रश्मि

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *raśmíṣ, form Proto-Indo-Iranian *raćmíš, from *rać- (“to bind, tie”), whence also रश्मन् (raśmán), रशना (raśanā́). Cognate with Middle Persian lsn' (rasan), Persian رسن‎ (rasan). Compare also Old Armenian առասան (aṙasan), an Iranian borrowing.

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɾɐɕ.mí/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɾɐɕ.mi/
• Hyphenation: रश्‧मि

रश्मि • (raśmí) m (rarely f)

1. rope, string, cord

   Synonyms: रज्जु (rájju), सूत्र (sū́tra)

2. rein, bridle, leash

   Synonym: वागा (vāgā)

3. whip, goad
4. measuring cord
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 8.25.18:

     परि यो रश्मिना दिवोऽन्तान्ममे पृथिव्याः ।
     उभे आ पप्रौ रोदसी महित्वा ॥

     pari yo raśminā divoʼntānmame pṛthivyāḥ .
     ubhe ā paprau rodasī mahitvā .

     He who hath measured with his ray the boundaries of heaven and earth,
     And with his majesty hath filled the two worlds full,

5. ray of light

• Dardic:
  • Shina: رش‎ (răš)
• Pali: raṁsi, rasmi
  • → Burmese: ရံသီ (ramsi)
  • → Thai: รังสี (rang-sǐi)
• Prakrit: 𑀭𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀺 (rassi)
  • Central:
    • Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀭𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀺 (rassi)
      • Hindustani: rās
        • Hindi: रास
        • Urdu: رَاس‎
  • Eastern:
    • Magadhi Prakrit:
      • Assamese: ৰছী (rosi)
      • Bengali: রশি (rośi)
      • Bihari:
        • Maithili: रास (rās)
      • Oriya: ରାସ (rasô)
  • Northern:
    • Khasa Prakrit:
      • Central Pahari:
        • Garhwali: रास (rās)
      • Eastern Pahari:
        • Nepali: रास (rās)
  • Northwestern:
    • Paisaci Prakrit:
      • Takka Apabhramsa:
        • Punjabi: rassī

          Gurmukhi script: ਰੱਸੀ

          Shahmukhi script: رَسَّی‎

          • Lahnda: رسہ‎ (rassā)
      • Vracada Apabhramsa:
        • Sindhi: rasi, rasī, raso, rāsī

          Arabic script: رَسِ‎, رَسِي‎, رَسو‎, رَاسِي‎

          Devanagari script: रसि, रसी, रसो, रासी

  • Southern:
    • Helu:
      • Dhivehi: ރެސް‎ (res)
      • Sinhalese: රැස (ræsa)
    • Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀭𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀺 (rassi)
      • Marathi: रस्सी (rassī)
  • Western:
    • Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀭𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀺 (rassi)
      • Gujarati: રાશ (rāś), રશ્રી (raśrī)

Borrowed terms

• → Khmer: រស្មី (rĕəʼsməy)
• → Thai: รัศมี (rát-sà-mǐi)

• Monier Williams (1899), “रश्मि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 869.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “raśmí”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
• Lubotsky, The System of Nominal Accentuation in Sanskrit and Proto-Indo-European