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अस्

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See also: अंस, अस, and असि

Sanskrit

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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    From Proto-Indo-Iranian *Has- (to be), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁es- (to be). See अस्ति (asti) for cognates.

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    अस् (as)

    1. to be
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    Primary Verbal Forms
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    Etymology 2

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    From the Proto-Indo-Iranian root *Has- (to throw, shoot, hurl), with further origin uncertain. See अस्यति (asyati) for cognates.

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    अस् (as)

    1. to throw, hurl, shoot at, to cast
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    References

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    • Monier Williams (1899) “अस्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 117.
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      William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 5
    • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 144-145
    • Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 151-153