अस्र

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Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (asr, “afternoon”). Cognate with Bengali আসর (āsor), Tamil அஸர் (asar).

Pronunciation

(Delhi) IPA^(key): /əsɾ/, , /ə.səɾ/,

Noun

अस्र • (asra) m (Urdu spelling عَصْر)

(Islam) asr

Declension

Declension of अस्र (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	अस्र asra	अस्र asra
oblique	अस्र asra	अस्रों asrõ
vocative	अस्र asra	अस्रो asro

References

Bahri, Caturvedi, Dasa-Hindi (2022) “अस्र”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Hindi Dictionaries]

Sanskrit

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐ́s.ɾɐ/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈɐs̪.ɾɐ/

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐs.ɾɐ́/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈɐs̪.ɾɐ/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *HásHram, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *HásHram, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésh₂rom, from *h₁ésh₂r̥.

Noun

अस्र • (ásra) stem, n

blood
- c. 400 CE, Kālidāsa, Raghuvaṃśa 16.15

Etymology 2

Compare अश्रु (aśru).

Noun

अस्र • (asrá) stem, n

tear
- c. 200 BCE – 200 CE, Manusmṛti
- c. 500 BCE – 100 BCE, Rāmāyaṇa 3.52.37:
  जल प्रपात अस्र मुखाः शृन्गैः उच्छ्रित बाहवः ।
  सीतायाम् ह्रियमाणायाम् विक्रोशन्ति इव पर्वताः ॥
  jala prapāta asra mukhāḥ śṛngaiḥ ucchrita bāhavaḥ.
  sītāyām hriyamāṇāyām vikrośanti iva parvatāḥ.
  2002 translation by Desiraju Hanumanta Rao
  The mountains appeared bewailing with their waterfalls as shedding tears and with their peaks as upraised arms, while Seetha is thus being abducted.

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of अस्र (asra)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	अस्रम् asram	अस्रे asre	अस्राणि / अस्रा¹ asrāṇi / asrā¹
Vocative	अस्र asra	अस्रे asre	अस्राणि / अस्रा¹ asrāṇi / asrā¹
Accusative	अस्रम् asram	अस्रे asre	अस्राणि / अस्रा¹ asrāṇi / asrā¹
Instrumental	अस्रेण asreṇa	अस्राभ्याम् asrābhyām	अस्रैः / अस्रेभिः¹ asraiḥ / asrebhiḥ¹
Dative	अस्राय asrāya	अस्राभ्याम् asrābhyām	अस्रेभ्यः asrebhyaḥ
Ablative	अस्रात् asrāt	अस्राभ्याम् asrābhyām	अस्रेभ्यः asrebhyaḥ
Genitive	अस्रस्य asrasya	अस्रयोः asrayoḥ	अस्राणाम् asrāṇām
Locative	अस्रे asre	अस्रयोः asrayoḥ	अस्रेषु asreṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

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