अभ्यास (abhyās)
* → Kannada: ಅಭ್ಯಾಸ (abhyāsa)
* → Old Javanese: abhyāsa, bhyāsa, byasa
** >? Javanese: ꦧꦶꦱ (bisa)
** → Malay: بياسا (biasa)
*** > Indonesian: biasa (inherited)
* → Old Marathi: 𑘀𑘥𑘿𑘧𑘰𑘭 (abhyāsa)
** → Marathi: अभ्यास (abhyās)
* → Tamil: அப்பியாசம் (appiyācam)
* → Telugu: అభ్యాసము (abhyāsamu)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “अभ्यास”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 76/3, 77/1, 77/3.