av

av

1. (international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Avar.

av

1. Abbreviation of average.
2. Abbreviation of audiovisual.

av

1. Abbreviation of ad valorem.

av (countable and uncountable, plural avs)

1. Abbreviation of avenue.
2. Abbreviation of avoirdupois.
3. Abbreviation of antivirus.
4. Abbreviation of aviation.

• avgas

av

1. (text messaging) have

   av u got d@? — have you got that?

• “av”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, →ISBN.
• “av”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

• V/A, VA, Va, Va., v. a.

av

1. Abbreviation of audiovisuel.

• av-materiale n
• av-middel n
• av-udstyr n

av

1. ouch (expression of one's own physical pain)

From Old Norse af, from Proto-Germanic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European *apó/*h₂epó.

av (+ dative)

1. by, from, off, of, on account of

• (antonym(s) of “from”): á

av

1. Abbreviation of alustava varaus (“initial reservation, provisional reservation”).

av

1. (in compounds) Abbreviation of audiovisuaalinen (“audiovisual”).

• -va

• Audio:

  (file)

av f

1. Alternative form of av.

Derived from English have.

av

1. has, have
   • 2023, Yuunivorshal Deklarieshan a Yuuman Raits, United Nations, Aatikl 17:

     Evribadi av di rait fi uon prapati bai demself […]

     Everyone has the right to own property alone […]

• av at majstro.com

From Proto-Turkic *āg.

av

1. net

• N. A. Baskakov, S.M. Šapšala, editor (1973), “av”, in Karaimsko-Russko-Polʹskij Slovarʹ [Karaim-Russian-Polish Dictionary], Moscow: Moskva, →ISBN

From Proto-Iranian *Hā́fš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hā́ps, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep-. Compare Persian آب (âb), Baluchi آپ (áp), Bakhtiari او (aw), Pashto اوبه, Avestan 𐬀𐬞 (ap), Sanskrit अप् (áp).

• IPA^(key): /ɑːv/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: av

av f (Arabic spelling ئاڤ)

1. water
2. stream, river

   Synonyms: çem, ro, rûbar, şet

• Chyet, Michael L. (2020) “asêgeh”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 1), volume 1, London: Transnational Press, page 14

From Old Norse af (“of, from, off, by”), from Proto-Germanic *ab (“away from”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (“off, away”).

• IPA^(key): /ɑːʋ/, /ɑː/

av

1. off (not operating)

   å slå av

   to turn off

2. off (so as to be removed or separated)

   å bite av

   to bite off

3. (colloquial) onwards

   fra barndom av

   from childhood on

4. of

   bli av med

   get rid of

5. now

   av og til

   now and then

av

1. from
2. by (in construction of the passive tense)

   Huset ble malt av ham.

   The house was painted by him.

3. of
4. for
5. in, out of
6. on

   Avhengig av.

   Dependent on.

From Old Norse af. Akin to English of and English off.

• IPA^(key): /ɑːʋ/

av

1. off; not operating

   Slå av ljoset.

   Turn the lights off.

2. from
3. of

av

1. of

   Det er laga av bly.

   It is made of lead.

2. by (in construction of the passive voice)

   Huset vart måla av honom.

   The house was painted by him.

3. from

   Eg lånte ei bok av han.

   I borrowed a book from him.

4. for
5. in, out of
6. on

   Avhenging av.

   Dependent on.

• “av” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

av

1. Abbreviation of avenida.

• af (obsolete since 1906)

From Old Norse af, from Proto-Germanic *ab.

• IPA^(key): /ɑːv/

  • Audio:

    (file)

• (dated, dialectal) IPA^(key): /oːv/, /oː/

av

1. from

   Jag fick den av Tomas.

   I got it from Tomas. (Tomas gave it to me.)

2. by (in construction of the passive voice).

   Huset målades av honom.

   The house was painted by him.

3. of; denoting the material of which something is made

   Bordet är av trä.

   The table is (made) of wood.

4. of; denoting a part

   En av dem sjunger.

   One of them is singing.

av (absolute, never inflected, only in predicative position)

1. abbreviation of avstängd (shut down, turned off)

   Radion är av.

   The radio receiver is turned off.

2. broken, off; which has snapped off

   Käppen är av.

   The cane is broken.

av (not comparable)

1. (verb particle) denoting something which stops, ceases, or breaks off
2. (verb particle) denoting something which is moved from an original place, or originates somewhere
3. (verb particle) denoting an action of copying, or creation of something similar to an existing template

• (stop, break): avbryta, avutrota, gå av, lägga av, stänga av
• (move): gå av, lasta av
• (copying): rita av, skriva av

• av in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• av in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• av in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• va

av (Cyrillic ав)

1. cloud

• Pirejko, L. A. (1976) “ав”, in Talyšsko-russkij slovarʹ [Talysh–Russian Dictionary], Moscow: Russkij jazyk, page 20

From Ottoman Turkish آو (av), from Proto-Turkic *āb (“hunt, chase”).

• IPA^(key): /aβ/

av (definite accusative avı, plural avlar)

1. hunting
2. hunt
3. prey

av

1. Alternative form of ov (“of”)

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 22