अस्
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- অস্ (Assamese script)
- ᬅᬲ᭄ (Balinese script)
- অস্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰀𑰭𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀅𑀲𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- အသ် (Burmese script)
- અસ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਅਸ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌅𑌸𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦄꦱ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂃𑂮𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ಅಸ್ (Kannada script)
- អស៑ (Khmer script)
- ອສ຺ (Lao script)
- അസ് (Malayalam script)
- ᠠᠰ᠌ (Manchu script)
- 𑘀𑘭𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠠᠰ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦠𑧍𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐀𑐳𑑂 (Newa script)
- ଅସ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢂꢱ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆃𑆱𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖀𑖭𑖿 (Siddham script)
- අස් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩐𑪁 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚀𑚨𑚶 (Takri script)
- அஸ் (Tamil script)
- అస్ (Telugu script)
- อสฺ (Thai script)
- ཨ་ས྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒁𑒮𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨀𑨰𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɐs/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɐs̪/
Etymology 1
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *Has- (“to be”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁es- (“to be”). See अस्ति (asti) for cognates.
Root
अस् • (as)
- to be
Derived terms
Sanskrit terms belonging to the root अस् (0 c, 15 e)
Terms derived from the Sanskrit root अस् (5 c, 0 e)
- Primary Verbal Forms
- Derived Nominal Forms
- अभिष्टि (abhiṣṭí, “an assistant, protector”)
- असु (ásu, “breath, life”)
- 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”)
Etymology 2
From the Proto-Indo-Iranian root *Has- (“to throw, shoot, hurl”), with further origin uncertain. See अस्यति (asyati) for cognates.
Root
अस् • (as)
Derived terms
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “अस्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 117.
- William Dwight Whitney (1885) The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, pages 5-6
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 144-145
- Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 151-153