आस्

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₃éh₁os (“mouth”). Cognates include Hittite 𒀀𒄿𒅖 (aiš, “mouth”), Latin ōs (“mouth”), Old Church Slavonic оуста (usta, “mouth”) and Old Irish á (“mouth”).

Noun

आस् • (ā́s) n

  1. mouth
  2. face

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 0159
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