आवी

{ āvī }

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

आवी  f.  a f. pl. ( यस्) pangs of childbirth, [Suśr.]
आ-√ वी  f.  b P. -वे॑ति (but also -व॑यति, [Nigh. ii, 8]; pf. -विवाय, &c.)

to undertake;

to hasten near, approach, [RV.];

to grasp, seize, [AitUp.];

to drive on or near, [RV.] :

Intens. ( Pot. 3. pl. आ॑-ववीरन्, [TS. iii, 2, 9, 5]) to tremble, be agitated;

(for the noun आवी See आवि, and for आवी f. See आव्य.)

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आ √ वी

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

आवी [āvī]  f. f. [अवीरेव स्वार्थे अण्]
A woman in her courses.
A pregnant woman.
The pangs of child-birth.

Shabda-Sagara

आवी  f.  ( -वी) Pain of child-birth.