असि

See also: अंस, अस, and अस्

Old Gujarati

Etymology

Borrowed from Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Proto-Indo-European *n̥sis.

Noun

असि • (asi) m

sword

Pali

Alternative forms

asi (Latin script)
𑀅𑀲𑀺 (Brahmi script)
অসি (Bengali script)
අසි (Sinhalese script)
အသိ or ဢသိ (Burmese script)
อสิ or อะสิ (Thai script)
ᩋᩈᩥ (Tai Tham script)
ອສິ or ອະສິ (Lao script)
អសិ (Khmer script)
𑄃𑄥𑄨 (Chakma script)

Verb

असि

Devanagari script form of asi, which is second-person singular present active of अत्थि (atthi, “to be”)

Noun

असि m

Devanagari script form of asi (“sword”)

Declension

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Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

ᬅᬲᬶ (Balinese script)
অসি (Assamese script)
অসি (Bengali script)
𑰀𑰭𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀅𑀲𑀺 (Brahmi script)
𑌅𑌸𑌿 (Grantha script)
અસિ (Gujarati script)
ਅਸਿ (Gurmukhi script)
ꦄꦱꦶ (Javanese script)
អសិ (Khmer script)
ಅಸಿ (Kannada script)
ອສິ (Lao script)
അസി (Malayalam script)
𑘀𑘭𑘱 (Modi script)
ᠠᠰᠢ (Mongolian script)
ᠠᠰ᠌ᡳ (Manchu script)
အသိ (Burmese script)
𑦠𑧍𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
𑐀𑐳𑐶 (Newa script)
ଅସି (Odia script)
ꢂꢱꢶ (Saurashtra script)
𑆃𑆱𑆴 (Sharada script)
𑖀𑖭𑖰 (Siddham script)
අසි (Sinhalese script)
அஸி (Tamil script)
అసి (Telugu script)
อสิ (Thai script)
ཨ་སི (Tibetan script)
𑒁𑒮𑒱 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂n̥sis (“dagger; knife”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬀𐬵𐬏‎ (ahū), Latin ēnsis, Palaic 𒄩𒅆𒄿𒊏 (ḫa-ši-i-ra /⁠hasīra⁠/, “dagger”).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐ.sí/
(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɐ.s̪i/

Noun

असि • (así) stem, m

sword, scimitar, knife (used for killing animals)
Synonyms: खड्ग (khaḍga), कृपाण (kṛpāṇa)

Declension

Masculine i-stem declension of असि (así)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	असिः asíḥ	असी asī́	असयः asáyaḥ
Vocative	असे áse	असी ásī	असयः ásayaḥ
Accusative	असिम् asím	असी asī́	असीन् asī́n
Instrumental	असिना / अस्या¹ asínā / asyā̀¹	असिभ्याम् asíbhyām	असिभिः asíbhiḥ
Dative	असये / अस्ये² asáye / asyè²	असिभ्याम् asíbhyām	असिभ्यः asíbhyaḥ
Ablative	असेः / अस्यः² aséḥ / asyàḥ²	असिभ्याम् asíbhyām	असिभ्यः asíbhyaḥ
Genitive	असेः / अस्यः² aséḥ / asyàḥ²	अस्योः asyóḥ	असीनाम् asīnā́m
Locative	असौ asaú	अस्योः asyóḥ	असिषु asíṣu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Less common

Proper noun

असि • (Asi) f

name of a river near Benares

Descendants

Pali: asi
→ Telugu: అసి (asi)

References

Monier Williams (1899), “असि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 120.
Mallory, J. P.; Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 245

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