असु

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

অসু (Assamese script)
ᬅᬲᬸ (Balinese script)
অসু (Bengali script)
𑰀𑰭𑰲 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀅𑀲𑀼 (Brahmi script)
အသု (Burmese script)
અસુ (Gujarati script)
ਅਸੁ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌅𑌸𑍁 (Grantha script)
ꦄꦱꦸ (Javanese script)
𑂃𑂮𑂳 (Kaithi script)
ಅಸು (Kannada script)
អសុ (Khmer script)
ອສຸ (Lao script)
അസു (Malayalam script)
ᠠᠰ᠌ᡠ (Manchu script)
𑘀𑘭𑘳 (Modi script)
ᠠᠰᠤ (Mongolian script)
𑦠𑧍𑧔 (Nandinagari script)
𑐀𑐳𑐸 (Newa script)
ଅସୁ (Odia script)
ꢂꢱꢸ (Saurashtra script)
𑆃𑆱𑆶 (Sharada script)
𑖀𑖭𑖲 (Siddham script)
අසු (Sinhalese script)
𑩐𑪁𑩒 (Soyombo script)
𑚀𑚨𑚰 (Takri script)
அஸு (Tamil script)
అసు (Telugu script)
อสุ (Thai script)
ཨ་སུ (Tibetan script)
𑒁𑒮𑒳 (Tirhuta script)
𑨀𑨰𑨃 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hásuṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hásuš, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁és-u-s ~ *h₁s-éw-s. The Sanskrit root is अस् (as, “to be”).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐ́.su/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɐ.s̪u/

Noun

असु॑ • (ásu) stem, m

breath, life

Declension

Masculine u-stem declension of असु॑
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	असुः॑ (ásuḥ)	असू॑ (ásū)	अस॑वः (ásavaḥ)
accusative	असु॑म् (ásum)	असू॑ (ásū)	असू॑न् (ásūn)
instrumental	असु॑ना (ásunā) अस्वा॑¹ (ásvā¹)	असु॑भ्याम् (ásubhyām)	असु॑भिः (ásubhiḥ)
dative	अस॑वे (ásave) अस्वे॑¹ (ásve¹)	असु॑भ्याम् (ásubhyām)	असु॑भ्यः (ásubhyaḥ)
ablative	असोः॑ (ásoḥ) अस्वः॑¹ (ásvaḥ¹)	असु॑भ्याम् (ásubhyām)	असु॑भ्यः (ásubhyaḥ)
genitive	असोः॑ (ásoḥ) अस्वः॑¹ (ásvaḥ¹)	अस्वोः॑ (ásvoḥ)	असू॑नाम् (ásūnām)
locative	असौ॑ (ásau)	अस्वोः॑ (ásvoḥ)	असु॑षु (ásuṣu)
vocative	असो॑ (áso)	असू॑ (ásū)	अस॑वः (ásavaḥ)

¹Vedic

References

Monier Williams (1899), “असु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 121, column 1.
Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992), Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 147
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “asu”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, pages 66-67