आश्विन
Hindi
Alternative forms
- आश्विन् (āśvin)
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit आश्विन् (āśvin), from अश्विनी (aśvinī), the feminine variant of अश्विन् (aśvin, “cavalier, Ashvins”).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /ɑːʃ.ʋɪn/, [äːʃ.ʋɪ̃n]
Proper noun
आश्विन • (āśvin) m
- Ashvin (seventh month of the Hindu lunar calendar)
Declension
Related terms
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “आश्विन”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 102, 134.
Nepali
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit आश्विन् (āśvin).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [äswin]
- Phonetic Devanagari: आस्विन्
Proper noun
आश्विन • (āświn)
- Ashvin
- the sixth month in the Vikram Samvat calendar
- the seventh month in the lunar Hindu calendar
- Synonym: असोज (asoj)
Related terms
- (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) [Comprehensive Nepali Dictionary], Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018
- Schmidt, Ruth L. (1993) “आश्विन”, in A Practical Dictionary of Modern Nepali, Ratna Sagar
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