आश्विन

Hindi

Alternative forms

• आश्विन् (āśvin)

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit आश्विन् (āśvin), from अश्विनी (aśvinī), the feminine variant of अश्विन् (aśvin, “cavalier, Ashvins”).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɑːʃ.ʋɪn/, [äːʃ.ʋɪ̃n]

Proper noun

आश्विन • (āśvin) m

1. Ashvin (seventh month of the Hindu lunar calendar)

Declension

Declension of आश्विन (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	आश्विन āśvin	आश्विन āśvin
oblique	आश्विन āśvin	आश्विनों āśvinõ
vocative	आश्विन āśvin	आश्विनो āśvino

Related terms

• (lunar months) चैत्र (caitra), वैशाख (vaiśākh), ज्येष्ठ (jyeṣṭh), आषाढ़ (āṣāṛh) / असाढ़ (asāṛh), श्रावण (śrāvaṇ), भाद्र (bhādra), आश्विन (āśvin), कार्तिक (kārtik), मार्गशीर्ष (mārgaśīrṣ) / अग्रहायण (agrahāyaṇ), पौष (pauṣ), माघ (māgh), फाल्गुन (phālgun) ^{(Category: hi:Hindu lunar calendar months)}

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “आश्विन”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 102, 134.

Nepali

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit आश्विन् (āśvin).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [äswin]
• Phonetic Devanagari: आस्विन्

Proper noun

आश्विन • (āświn)

1. Ashvin
   1. the sixth month in the Vikram Samvat calendar
   2. the seventh month in the lunar Hindu calendar

   Synonym: असोज (asoj)

Related terms

• (lunar months) वैशाख (vaiśākh), ज्येष्ठ (jyeṣṭha) / जेठ (jeṭh), आषाढ (āṣāḍh), साउन (sāuna), भदौ (bhadau) / भाद्र (bhādra), असोज (asoj) / आश्विन (āśvina), कात्तिक (kāttik) / कार्त्तिक (kārttik), मङ्सिर (maṅsira) / मार्ग (mārga), पुस (pus) / पौष (pauṣ), माघ (māgh), फागुन (phāguna) / फाल्गुन (phālguna), चैत (cait) / चैत्र (caitra) ^{(Category: ne:Hindu lunar calendar months)}

Further reading

• “आश्विन”, in नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश (nepālī br̥hat śabdakoś) [Comprehensive Nepali Dictionary]‎^[1], Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018
• Schmidt, Ruth L. (1993) “आश्विन”, in A Practical Dictionary of Modern Nepali, Ratna Sagar