अश्विनी

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit अश्विनी (aśvinī).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /əʃ.ʋɪ.niː/, [ɐʃ.ʋɪ.niː]

Proper noun

अश्विनी • (aśvinī) f

1. (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

Declension of अश्विनी (sg-only fem ī-stem)

	singular
direct	अश्विनी aśvinī
oblique	अश्विनी aśvinī
vocative	अश्विनी aśvinī

Sanskrit

Etymology

Feminine of अश्विन् (aśvín-, “Aśvin, owning horses”) +‎ -ई (-ī)

Proper noun

अश्विनी • (aśvinī)

1. Aśvini wife and/or mother of the two w:Aśvins (goddess)
2. Aries (constellation)

Descendants

• Hindi: अश्विनी (aśvinī)
• → Thai: อัศวินี (àt-sà-wí-nii)
• → Tocharian B: Aśviṇi

Further reading

• 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