असोज
Nepali
Etymology
Borrowed from Hindi असोज (asoj), from Sanskrit आश्वयुज (āśvayuja).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ʌso(d)z]
- Phonetic Devanagari: असोज्
Proper noun
असोज • (asoj)
- Ashvin
- the sixth month in the Vikram Samvat calendar
- the seventh month in the lunar Hindu calendar
- Synonym: आश्विन (āświn)
Related terms
- (lunar months) वैशाख (vaiśākh), ज्येष्ठ (jyeṣṭha) / जेठ (jeṭh), आषाढ (āṣāḍh), साउन (sāuna), भदौ (bhadau) / भाद्र (bhādra), असोज (asoj) / आश्विन (āśvina), कात्तिक (kāttik) / कार्त्तिक (kārttik), मङ्सिर (maṅsira) / मार्ग (mārga), पुस (pus) / पौष (pauṣ), माघ (māgh), फागुन (phāguna) / फाल्गुन (phālguna), चैत (cait) / चैत्र (caitra) (Category: ne:Hindu lunar calendar months)
Further reading
- “असोज”, in नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश (nepālī br̥hat śabdakoś) [Comprehensive Nepali Dictionary][1], Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018
- Schmidt, Ruth L. (1993) “असोज”, in A Practical Dictionary of Modern Nepali, Ratna Sagar
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1931) “असोज्”, in A comparative and etymological dictionary of the Nepali language, London: K. Paul, Trench, Trubner, page 27