आशीयस्
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- আশীয়স্ (Assamese script)
- ᬆᬰᬷᬬᬲ᭄ (Balinese script)
- আশীয়স্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰁𑰫𑰱𑰧𑰭𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀆𑀰𑀻𑀬𑀲𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- အာၐီယသ် (Burmese script)
- આશીયસ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਆਸ਼ੀਯਸ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌆𑌶𑍀𑌯𑌸𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦄꦴꦯꦷꦪꦱ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂄𑂬𑂲𑂨𑂮𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ಆಶೀಯಸ್ (Kannada script)
- អាឝីយស៑ (Khmer script)
- ອາຨີຍສ຺ (Lao script)
- ആശീയസ് (Malayalam script)
- ᠠ᠊ᠠᡧᡳᡳᠶᠠᠰ᠌ (Manchu script)
- 𑘁𑘫𑘲𑘧𑘭𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠠᢗᠱᠢᠢᠶ᠋ᠠᠰ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦡𑧋𑧓𑧇𑧍𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐁𑐱𑐷𑐫𑐳𑑂 (Newa script)
- ଆଶୀଯସ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢃꢯꢷꢫꢱ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆄𑆯𑆵𑆪𑆱𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖁𑖫𑖱𑖧𑖭𑖿 (Siddham script)
- ආශීයස් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩐𑩛𑩿𑩑𑩛𑩻𑪁 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚁𑚧𑚯𑚣𑚨𑚶 (Takri script)
- ஆஶீயஸ் (Tamil script)
- ఆశీయస్ (Telugu script)
- อาศียสฺ (Thai script)
- ཨཱ་ཤཱི་ཡ་ས྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒂𑒬𑒲𑒨𑒮𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨀𑨊𑨮𑨁𑨊𑨪𑨰𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *HáHćyas (“swifter, faster, quicker”), from Proto-Indo-European *HéHḱ-yōs (“swifter, faster, quicker”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬁𐬯𐬌𐬌𐬀𐬵 (āsiiah, “quicker”), Latin ōcior.
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɑ́ː.ɕiː.jɐs/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɑː.ɕiː.jɐs̪/
Adjective
आशीयस् • (ā́śīyas) stem
- comparative degree of आशु (āśú); quicker, swifter, faster
- c. 700 BCE, Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa 5.1.4.8:
- स युनक्ति । वातो वा मनो वेति न वै वातात्किं चनाशीयोऽस्ति न मनसः किं चनाशीयोऽस्ति
- sa yunakti. vāto vā mano veti na vai vātātkiṃ canāśīyoʼsti na manasaḥ kiṃ canāśīyoʼsti
- He yokes [the horse], with [the Shukla Yajurveda phrase] "Either the wind, or thought" --for there is nothing swifter than the wind, and nothing swifter than thought.
- स युनक्ति । वातो वा मनो वेति न वै वातात्किं चनाशीयोऽस्ति न मनसः किं चनाशीयोऽस्ति