अश्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• অশ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬅᬰ᭄ (Balinese script)
• অশ্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰀𑰫𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀅𑀰𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• အၐ် (Burmese script)
• અશ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਅਸ਼੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌅𑌶𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦄꦯ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂃𑂬𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಅಶ್ (Kannada script)
• អឝ៑ (Khmer script)
• ອຨ຺ (Lao script)
• അശ് (Malayalam script)
• ᠠᡧ (Manchu script)
• 𑘀𑘫𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠠᠱ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦠𑧋𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐀𑐱𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଅଶ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢂꢯ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆃𑆯𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖀𑖫𑖿 (Siddham script)
• අශ් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩿 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚀𑚧𑚶 (Takri script)
• அஶ் (Tamil script)
• అశ్ (Telugu script)
• อศฺ (Thai script)
• ཨ་ཤ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒁𑒬𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨮𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐɕ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ɐɕ/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂neḱ- (“to reach, attain”). Cognate with English enough.

Alternative forms

• नश् (naś)

Root

अश् • (aś)

1. to reach, obtain, come to, arrive at
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.154.5:

     तद॑स्य प्रि॒यम॒भि पाथो॑ अश्यां नरो॒ यत्र॑ देव॒यवो॒ मद॑न्ति।
     उ॒रु॒क्र॒मस्य॒ स हि बन्धु॑रि॒त्था विष्णो॑: प॒दे प॑र॒मे मध्व॒ उत्स॑:॥

     tádasya priyámabhí pā́tho aśyāṃ naro yátra devayávo mádanti.
     urukramásya sá hí bándhuritthā́ víṣṇo: padé paramé mádhva útsa:.

     May I attain his favourite path, in which god-seeking men delight; the path of that wide-stepping Viṣṇu, in whose exalted station there is a perpetual flow of felicity; for to such a degree is he the friend of the pious.

2. to get, gain, obtain
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.1.3:

     अ॒ग्निना॑ र॒यिम्अश्नव॒त्पोष॑मे॒व दि॒वेदि॑वे।
     य॒शसं॑ वी॒रव॑त्तमम्॥

     agnínā rayímáśnávatpóṣamevá divédive.
     yaśásaṃ vīrávattamam.

     Through Agni the worshipper obtains that affluence which increases day by day, which is the source of fame and multiplier of mankind.

3. to master

Derived terms

• अशन (aś, “reaching, reaching across”)
• अशिन् (aś, “far-reaching, long-lasting”)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “अश्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0112/2.
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 04
• Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “अश्”, 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
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 136
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[2] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 27-8
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 316, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 316
• Mallory, J. P. with 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 395

Etymology 2

From a putative Proto-Indo-Iranian *HaćH- (“to eat”), with further origin uncertain; compare perhaps Persian آش (âš, “a thick type of soup”). Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱh₃- (“to eat”), with tentative cognates including Old Norse æja (“to graze, rest and eat”) and agn (“fish bait”), as well as Ancient Greek ἄκολος (ákolos, “morsel”).

Root

अश् • (aś)

1. to eat, consume, come to, arrive at
2. to get, gain, obtain

Derived terms

• अशन (áśana, “eating”)
• अशनायति (aśanāyati, “to desire food, to be hungry”)
• अशनीयति (aśanīyati, “to be greedy for food”)
• अशित (aśitá, “eaten”)
• अशितव्य (aśitavyà, “to be eaten”)
• अशितृ (aśitṛ́, “an eater”)
• अशित्र (aśitrá, “food”)
• अशिशिषु (aśiśiṣu, “hungry”)

 

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “अश्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0112/2.
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 05
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[3] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 136
• Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University
• Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 167-8
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 18, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 18