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)

  1. Ashvin
    1. the sixth month in the Vikram Samvat calendar
    2. the seventh month in the lunar Hindu calendar
    Synonym: आश्विन (āświn)

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