अश्विनी

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit अश्विनी (aśvinī).

Pronunciation

(Delhi) 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

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

अश्विनी • (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 अश्विनी
	singular
nominative	अश्विनी (aśvínī)
accusative	अश्विनीम् (aśvínīm)
instrumental	अश्विन्या (aśvínyā)
dative	अश्विन्यै (aśvínyai)
ablative	अश्विन्याः (aśvínyāḥ) अश्विन्यै¹ (aśvínyai¹)
genitive	अश्विन्याः (aśvínyāḥ) अश्विन्यै¹ (aśvínyai¹)
locative	अश्विन्याम् (aśvínyām)
vocative	अश्विनि (áśvini)

¹Brāhmaṇas

Descendants

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