आसव

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit आसव (āsava).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /ɑː.səʋ/, [äː.sɐʋ]

Noun

आसव • (āsavm[1][2][3]

  1. rum; spirituous liquor distilled from sugary fruits

Declension

Declension of आसव (masc cons-stem)
singular plural
direct आसव
āsav
आसव
āsav
oblique आसव
āsav
आसवों
āsavõ
vocative आसव
āsav
आसवो
āsavo

References

  1. ^ Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “आसव”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
  2. ^ McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “आसव”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
  3. ^ Platts, John T. (1884) “आसव”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 54

Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

आसव m

  1. Devanagari script form of āsava (distilled liquor)

Declension

Prakrit

Noun

आसव (āsava)

  1. Devanagari script form of 𑀆𑀲𑀯 (distilled liquor)

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Etymology

From the root आसु (āsu, to press out juice, to distil); ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sewh₁- (to press out, extract).

Pronunciation

Noun

आसव • (āsava) stemm

  1. decoction, (fermented) juice
  2. spirituous liquor; spirit distilled from sugar or molasses, such as rum
    • c. 400 BCE, Mahābhārata 8.37:
      शाकलं नाम नगरमापगा नाम निम्नगा ।
      जर्तिका नाम बाह्लीकास्तेषां वृत्तं सुनिन्दितम् ॥
      धानागौडासवे पीत्वा गोमांसं लशुनैः सह ।
      अपूपमांसवाट्यानामाशिनः शीलवर्जिताः ॥
      śākalaṃ nāma nagaramāpagā nāma nimnagā.
      jartikā nāma bāhlīkāsteṣāṃ vṛttaṃ suninditam.
      dhānāgauḍāsave pītvā gomāṃsaṃ laśunaiḥ saha.
      apūpamāṃsavāṭyānāmāśinaḥ śīlavarjitāḥ.
      There is a town of the name of Sakala, a river of the name of Apaga, and a clan of the Vahikas known by the name of the Jarttikas. The practices of these people are very censurable. They drink the spirituous liquor called Gauda, and eat (fried) grain with it. They eat beef with garlic and also eat barley-bread with meat and are bereft of morals.

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of आसव
singular dual plural
nominative आसवः (āsavaḥ) आसवौ (āsavau)
आसवा¹ (āsavā¹)
आसवाः (āsavāḥ)
आसवासः¹ (āsavāsaḥ¹)
accusative आसवम् (āsavam) आसवौ (āsavau)
आसवा¹ (āsavā¹)
आसवान् (āsavān)
instrumental आसवेन (āsavena) आसवाभ्याम् (āsavābhyām) आसवैः (āsavaiḥ)
आसवेभिः¹ (āsavebhiḥ¹)
dative आसवाय (āsavāya) आसवाभ्याम् (āsavābhyām) आसवेभ्यः (āsavebhyaḥ)
ablative आसवात् (āsavāt) आसवाभ्याम् (āsavābhyām) आसवेभ्यः (āsavebhyaḥ)
genitive आसवस्य (āsavasya) आसवयोः (āsavayoḥ) आसवानाम् (āsavānām)
locative आसवे (āsave) आसवयोः (āsavayoḥ) आसवेषु (āsaveṣu)
vocative आसव (āsava) आसवौ (āsavau)
आसवा¹ (āsavā¹)
आसवाः (āsavāḥ)
आसवासः¹ (āsavāsaḥ¹)
  • ¹Vedic

Descendants

  • Pali: āsava
  • Prakrit: 𑀆𑀲𑀯 (āsava)
    • Gujarati: આસવ (āsav)
  • Kannada: ಆಸವ (āsava)
  • Tamil: ஆசவம் (ācavam)
  • Telugu: ఆసవము (āsavamu)