परस्वत्

Sanskrit

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Etymology

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Unknown. Potentially a wanderwort, compare Proto-Semitic *faraʾ- (wild ass) (whence Arabic فَرَأ (faraʔ)).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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परस्वत् (párasvat) stemm

  1. rhinoceros[2]
    Synonym: खड्ग (khaḍga)

Declension

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This noun needs an inflection-table template.

References

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  1. ^ Watson, Wilfred G. E. (2007) “Additional Names for Animals in the Ugaritic Texts”, in Historiae, number 4
  2. ^ Bautze, Joachim (1983) “The Problem of the Khaḍga (Rhinoceros unicornis) in the Light of Archaeological Finds and Art”, in South Asian Archaeology, volume 1, pages 406-433