अस्थि

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Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit अस्थि (asthi).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) 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

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

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    अस्थि॑ (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
    singular dual plural
    nominative अस्थि (asthi) अस्थिनी (asthinī) अस्थीनि (asthīni)
    अस्थि¹ (asthi¹)
    अस्थी¹ (asthī¹)
    vocative अस्थि (asthi)
    अस्थे (asthe)
    अस्थिनी (asthinī) अस्थीनि (asthīni)
    अस्थि¹ (asthi¹)
    अस्थी¹ (asthī¹)
    accusative अस्थि (asthi) अस्थिनी (asthinī) अस्थीनि (asthīni)
    अस्थि¹ (asthi¹)
    अस्थी¹ (asthī¹)
    instrumental अस्थिना (asthinā)
    अस्थ्या¹ (asthyā¹)
    अस्थिभ्याम् (asthibhyām) अस्थिभिः (asthibhiḥ)
    dative अस्थिने (asthine)
    अस्थये¹ (asthaye¹)
    अस्थिभ्याम् (asthibhyām) अस्थिभ्यः (asthibhyaḥ)
    ablative अस्थिनः (asthinaḥ)
    अस्थेः¹ (astheḥ¹)
    अस्थिभ्याम् (asthibhyām) अस्थिभ्यः (asthibhyaḥ)
    genitive अस्थिनः (asthinaḥ)
    अस्थेः¹ (astheḥ¹)
    अस्थिनोः (asthinoḥ) अस्थीनाम् (asthīnām)
    locative अस्थिनि (asthini)
    अस्थौ¹ (asthau¹)
    अस्था¹ (asthā¹)
    अस्थिनोः (asthinoḥ) अस्थिषु (asthiṣu)
    • ¹Vedic

    Descendants

    • Dardic:
    • Pali: atthi
    • Prakrit: 𑀅𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀺 (atthi) (see there for further descendants)
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