अश्रु
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit अश्रु (áśru), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *Háśru, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Háĉru, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱru-, from compound *dr̥ḱ-h₂eḱru- (“eye bitter”) (compare *dáḱru-). Cognate with Greek δάκρυ (dákry), Lithuanian ašara, Latvian asara, English tear.
Doublet of आँसू (ā̃sū), a tadbhava.
Noun
अश्रु • (aśru) m (Urdu spelling اشر)|tr=aśru
- (poetic, uncommon) tear
Related terms
- आँसू (ā̃sū)
Sanskrit
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *Háśru, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Háĉru, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱru, from compound *dr̥ḱ-h₂eḱru- (“eye bitter”) (compare *dáḱru-). Cognates include Avestan 𐬀𐬯𐬭𐬏- (asrū-), 𐬀𐬯𐬭𐬏𐬀𐬰𐬀𐬥 (asrūazan), Lithuanian ãšara, Ancient Greek δάκρυ (dákru), Hittite 𒅖𒄩𒀪𒊒 (isḫaḫru), Tocharian A ākär, Gothic 𐍄𐌰𐌲𐍂 (tagr), Old Armenian արտաւսր (artawsr), Latin lacrima, and Old English tēar (English tear).
Pronunciation
Noun
अश्रु • (áśru) n
- tear
- with √muc, √kṛ or √vṛt — to shed tears, weep
- RV 10.95.12b
- कदा सूनुः पितरं जात इछाच्चक्रन नाश्रु वर्तयद्विजानन ।
को दम्पती समनसा वि यूयोदध यदग्निःश्वशुरेषु दीदयत ॥- kadā sūnuḥ pitaraṃ jāta ichāccakrana nāśru vartayadvijānana .
ko dampatī samanasā vi yūyodadha yadagniḥśvaśureṣu dīdayata . - When will the son be born and seek his father? Mourner-like, will he weep when first he knows him?
Who shall divide the accordant wife and husband, while fire is shining with thy consort's parents?
- kadā sūnuḥ pitaraṃ jāta ichāccakrana nāśru vartayadvijānana .
Declension
| Neuter u-stem declension of अश्रु | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nom. sg. | अश्रु (aśru) | ||
| Gen. sg. | अश्रुणः (aśruṇaḥ) | ||
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | अश्रु (aśru) | अश्रुणी (aśruṇī) | अश्रूणि (aśrūṇi) |
| Vocative | अश्रु (aśru) | अश्रुणी (aśruṇī) | अश्रूणि (aśrūṇi) |
| Accusative | अश्रु (aśru) | अश्रुणी (aśruṇī) | अश्रूणि (aśrūṇi) |
| Instrumental | अश्रुणा (aśruṇā) | अश्रुभ्याम् (aśrubhyām) | अश्रुभिः (aśrubhiḥ) |
| Dative | अश्रुणे (aśruṇe) | अश्रुभ्याम् (aśrubhyām) | अश्रुभ्यः (aśrubhyaḥ) |
| Ablative | अश्रुणः (aśruṇaḥ) | अश्रुभ्याम् (aśrubhyām) | अश्रुभ्यः (aśrubhyaḥ) |
| Genitive | अश्रुणः (aśruṇaḥ) | अश्रुणोः (aśruṇoḥ) | अश्रूणाम् (aśrūṇām) |
| Locative | अश्रुणि (aśruṇi) | अश्रुणोः (aśruṇoḥ) | अश्रुषु (aśruṣu) |
Descendants
References
- “अश्रु” in Carl Cappeller, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary: Based upon the St. Petersburg Lexicons, Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, 1891, OCLC 186102264, page 51.
- Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1898) A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 0114
- Arthur A. Macdonell, A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, 1893, page 033
- Horace Hayman Wilson, A dictionary in Sanscrit and English, 2nd ed., Calcutta: Education Press, Circular Road, 1832, page 089
