अश्विनी

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit अश्विनी (aśvinī).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /əʃ.ʋɪ.niː/, [ɐʃ.ʋɪ.niː]

Proper noun

अश्विनी • (aśvinī) f

1. (Indian astronomy) Ashvini (a nakshatra or lunar mansion, i.e. a sector of the sky along the ecliptic, including the stars β and γ Arietis)

Declension

Declension of अश्विनी (sg-only fem ī-stem)

	singular
direct	अश्विनी aśvinī
oblique	अश्विनी aśvinī
vocative	अश्विनी aśvinī

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• অশ্বিনী (Assamese script)
• ᬅᬰ᭄ᬯᬶᬦᬷ (Balinese script)
• অশ্বিনী (Bengali script)
• 𑰀𑰫𑰿𑰪𑰰𑰡𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀅𑀰𑁆𑀯𑀺𑀦𑀻 (Brahmi script)
• အၐွိနီ (Burmese script)
• અશ્વિની (Gujarati script)
• ਅਸ਼੍ਵਿਨੀ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌅𑌶𑍍𑌵𑌿𑌨𑍀 (Grantha script)
• ꦄꦯ꧀ꦮꦶꦤꦷ (Javanese script)
• 𑂃𑂬𑂹𑂫𑂱𑂢𑂲 (Kaithi script)
• ಅಶ್ವಿನೀ (Kannada script)
• អឝ្វិនី (Khmer script)
• ອຨ຺ວິນີ (Lao script)
• അശ്വിനീ (Malayalam script)
• ᠠᡧᠣᠸᡳᠨᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘀𑘫𑘿𑘪𑘱𑘡𑘲 (Modi script)
• ᠠᠱᠸᠢᠨᠢᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦠𑧋𑧠𑧊𑧒𑧁𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐀𑐱𑑂𑐰𑐶𑐣𑐷 (Newa script)
• ଅଶ୍ଵିନୀ (Odia script)
• ꢂꢯ꣄ꢮꢶꢥꢷ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆃𑆯𑇀𑆮𑆴𑆤𑆵 (Sharada script)
• 𑖀𑖫𑖿𑖪𑖰𑖡𑖱 (Siddham script)
• අශ‍්විනී (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩿 𑪙𑩾𑩑𑩯𑩑𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚀𑚧𑚶𑚦𑚮𑚝𑚯 (Takri script)
• அஶ்விநீ (Tamil script)
• అశ్వినీ (Telugu script)
• อศฺวินี (Thai script)
• ཨ་ཤྭི་ནཱི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒁𑒬𑓂𑒫𑒱𑒢𑒲 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨮𑩇𑨭𑨁𑨝𑨁𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

feminine nominative singular of अश्विन् (aśvin)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐɕ.ʋi.niː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈɐɕ.ʋi.n̪iː/

Proper noun

अश्विनी • (aśvinī) stem, f

1. Aśvini wife and/or mother of the two Aśvins (goddess)
2. Aries (constellation)

Declension

Feminine ī-stem declension of अश्विनी (aśvinī)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	अश्विनी aśvinī	अश्विन्यौ / अश्विनी¹ aśvinyau / aśvinī¹	अश्विन्यः / अश्विनीः¹ aśvinyaḥ / aśvinīḥ¹
Vocative	अश्विनि aśvini	अश्विन्यौ / अश्विनी¹ aśvinyau / aśvinī¹	अश्विन्यः / अश्विनीः¹ aśvinyaḥ / aśvinīḥ¹
Accusative	अश्विनीम् aśvinīm	अश्विन्यौ / अश्विनी¹ aśvinyau / aśvinī¹	अश्विनीः aśvinīḥ
Instrumental	अश्विन्या aśvinyā	अश्विनीभ्याम् aśvinībhyām	अश्विनीभिः aśvinībhiḥ
Dative	अश्विन्यै aśvinyai	अश्विनीभ्याम् aśvinībhyām	अश्विनीभ्यः aśvinībhyaḥ
Ablative	अश्विन्याः / अश्विन्यै² aśvinyāḥ / aśvinyai²	अश्विनीभ्याम् aśvinībhyām	अश्विनीभ्यः aśvinībhyaḥ
Genitive	अश्विन्याः / अश्विन्यै² aśvinyāḥ / aśvinyai²	अश्विन्योः aśvinyoḥ	अश्विनीनाम् aśvinīnām
Locative	अश्विन्याम् aśvinyām	अश्विन्योः aśvinyoḥ	अश्विनीषु aśvinīṣu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Brāhmaṇas

Descendants

• Hindi: अश्विनी (aśvinī)
• → Thai: อัศวินี (àt-sà-wí-nii)
• → Tocharian B: Aśviṇi

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899) “अश्विनी”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 116/1.
• Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “अश्विनी”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016