अष्ठीवत्

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Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *HaṣṭʰiHwánts, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *HastčiHwánts. Cognate with Old Armenian ճիւ (čiw).

Lubotsky suggests that this word was certainly influenced by अस्थि (ásthi, bone), in part due to the rare cluster -ṣṭh-, possibly reflecting an earlier Rigvedic astcīvát.

Pronunciation

Noun

अष्ठीवत् (aṣṭhīvát) stemm (Vedic astcīvát)

  1. shank, shin

Usage notes

As shown by Lubotsky, the correct meaning is “shank, shin”, not “the knees”, as is usually thought.

Descendants

References

  • Lubotsky, Alexander (2002) “The Indo-Iranian Word for ‘shank, shin’”, in Journal of the American Oriental Society, volume 122, number 2, pages 318–324