अशनि
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- অশনি (Assamese script)
- ᬅᬰᬦᬶ (Balinese script)
- অশনি (Bengali script)
- 𑰀𑰫𑰡𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀅𑀰𑀦𑀺 (Brahmi script)
- အၐနိ (Burmese script)
- અશનિ (Gujarati script)
- ਅਸ਼ਨਿ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌅𑌶𑌨𑌿 (Grantha script)
- ꦄꦯꦤꦶ (Javanese script)
- 𑂃𑂬𑂢𑂱 (Kaithi script)
- ಅಶನಿ (Kannada script)
- អឝនិ (Khmer script)
- ອຨນິ (Lao script)
- അശനി (Malayalam script)
- ᠠᡧᠠᠨᡳ (Manchu script)
- 𑘀𑘫𑘡𑘱 (Modi script)
- ᠠᠱᠠᠨᠢ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦠𑧋𑧁𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐀𑐱𑐣𑐶 (Newa script)
- ଅଶନି (Odia script)
- ꢂꢯꢥꢶ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆃𑆯𑆤𑆴 (Sharada script)
- 𑖀𑖫𑖡𑖰 (Siddham script)
- අශනි (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩐𑩿𑩯𑩑 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚀𑚧𑚝𑚮 (Takri script)
- அஶநி (Tamil script)
- అశని (Telugu script)
- อศนิ (Thai script)
- ཨ་ཤ་ནི (Tibetan script)
- 𑒁𑒬𑒢𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨀𑨮𑨝𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”). Compare Latin agna (“ear of wheat”), Lithuanian ašni̇̀s (“edge, blade”), Czech osina, Ancient Greek ἄκαινα (ákaina, “spike, prick”), ἄκανος (ákanos, “pine-thistle”), English awn.
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɐ.ɕɐ́.ni/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɐ.ɕɐ.n̪i/
Noun
अ॒शनि॑ • (aśáni) stem, f
- the thunderbolt, a flash of lightning
- the tip of a missile
- (astronomy) a subdivision of the phenomena called Ulkās
- a hailstone
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | अ॒शनिः॑ (aśániḥ) | अ॒शनी॑ (aśánī) | अ॒शन॑यः (aśánayaḥ) |
| accusative | अ॒शनि॑म् (aśánim) | अ॒शनी॑ (aśánī) | अ॒शनीः॑ (aśánīḥ) |
| instrumental | अ॒शन्या॑ (aśányā) अ॒शनी॑¹ (aśánī¹) |
अ॒शनि॑भ्याम् (aśánibhyām) | अ॒शनि॑भिः (aśánibhiḥ) |
| dative | अ॒शन॑ये (aśánaye) अ॒शन्यै॑² (aśányai²) अ॒शनी॑¹ (aśánī¹) |
अ॒शनि॑भ्याम् (aśánibhyām) | अ॒शनि॑भ्यः (aśánibhyaḥ) |
| ablative | अ॒शनेः॑ (aśáneḥ) अ॒शन्याः॑² (aśányāḥ²) अ॒शन्यै॑³ (aśányai³) |
अ॒शनि॑भ्याम् (aśánibhyām) | अ॒शनि॑भ्यः (aśánibhyaḥ) |
| genitive | अ॒शनेः॑ (aśáneḥ) अ॒शन्याः॑² (aśányāḥ²) अ॒शन्यै॑³ (aśányai³) |
अ॒शन्योः॑ (aśányoḥ) | अ॒शनी॑नाम् (aśánīnām) |
| locative | अ॒शनौ॑ (aśánau) अ॒शन्या॑म्² (aśányām²) अ॒शना॑¹ (aśánā¹) |
अ॒शन्योः॑ (aśányoḥ) | अ॒शनि॑षु (aśániṣu) |
| vocative | अश॑ने (áśane) | अश॑नी (áśanī) | अश॑नयः (áśanayaḥ) |
- ¹Vedic
- ²Later Sanskrit
- ³Brāhmaṇas
Descendants
- Pali: asani
- Punjabi:
- Shina:
- → Burushaski: ایر (ayar)
- → Bengali: অশনি (ośoni) (learned)
- → Hindi: अशनि (aśni) (learned)
- → Malayalam: അശനി (aśani)
- → Odia: ଅଶନି (aśani) (learned)
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “अशनि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 112, column 3.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992), “aśáni-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 136