अश्विनी
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit अश्विनी (aśvinī).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /əʃ.ʋɪ.niː/, [əʃ.ʋɪ.n̪iː]
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 | |
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direct | अश्विनी aśvinī |
oblique | अश्विनी aśvinī |
vocative | अश्विनी aśvinī |
Sanskrit
Etymology
Feminine of अश्विन् (aśvín-, “Aśvin, owning horses”) + -ई (-ī)
Proper noun
अश्विनी • (aśvinī)
- Aśvini wife and/or mother of the two w:Aśvins (goddess)
- Aries (constellation)
Descendants
- Hindi: अश्विनी (aśvinī)
- → Tocharian B: Aśviṇi
Further reading
- Monier Williams (1899), “अश्विनी”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, 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