राशि

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Hindi

Etymology

Sanskrit राशि (rāśi)

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /ɾɑː.ʃiː/,

Noun

राशि (rāśif

  1. amount, quantity
  2. (mathematics) variable
    इस समीकरण में केवल एक राशि है।
    is samīkaraṇ mẽ keval ek rāśi hai.
    There is only one variable in this equation.
  3. (arithmetic) sum, total
  4. astrological sign, zodiac sign

Declension

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *rāśíṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *rāćíš, from *rać- (to bind, tie).

Nussbaum (2016) rejects a connection to *rać- (to bind, tie) and instead connects the Indo-Iranian term with Latin locuplēs (wealthy), reconstructing Proto-Indo-European *loḱis as ancestral to the two.

Pronunciation

Noun

राशि (rāśí) stemm or f

  1. a heap, mass, pile, group, multitude, quantity, number (RV.)
    • RV 8.85.8b
      तरिः षष्टिस्त्वा मरुतो वाव्र्धाना उस्रा इव राशयो यज्ञियासः |
      उप तवेमः कर्धि नो भागधेयं शुष्मं त एना हविषा विधेम ||
      triḥ ṣaṣṭistvā maruto vāvṛdhānā usrā iva rāśayo yajñiyāsaḥ |
      upa tvemaḥ kṛdhi no bhāghadheyaṃ śuṣmaṃ ta enā haviṣā vidhema ||
      Thrice-sixty Maruts, waxing strong, were with thee, like piles of beaming light, worthy of worship.
      We come to thee: grant us a happy portion. Let us adore thy might with this oblation.
  2. (arithmetic) a sum or the figure or figures put down for an operation (such as multiplying, dividing) (Col.)
  3. a measure of quantity (= द्रोण (droṇa)) (ŚārṅgS.)
  4. a sign of the zodiac (as being a certain sum or quantity of degrees), one-twelfth part of the ecliptic, an astrological house (MBh., VarBṛS. etc.) (compare IW. 178)
  5. a heap of corn (L.)
  6. name of an एकाह (ekāha) (ŚrS.)

Declension

Masculine i-stem declension of राशि (rāśí)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative राशिः
rāśíḥ
राशी
rāśī́
राशयः
rāśáyaḥ
Vocative राशे
rā́śe
राशी
rā́śī
राशयः
rā́śayaḥ
Accusative राशिम्
rāśím
राशी
rāśī́
राशीन्
rāśī́n
Instrumental राशिना / राश्या¹
rāśínā / rāśyā́¹
राशिभ्याम्
rāśíbhyām
राशिभिः
rāśíbhiḥ
Dative राशये
rāśáye
राशिभ्याम्
rāśíbhyām
राशिभ्यः
rāśíbhyaḥ
Ablative राशेः / राश्यः¹
rāśéḥ / rāśyàḥ¹
राशिभ्याम्
rāśíbhyām
राशिभ्यः
rāśíbhyaḥ
Genitive राशेः / राश्यः¹
rāśéḥ / rāśyàḥ¹
राश्योः
rāśyóḥ
राशीनाम्
rāśīnā́m
Locative राशौ / राशा¹
rāśaú / rāśā́¹
राश्योः
rāśyóḥ
राशिषु
rāśíṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic
Feminine i-stem declension of राशि (rāśí)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative राशिः
rāśíḥ
राशी
rāśī́
राशयः
rāśáyaḥ
Vocative राशे
rā́śe
राशी
rā́śī
राशयः
rā́śayaḥ
Accusative राशिम्
rāśím
राशी
rāśī́
राशीः
rāśī́ḥ
Instrumental राश्या / राशी¹
rāśyā́ / rāśī́¹
राशिभ्याम्
rāśíbhyām
राशिभिः
rāśíbhiḥ
Dative राशये / राश्यै² / राशी¹
rāśáye / rāśyaí² / rāśī́¹
राशिभ्याम्
rāśíbhyām
राशिभ्यः
rāśíbhyaḥ
Ablative राशेः / राश्याः² / राश्यै³
rāśéḥ / rāśyā́ḥ² / rāśyaí³
राशिभ्याम्
rāśíbhyām
राशिभ्यः
rāśíbhyaḥ
Genitive राशेः / राश्याः² / राश्यै³
rāśéḥ / rāśyā́ḥ² / rāśyaí³
राश्योः
rāśyóḥ
राशीनाम्
rāśīnā́m
Locative राशौ / राश्याम्² / राशा¹
rāśaú / rāśyā́m² / rāśā́¹
राश्योः
rāśyóḥ
राशिषु
rāśíṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic
  • ²Later Sanskrit
  • ³Brāhmaṇas

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Nussbaum, Alan J. (2016) “Replacing locus ‘place’ in Latin locuplēs”, in Dieter Gunkel, Joshua T. Katz, Brent Vine, Michael Weiss, editors, Sahasram Ati Srajas: Indo-Iranian and Indo-European Studies in Honor of Stephanie W. Jamison, Beech Stave Press, →ISBN, retrieved June 5, 2023

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