परस्वत्
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Sanskrit[edit]
Alternative scripts[edit]
Alternative scripts
- পৰস্বত্ (Assamese script)
- ᬧᬭᬲ᭄ᬯᬢ᭄ (Balinese script)
- পরস্বত্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰢𑰨𑰭𑰿𑰪𑰝𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀧𑀭𑀲𑁆𑀯𑀢𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- ပရသွတ် (Burmese script)
- પરસ્વત્ (Gujarati script)
- ਪਰਸ੍ਵਤ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌪𑌰𑌸𑍍𑌵𑌤𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦥꦫꦱ꧀ꦮꦠ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂣𑂩𑂮𑂹𑂫𑂞𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ಪರಸ್ವತ್ (Kannada script)
- បរស្វត៑ (Khmer script)
- ປຣສ຺ວຕ຺ (Lao script)
- പരസ്വത് (Malayalam script)
- ᢒᠠᡵᠠᠰ᠌ᠣᠸᠠᢠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘢𑘨𑘭𑘿𑘪𑘝𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᢒᠠᠷᠠᠰᢦᢐ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧂𑧈𑧍𑧠𑧊𑦽𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐥𑐬𑐳𑑂𑐰𑐟𑑂 (Newa script)
- ପରସ୍ଵତ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢦꢬꢱ꣄ꢮꢡ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆥𑆫𑆱𑇀𑆮𑆠𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖢𑖨𑖭𑖿𑖪𑖝𑖿 (Siddham script)
- පරස්වත් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩰𑩼𑪁 𑪙𑩾𑩫 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚞𑚤𑚨𑚶𑚦𑚙𑚶 (Takri script)
- பரஸ்வத் (Tamil script)
- పరస్వత్ (Telugu script)
- ปรสฺวตฺ (Thai script)
- པ་ར་སྭ་ཏ྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒣𑒩𑒮𑓂𑒫𑒞𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨞𑨫𑨰𑩇𑨭𑨙𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology[edit]
Unknown. Potentially a wanderwort, compare Proto-Semitic *faraʾ- (“wild ass”) (whence Arabic فَرَأ (faraʔ)).[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
परस्वत् • (párasvat) stem, m
- rhinoceros[2]
- Synonym: खड्ग (khaḍga)
Declension[edit]
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
References[edit]
- Monier Williams (1899) “परस्वत्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0589.