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Sanskrit
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Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hádʰwan (“road”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nedʰ-. Cognate with Avestan 𐬀𐬛𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬥 (aduuan, “road”), Ancient Greek ἐνθει̃ν (entheĩn, “to come”), Albanian endem.
Pronunciation
Noun
अध्वन् • (ádhvan) stem, m
- a road, way, path
- Synonyms: पथ (patha), मार्ग (mārga), पथ्या (pathyā), वीथि (vīthi), व्रजन (vrajana), सरणि (saraṇi), संचर (saṃcara)
c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE,
Ṛgveda 6.46.13:
- यदिन्द्र सर्गे अर्वतश्चोदयासे महाधने।
असमने अध्वनि वृजिने पथि श्येनाँ इव श्रवस्यतः॥- yadindra sarge arvataścodayāse mahādhane.
asamane adhvani vṛjine pathi śyenām̐ iva śravasyataḥ. - When, Indra, in the mighty fray thou urgest chargers to their speed,
On the uneven road and on a toilsome path, like falcons, eager for renown.
c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE,
Atharvaveda 1.4.1:
- अम्बयो यन्त्य्अध्वभिर्जामयो अध्वरीयताम् ।
पृञ्चतीर्मधुना पयः ॥- ambayo yantyadhvabhirjāmayo adhvarīyatām.
pṛñcatīrmadhunā payaḥ. - Along their paths the Mothers go, sisters of priestly ministrants,
Blending their water with the mead.
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References
- Monier Williams (1899) “अध्वन्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 23.
- Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “adhvan”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
- Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “अध्वन्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, page 11
- Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “अध्वन्”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 72
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “adhvan”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 14