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Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit आश्विन् (āśvin), from अश्विनी (aśvinī), the feminine variant of अश्विन् (aśvin, “cavalier, Ashvins”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
आश्विन • (āśvin) m
- Ashvin (seventh month of the Hindu lunar calendar)
Declension
Declension of आश्विन (masc cons-stem)
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singular
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plural
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direct
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आश्विन āśvin
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आश्विन āśvin
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oblique
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आश्विन āśvin
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आश्विनों āśvinõ
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vocative
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आश्विन āśvin
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आश्विनो āśvino
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References
Nepali
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit आश्विन् (āśvin).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
आश्विन • (āświn)
- Ashvin
- the sixth month in the Vikram Samvat calendar
- the seventh month in the lunar Hindu calendar
- Synonym: असोज (asoj)
- (lunar months) वैशाख (vaiśākh), ज्येष्ठ (jyeṣṭha) / जेठ (jeṭh), आषाढ (āṣāḍh), साउन (sāuna), भदौ (bhadau) / भाद्र (bhādra), असोज (asoj) / आश्विन (āśvina), कात्तिक (kāttik) / कार्त्तिक (kārttik), मङ्सिर (maṅsira) / मार्ग (mārga), पुस (pus) / पौष (pauṣ), माघ (māgh), फागुन (phāguna) / फाल्गुन (phālguna), चैत (cait) / चैत्र (caitra) (Category: ne:Hindu lunar calendar months)
Further reading
- “आश्विन”, in नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश (nepālī br̥hat śabdakoś) , Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018
- Schmidt, Ruth L. (1993) “आश्विन”, in A Practical Dictionary of Modern Nepali, Ratna Sagar