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Hindi
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit आशी (āśī).
Noun
आशी • (āśī) f (rare, formal)
- a serpent's fang
- a kind of venom
- a snake
- Synonyms: साँप (sā̃p), सर्प (sarp), भुजंग (bhujaṅg)
Declension
Declension of आशी (fem ī-stem)
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singular
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plural
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direct
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आशी āśī
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आशियाँ āśiyā̃
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oblique
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आशी āśī
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आशियों āśiyõ
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vocative
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आशी āśī
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आशियो āśiyo
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Etymology 2
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit आशिन् (āśin). By surface analysis, आश (āś) + -ई (-ī).
Adjective
आशी • (āśī) (indeclinable)
- (chiefly in compounds) one who eats
- वाताशी ― vātāśī ― snake (literally, “air-eater”)
Further reading
Marathi
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit आशिन् (āśin).
Pronunciation
Adjective
आशी • (āśī) (indeclinable)
- (chiefly in compounds) that eats
References
- Shridhar Ganesh Vaze (1911) “आशी”, in The Aryabhusan School Dictionary, Poona: Arya-Bhushan Press
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- আশী (Assamese script)
- ᬆᬰᬷ (Balinese script)
- আশী (Bengali script)
- 𑰁𑰫𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀆𑀰𑀻 (Brahmi script)
- အာၐီ (Burmese script)
- આશી (Gujarati script)
- ਆਸ਼ੀ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌆𑌶𑍀 (Grantha script)
- ꦄꦴꦯꦷ (Javanese script)
- 𑂄𑂬𑂲 (Kaithi script)
- ಆಶೀ (Kannada script)
- អាឝី (Khmer script)
- ອາຨີ (Lao script)
- ആശീ (Malayalam script)
- ᠠ᠊ᠠᡧᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
- 𑘁𑘫𑘲 (Modi script)
- ᠠᢗᠱᠢᠢ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦡𑧋𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐁𑐱𑐷 (Newa script)
- ଆଶୀ (Odia script)
- ꢃꢯꢷ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆄𑆯𑆵 (Sharada script)
- 𑖁𑖫𑖱 (Siddham script)
- ආශී (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩐𑩛𑩿𑩑𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚁𑚧𑚯 (Takri script)
- ஆஶீ (Tamil script)
- ఆశీ (Telugu script)
- อาศี (Thai script)
- ཨཱ་ཤཱི (Tibetan script)
- 𑒂𑒬𑒲 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨀𑨊𑨮𑨁𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Clipping of आशीविष (āśīviṣa, “a kind of venomous snake”).[1]
Noun
आशी • (āśī) stem, f
- a serpent's fang
- a kind of venom
- a snake
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:सर्प
Declension
Etymology 2
From आ- (ā-) + शी (śī, “to sleep”, root).
Root
आशी • (āśī)
- to lie or rest on or round
Derived terms
Etymology 3
See आशिस् (āśis).
Noun
आशी • (āśī) stem, f
- Alternative form of आशिस् (āśis, “blessing, benediction”)
References
- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 179