अश्

अश्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ᬅᬰ᭄ (Balinese script)
• অশ্ (Assamese script)
• অশ্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰀𑰫𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀅𑀰𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• 𑌅𑌶𑍍 (Grantha script)
• અશ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਅਸ਼ੑ (Gurmukhi script)
• ꦄꦯ꧀ (Javanese script)
• អឝ៑ (Khmer script)
• ಅಶ್ (Kannada script)
• ອຨ຺ (Lao script)
• അശ് (Malayalam script)
• 𑘀𑘫𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠠᠱ (Mongolian script)
• ᠠᡧ (Manchu script)
• အၐ် (Burmese script)
• 𑦠𑧋𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐀𑐱𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଅଶ୍ (Oriya script)
• ꢂꢯ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆃𑆯𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖀𑖫𑖿 (Siddham script)
• අශ් (Sinhalese script)
• అశ్ (Telugu script)
• อศฺ (Thai script)
• ཨ་ཤ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒁𑒬𑓂 (Tirhuta script)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐɕ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ɐɕ/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂neḱ- (“to reach, attain”). Cognate with English enough.

Root

अश् • (aś)

1. to reach, obtain, come to, arrive at
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 01.154.05

     tád asya priyám abhí pā́tho aśyāṃ
     náro yátra devayávo mádanti
     urukramásya sá hí bándhur itthā
     víṣṇoḥ padé paramé mádhva útsaḥ

     Might I reach that dear cattle-pen of his, where men seeking the gods find elation, for exactly that is the bond to the wide-striding one: the wellspring of mead in the highest step of Viṣṇu.

2. to get, gain, obtain
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 01.001.03

     agnínā rayím aśnavat
     póṣam evá divé-dive
     yaśásaṃ vīrávattamam

     By Agni may one obtain wealth and prosperity every day, glorious and richest in heroes.)

3. to master

Derived terms

• अशन (aś, “reaching, reaching across”)
• अशिन् (aś, “far-reaching, long-lasting”)

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “अश्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 0112.
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 04
• Otto Böhtlingk; Richard Schmidt (1879-1928), “अश्”, 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
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 316
• Mallory, J. P.; Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 395

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“to eat”).

Root

अश् • (aś)

1. to eat, consume, come to, arrive at
2. to get, gain, obtain
3. to master

Derived terms

• अशन (áśana, “eating”)
• अशनायति (aśanāyati, “to desire food, to be hungry”)
• अशनीयति (aśanīyati, “to be greedy for food”)
• अशित (aśitá, “eaten”)
• अशितव्य (aśitavyà, “to be eaten”)
• अशितृ (aśitṛ́, “an eater”)
• अशित्र (aśitrá, “food”)
• अशिशिषु (aśiśiṣu, “hungry”)

 

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “अश्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 0112.
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 05
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 18