अस्थि

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Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit अस्थि (asthi).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /əs.t̪ʰiː/,

Noun

अस्थि (asthif (Urdu spelling استھ)

  1. ashes, cremated remains
  2. (literary or in compounds) bone
    Synonyms: हड्डी (haḍḍī), हड्डा (haḍḍā)

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Sanskrit

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Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hástʰi (bone), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ésth₁i, from *h₃ésth₁ (bone). Cognate with Ancient Greek ὀστέον (ostéon), Latin os, Avestan 𐬀𐬯𐬙 (ast), Persian است (ast), Old Armenian ոսկր (oskr).

Pronunciation

Noun

अस्थि (ásthi) stemn

  1. a bone
    • c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda 4.12.3:
      सं ते मज्जा मज्ज्ञा भवतु समु ते परुषा परुः ।
      सं ते मांसस्य विस्रस्तं सम्अस्थ्य्अपि रोहतु ॥
      saṃ te majjā majjñā bhavatu samu te paruṣā paruḥ .
      saṃ te māṃsasya visrastaṃ samasthyapi rohatu .
      With marrow be the marrow joined, thy limb united with the limb.
      Let what hath fallen of thy flesh, and the bone also grow again.
  2. the kernel of a fruit

Declension

Neuter i-stem declension of अस्थि (ásthi)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative अस्थि
ásthi
अस्थिनी
ásthinī
अस्थीनि / अस्थि¹ / अस्थी¹
ásthīni / ásthi¹ / ásthī¹
Vocative अस्थि / अस्थे
ásthi / ásthe
अस्थिनी
ásthinī
अस्थीनि / अस्थि¹ / अस्थी¹
ásthīni / ásthi¹ / ásthī¹
Accusative अस्थि
ásthi
अस्थिनी
ásthinī
अस्थीनि / अस्थि¹ / अस्थी¹
ásthīni / ásthi¹ / ásthī¹
Instrumental अस्थिना / अस्थ्या¹
ásthinā / ásthyā¹
अस्थिभ्याम्
ásthibhyām
अस्थिभिः
ásthibhiḥ
Dative अस्थिने / अस्थये¹
ásthine / ásthaye¹
अस्थिभ्याम्
ásthibhyām
अस्थिभ्यः
ásthibhyaḥ
Ablative अस्थिनः / अस्थेः¹
ásthinaḥ / ástheḥ¹
अस्थिभ्याम्
ásthibhyām
अस्थिभ्यः
ásthibhyaḥ
Genitive अस्थिनः / अस्थेः¹
ásthinaḥ / ástheḥ¹
अस्थिनोः
ásthinoḥ
अस्थीनाम्
ásthīnām
Locative अस्थिनि / अस्थौ¹ / अस्था¹
ásthini / ásthau¹ / ásthā¹
अस्थिनोः
ásthinoḥ
अस्थिषु
ásthiṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

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