अश्विनी

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit अश्विनी (aśvinī).

Pronunciation
  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /əʃ.ʋɪ.niː/, [əʃ.ʋɪ.n̪iː]

Proper noun

अश्विनी • (aśvinī) f

  1. (Indian astronomy) Ashvini (a nakshatra or lunar mansion, i.e. a sector of the sky along the ecliptic, including the stars β and γ Arietis)

Declension
Declension of अश्विनी (sg-only fem ī-stem)
singular
direct अश्विनी
aśvinī
oblique अश्विनी
aśvinī
vocative अश्विनी
aśvinī

Sanskrit

Etymology

Feminine of अश्विन् (aśvín-, “Aśvin, owning horses”) +‎ -ई (-ī)

Proper noun

अश्विनी • (aśvinī)

  1. Aśvini wife and/or mother of the two w:Aśvins (goddess)
  2. Aries (constellation)

Descendants

Further reading
  • Monier Williams (1899), “अश्विनी”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 116/1.
  • Otto Böhtlingk; Richard Schmidt (1879-1928), “अश्विनी”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
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