अश्विनी
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Hindi[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Sanskrit अश्विनी (aśvinī).
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
अश्विनी • (aśvinī) f
- (Indian astronomy) Ashvini (a nakshatra or lunar mansion, i.e. a sector of the sky along the ecliptic, including the stars β and γ Arietis)
Declension[edit]
Declension of अश्विनी (sg-only fem ī-stem)
| singular | |
|---|---|
| direct | अश्विनी aśvinī |
| oblique | अश्विनी aśvinī |
| vocative | अश्विनी aśvinī |
Sanskrit[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Feminine of अश्विन् (aśvín-, “Aśvin, owning horses”) + -ई (-ī)
Proper noun[edit]
अश्विनी • (aśvinī)
Descendants[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- Monier Williams (1899) “अश्विनी”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 116/1.
- Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “अश्विनी”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016