अष्ठीवत्

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *HastčiHwa-. See Old Armenian ճիւ (čiw).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐʂ.ʈʰiː.ʋɐ́t̪/
(Classical) IPA^(key): /ɐʂˈʈʰiː.ʋɐt̪/

Noun

अष्ठीवत् • (aṣṭhīvát) m

shank, shin

Usage notes

As shown by Lubotsky, the correct meaning is “shank, shin”, not “the knees”, as is usually thought.

References

Lubotsky, Alexander (2002), “The Indo-Iranian Word for ‘shank, shin’”, in Journal of the American Oriental Society‎, volume 122, issue 2, pages 318–324

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