अश्व

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit अश्व (áśva), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Háĉwas, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁éḱwos.

Noun

अश्व • (aśv) m (Urdu spelling اشو‎)

1. horse

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit अश्व (aśva), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Háĉwas, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁éḱwos (“horse”)

Noun

अश्व (transliteration needed) m

1. horse

   Synonym: अश्व

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *Háśwas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Háĉwas, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁éḱwos (“horse”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬀𐬯𐬞𐬀‎ (aspa), Old Persian 𐎠𐎿 (a-s /asa/), Lithuanian ašva, Ancient Greek ἵππος (híppos) Latin equus, Old English eoh.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐ́ɕ.ʋɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɐɕ.ʋɐ/

Noun

अश्व • (áśva) m

1. horse, stallion
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.161.3

     अग्निं दूतं प्रति यदब्रवीतनाश्वः कर्त्वो रथ उतेह कर्त्वः ।
     धेनुः कर्त्वा युवशा कर्त्वा द्वा तानि भ्रातरनु वः कृत्व्येमसि ॥

     agniṃ dūtaṃ prati yadabravītanāśvaḥ kartvo ratha uteha kartvaḥ .
     dhenuḥ kartvā yuvaśā kartvā dvā tāni bhrātaranu vaḥ kṛtvyemasi .

     What to the envoy Agni in reply ye spake, a courser must be made, a chariot fashioned here,
     A cow must be created, and the Twain made young. When we have done these things, Brother, we turn to you.

2. (chess) knight
3. the number "seven" (that being the number of the horses of the sun)
4. Sagittarius

References

• 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
• Alexander Lubotsky, A Rgvedic Word Concordance, American Oriental Society, 1997, lemma áśva