Amavasya
Amavasya proper noun: a new moon in the Hindu calendar.
Proper noun
Amavasya
Amavasya meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Bengali and Telugu
Amavasya in Hindi
- a new moon
- अमावस्या amāvasyā
Amavasya in Marathi
- the Amavasya or new moon day marking the end of Ashadha and traditionally observed as the last day before Shravana, after which foods such as meat and alcohol are abstained from during the month
- गटारी gaṭārī
- Amavasya
- अमावस्या amāvasyā
Amavasya in Bengali
- a new moon
- অমাবস্যা omabosśa
Amavasya in Telugu
- a new moon
- అమావాస్య amāvāsya
More languagesFewer languages
- Amavasya in Gujarati
- અમાવસ amāvas
- Amavasya in Sanskrit
- अमावस्या amāvasyā
Origin of Amavasya
From Sanskrit अमावस्या (amāvasyā, “day of the new moon”).
Questions about Amavasya
- What does Amavasya mean?
- Amavasya means a new moon in the Hindu calendar.
- What is Amavasya in Hindi?
- Amavasya in Hindi is अमावस्या (amāvasyā). See Amavasya meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Amavasya?
- Amavasya is a proper noun.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: Amavasya (page history and authors); अमावस्या (Marathi) (page history and authors); અમાવસ (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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