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Sanskrit
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hápsas, ultimately reflecting Proto-Indo-European *h₂épsos, from the root *h₂ep- (“to fasten”); compare Ossetian ӕфцӕг (æfcæg), Tocharian A āpsā (“limbs”), Hittite (ḫappeššar-, “limb, joint, part of the body”).
Pronunciation
Noun
अप्सस् • (ápsas) stem, n
- "the hidden part of the body", "the secret charms (of a wife)"
- form, beauty
- one possessed of beauty
- bosom, breast
- cheek
- forehead, face
- front side
- hidden fault, sin
Declension
References
- ^ Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) “*h₂épes-”, in The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 180
Further reading
- Bailey, H. W. (1969) “Arya Notes”, in Studia Classica et Orientalia Antonino Pagliaro Oblata. I, Rome: Istituto di Glottologia dell’Università, pages 137–145
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume I, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 90