अस्
See also: अंस, अस, and असि
Sanskrit
Etymology 1
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *Has-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Has-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁es-.
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɐs̪/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ɐs̪/
Root
अस् • (as)
- to be
Derived terms
- अभिष्टि (abhiṣṭí, “an assistant, protector”)
- असु (ásu, “breath, life”)
- अस्ति (ásti, “he is”)
- इतिहास (itihāsa, “legend, traditional account”)
- उपस्ति (upasti, “being lower or inferior”)
- परिष्टि (pariṣṭi, “obstruction, impediment”)
- सत् (sat, “being”) (which see for more derived terms)
- स्वस्ति (svastí, “blessing, welfare”)
- स्वस्तिक (svástika, “lucky charm, swastika”)
- स्वास्थ्य (svāsthya, “health, wellness”)
Root
अस् • (as)
- to throw
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “अस्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 117.
- William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 5