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Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit अश्विनी (aśvinī).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /əʃ.ʋɪ.niː/,
Proper noun
अश्विनी • (aśvinī) f
- (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)
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अश्विनी
aśvinī
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अश्विनी
aśvinī
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अश्विनी
aśvinī
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Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Etymology
Feminine of अश्विन् (aśvín).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
अश्विनी • (aśvínī) stem, f
- (Vedic 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
Descendants
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