अश्विनी

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit अश्विनी (aśvinī).

Pronunciation

(Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /əʃ.ʋɪ.niː/, [ɐʃ.ʋɪ.niː]

Proper noun

अश्विनी • (aśvinī) f

(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

References

Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “अश्विनी”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. “Sea of Hindi words”] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 368
McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “अश्विनी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 66

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

অশ্বিনী (Assamese script)
ᬅᬰ᭄ᬯᬶᬦᬷ (Balinese script)
অশ্বিনী (Bengali script)
𑰀𑰫𑰿𑰪𑰰𑰡𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀅𑀰𑁆𑀯𑀺𑀦𑀻 (Brahmi script)
အၐွိနီ (Burmese script)
અશ્વિની (Gujarati script)
ਅਸ਼੍ਵਿਨੀ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌅𑌶𑍍𑌵𑌿𑌨𑍀 (Grantha script)
ꦄꦯ꧀ꦮꦶꦤꦷ (Javanese script)
𑂃𑂬𑂹𑂫𑂱𑂢𑂲 (Kaithi script)
ಅಶ್ವಿನೀ (Kannada script)
អឝ្វិនី (Khmer script)
ອຨ຺ວິນີ (Lao script)
അശ്വിനീ (Malayalam script)
ᠠᡧᠣᠸᡳᠨᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
𑘀𑘫𑘿𑘪𑘱𑘡𑘲 (Modi script)
ᠠᠱᠸᠢᠨᠢᠢ (Mongolian script)
𑦠𑧋𑧠𑧊𑧒𑧁𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
𑐀𑐱𑑂𑐰𑐶𑐣𑐷 (Newa script)
ଅଶ୍ଵିନୀ (Odia script)
ꢂꢯ꣄ꢮꢶꢥꢷ (Saurashtra script)
𑆃𑆯𑇀𑆮𑆴𑆤𑆵 (Sharada script)
𑖀𑖫𑖿𑖪𑖰𑖡𑖱 (Siddham script)
අශ‍්විනී (Sinhalese script)
𑩐𑩿 𑪙𑩾𑩑𑩯𑩑𑩛 (Soyombo script)
𑚀𑚧𑚶𑚦𑚮𑚝𑚯 (Takri script)
அஶ்விநீ (Tamil script)
అశ్వినీ (Telugu script)
อศฺวินี (Thai script)
ཨ་ཤྭི་ནཱི (Tibetan script)
𑒁𑒬𑓂𑒫𑒱𑒢𑒲 (Tirhuta script)
𑨀𑨮𑩇𑨭𑨁𑨝𑨁𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Feminine of अश्विन् (aśvín).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐɕ.ʋí.niː/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɐɕ.ʋi.n̪iː/

Proper noun

अ॒श्विनी॑ • (aśvínī) stem, f

(Vedic 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

Feminine ī-stem declension of अ॒श्विनी॑
	singular
nominative	अ॒श्विनी॑ (aśvínī)
accusative	अ॒श्विनी॑म् (aśvínīm)
instrumental	अ॒श्विन्या॑ (aśvínyā)
dative	अ॒श्विन्यै॑ (aśvínyai)
ablative	अ॒श्विन्याः॑ (aśvínyāḥ) अ॒श्विन्यै॑¹ (aśvínyai¹)
genitive	अ॒श्विन्याः॑ (aśvínyāḥ) अ॒श्विन्यै॑¹ (aśvínyai¹)
locative	अ॒श्विन्या॑म् (aśvínyām)
vocative	अश्वि॑नि (áśvini)

¹Brāhmaṇas

Descendants

→ Bengali: অশ্বিনী (ośśini)
→ Hindi: अश्विनी (aśvinī)
→ Thai: อัศวินี (àt-sà-wí-nii)
→ Tocharian B: Aśviṇi

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