आशी

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Hindi

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /ɑː.ʃiː/,

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit आशी (āśī).

Noun

आशी (āśīf (rare, formal)

  1. a serpent's fang
  2. a kind of venom
  3. a snake
    Synonyms: साँप (sā̃p), सर्प (sarp), भुजंग (bhujaṅg)
Declension

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit आशिन् (āśin). By surface analysis, आश (āś) +‎ -ई ().

Adjective

आशी (āśī) (indeclinable)

  1. (chiefly in compounds) one who eats
    वाताशीvātāśīsnake (literally, “air-eater”)

Further reading

Marathi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit आशिन् (āśin).

Pronunciation

Adjective

आशी (āśī) (indeclinable)

  1. (chiefly in compounds) that eats

References

  • Shridhar Ganesh Vaze (1911) “आशी”, in The Aryabhusan School Dictionary, Poona: Arya-Bhushan Press

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Clipping of आशीविष (āśīviṣa, a kind of venomous snake).[1]

Noun

आशी (āśī) stemf

  1. a serpent's fang
  2. a kind of venom
  3. a snake
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:सर्प
Declension
Feminine ī-stem declension of आशी (āśī)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative आशी
āśī
आश्यौ / आशी¹
āśyau / āśī¹
आश्यः / आशीः¹
āśyaḥ / āśīḥ¹
Vocative आशि
āśi
आश्यौ / आशी¹
āśyau / āśī¹
आश्यः / आशीः¹
āśyaḥ / āśīḥ¹
Accusative आशीम्
āśīm
आश्यौ / आशी¹
āśyau / āśī¹
आशीः
āśīḥ
Instrumental आश्या
āśyā
आशीभ्याम्
āśībhyām
आशीभिः
āśībhiḥ
Dative आश्यै
āśyai
आशीभ्याम्
āśībhyām
आशीभ्यः
āśībhyaḥ
Ablative आश्याः / आश्यै²
āśyāḥ / āśyai²
आशीभ्याम्
āśībhyām
आशीभ्यः
āśībhyaḥ
Genitive आश्याः / आश्यै²
āśyāḥ / āśyai²
आश्योः
āśyoḥ
आशीनाम्
āśīnām
Locative आश्याम्
āśyām
आश्योः
āśyoḥ
आशीषु
āśīṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic
  • ²Brāhmaṇas

Etymology 2

From आ- (ā-) +‎ शी (śī, to sleep, root).

Root

आशी (āśī)

  1. to lie or rest on or round
Derived terms

Etymology 3

See आशिस् (āśis).

Noun

आशी (āśī) stemf

  1. Alternative form of आशिस् (āśis, blessing, benediction)

References

  1. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 179