अश्व
See also: अश्वा
Hindi
अश्व
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /əʃ.ʋᵊ/
Noun
अश्व • (aśva) m (Urdu spelling اشو)
Declension
Declension of अश्व (masc cons-stem)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | अश्व aśva |
अश्व aśva |
| oblique | अश्व aśva |
अश्वों aśvõ |
| vocative | अश्व aśva |
अश्वो aśvo |
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ᬅᬰ᭄ᬯ (Balinese script)
- অশ্ব (Assamese script)
- অশ্ব (Bengali script)
- 𑰀𑰫𑰿𑰪 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀅𑀰𑁆𑀯 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌅𑌶𑍍𑌵 (Grantha script)
- અશ્વ (Gujarati script)
- ਅਸ਼ੑਵ (Gurmukhi script)
- ꦄꦯ꧀ꦮ (Javanese script)
- អឝ្វ (Khmer script)
- ಅಶ್ವ (Kannada script)
- ອຨ຺ວ (Lao script)
- അശ്വ (Malayalam script)
- 𑘀𑘫𑘿𑘪 (Modi script)
- ᠠᠱᢦ (Mongolian script)
- ᠠᡧᠣᠸᠠ (Manchu script)
- အၐွ (Burmese script)
- 𑦠𑧋𑧠𑧊 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐀𑐱𑑂𑐰 (Newa script)
- ଅଶ୍ଵ (Oriya script)
- ꢂꢯ꣄ꢮ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆃𑆯𑇀𑆮 (Sharada script)
- 𑖀𑖫𑖿𑖪 (Siddham script)
- අශ්ව (Sinhalese script)
- అశ్వ (Telugu script)
- อศฺว (Thai script)
- ཨ་ཤྭ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒁𑒬𑓂𑒫 (Tirhuta script)
Etymology
| PIE word |
|---|
| *h₁éḱwos |
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *Háśwas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Háćwas (“horse”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁éḱwos (“horse”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬀𐬯𐬞𐬀 (aspa), Old Persian 𐎠𐎿 (a-s /asa/), Lithuanian ašva, Ancient Greek ἵππος (híppos) Latin equus, Old English eoh.
Noun
अश्व • (áśva) m
- horse, stallion
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 4.57.1:
- क्षेत्रस्य पतिना वयं हितेनेव जयामसि ।
गाम्अश्वं पोषयित्न्वा स नो मृळातीदृशे ॥- kṣetrasya patinā vayaṃ hiteneva jayāmasi .
gāmaśvaṃ poṣayitnvā sa no mṛḷātīdṛśe . - Through the Master of the Field we obtain what nourishes our cow and horse, as if through a friend.
In such may he be good to us.
- kṣetrasya patinā vayaṃ hiteneva jayāmasi .
- क्षेत्रस्य पतिना वयं हितेनेव जयामसि ।
- (chess) knight
- the number "seven" (that being the number of the horses of the sun)
- Sagittarius
Declension
| Masculine a-stem declension of अश्व (áśva) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | अश्वः áśvaḥ |
अश्वौ áśvau |
अश्वाः / अश्वासः¹ áśvāḥ / áśvāsaḥ¹ |
| Vocative | अश्व áśva |
अश्वौ áśvau |
अश्वाः / अश्वासः¹ áśvāḥ / áśvāsaḥ¹ |
| Accusative | अश्वम् áśvam |
अश्वौ áśvau |
अश्वान् áśvān |
| Instrumental | अश्वेन áśvena |
अश्वाभ्याम् áśvābhyām |
अश्वैः / अश्वेभिः¹ áśvaiḥ / áśvebhiḥ¹ |
| Dative | अश्वाय áśvāya |
अश्वाभ्याम् áśvābhyām |
अश्वेभ्यः áśvebhyaḥ |
| Ablative | अश्वात् áśvāt |
अश्वाभ्याम् áśvābhyām |
अश्वेभ्यः áśvebhyaḥ |
| Genitive | अश्वस्य áśvasya |
अश्वयोः áśvayoḥ |
अश्वानाम् áśvānām |
| Locative | अश्वे áśve |
अश्वयोः áśvayoḥ |
अश्वेषु áśveṣu |
| Notes |
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Derived terms
- अश्वक (aśvaká)
- अश्वति (aśvati)
- अश्वत्थामन् (aśvatthāman)
- अश्वत्थ (aśvattha)
- अश्वमेध (aśvamedhá)
- अश्वश्चन्द्र (áśvaścandra)
- स्वश्व (sv-áśva)
Descendants
Borrowed terms
References
- “अ॑श्व” in Carl Cappeller, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary: Based upon the St. Petersburg Lexicons, Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, 1891, →OCLC, page 51, column 2.
- Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893), “अश्व”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, page 033
- Monier Williams (1899), “अश्व”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0114, column 3.
- Horace Hayman Wilson, A dictionary in Sanscrit and English, 2nd ed., Calcutta: Education Press, Circular Road, 1832, page 090
- Alexander Lubotsky, A Rgvedic Word Concordance, American Oriental Society, 1997, lemma áśva
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