अस्

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See also: अंस, अस, and असि

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Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *Has- (“to be”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁es- (“to be”). See अस्ति (asti) for cognates.

Root

अस् • (as)

  1. to be
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Etymology 2

From the Proto-Indo-Iranian root *Has- (“to throw, shoot, hurl”), with further origin uncertain. See अस्यति (asyati) for cognates.

Root

अस् • (as)

  1. to throw, hurl, shoot at, to cast
Derived terms

References

  • Monier Williams (1899) “अस्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 117.
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  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 144-145
  • Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 151-153
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