अभीशु

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• অভীশু (Assamese script)
• ᬅᬪᬷᬰᬸ (Balinese script)
• অভীশু (Bengali script)
• 𑰀𑰥𑰱𑰫𑰲 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀅𑀪𑀻𑀰𑀼 (Brahmi script)
• အဘီၐု (Burmese script)
• અભીશુ (Gujarati script)
• ਅਭੀਸ਼ੁ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌅𑌭𑍀𑌶𑍁 (Grantha script)
• ꦄꦨꦷꦯꦸ (Javanese script)
• 𑂃𑂦𑂲𑂬𑂳 (Kaithi script)
• ಅಭೀಶು (Kannada script)
• អភីឝុ (Khmer script)
• ອຠີຨຸ (Lao script)
• അഭീശു (Malayalam script)
• ᠠᢨᡳᡳᡧᡠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘀𑘥𑘲𑘫𑘳 (Modi script)
• ᠠᠪᠾᠢᠢᠱᠤ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦠𑧅𑧓𑧋𑧔 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐀𑐨𑐷𑐱𑐸 (Newa script)
• ଅଭୀଶୁ (Odia script)
• ꢂꢩꢷꢯꢸ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆃𑆨𑆵𑆯𑆶 (Sharada script)
• 𑖀𑖥𑖱𑖫𑖲 (Siddham script)
• අභීශු (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩳𑩑𑩛𑩿𑩒 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚀𑚡𑚯𑚧𑚰 (Takri script)
• அபீ⁴ஶு (Tamil script)
• అభీశు (Telugu script)
• อภีศุ (Thai script)
• ཨ་བྷཱི་ཤུ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒁𑒦𑒲𑒬𑒳 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨡𑨁𑨊𑨮𑨃 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From अभि (abhí) + an unclear second element (possibly from the root ईश् (īś, “to rule”)).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐ.bʱíː.ɕu/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɐ.bʱiː.ɕu/

Noun

अ॒भीशु॑ • (abhī́śu) stem, m

1. (Vedic) rein, bridle
   • c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 6.57.6:

     उत् पू॒षणं॑ युवामहे॒ऽभीशूँ॑र् इव॒ सार॑थिः ।
     म॒ह्या इन्द्रं॑ स्व॒स्तये॑ ॥

     út pūṣáṇaṃ yuvāmaheʼbhī́śūm̐r iva sā́rathiḥ.
     mahyā́ índraṃ svastáye.

     As a charioteer draws in his reins, may we draw Pūṣan near,
     And Indra, for our great success.

Declension

Masculine u-stem declension of अ॒भीशु॑

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	अ॒भीशुः॑ (abhī́śuḥ)	अ॒भीशू॑ (abhī́śū)	अ॒भीश॑वः (abhī́śavaḥ)
accusative	अ॒भीशु॑म् (abhī́śum)	अ॒भीशू॑ (abhī́śū)	अ॒भीशू॑न् (abhī́śūn)
instrumental	अ॒भीशु॑ना (abhī́śunā) अ॒भीश्वा॑¹ (abhī́śvā¹)	अ॒भीशु॑भ्याम् (abhī́śubhyām)	अ॒भीशु॑भिः (abhī́śubhiḥ)
dative	अ॒भीश॑वे (abhī́śave) अ॒भीश्वे॑¹ (abhī́śve¹)	अ॒भीशु॑भ्याम् (abhī́śubhyām)	अ॒भीशु॑भ्यः (abhī́śubhyaḥ)
ablative	अ॒भीशोः॑ (abhī́śoḥ) अ॒भीश्वः॑¹ (abhī́śvaḥ¹)	अ॒भीशु॑भ्याम् (abhī́śubhyām)	अ॒भीशु॑भ्यः (abhī́śubhyaḥ)
genitive	अ॒भीशोः॑ (abhī́śoḥ) अ॒भीश्वः॑¹ (abhī́śvaḥ¹)	अ॒भीश्वोः॑ (abhī́śvoḥ)	अ॒भीशू॑नाम् (abhī́śūnām)
locative	अ॒भीशौ॑ (abhī́śau)	अ॒भीश्वोः॑ (abhī́śvoḥ)	अ॒भीशु॑षु (abhī́śuṣu)
vocative	अभी॑शो (ábhīśo)	अभी॑शू (ábhīśū)	अभी॑शवः (ábhīśavaḥ)

• ¹Vedic

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “अभीशु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 74, column 3.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992), Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 93