अश्रि

See also: अश्रु

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• অশ্ৰি (Assamese script)
• ᬅᬰ᭄ᬭᬶ (Balinese script)
• অশ্রি (Bengali script)
• 𑰀𑰫𑰿𑰨𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀅𑀰𑁆𑀭𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• အၐြိ (Burmese script)
• અશ્રિ (Gujarati script)
• ਅਸ਼੍ਰਿ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌅𑌶𑍍𑌰𑌿 (Grantha script)
• ꦄꦯꦿꦶ (Javanese script)
• 𑂃𑂬𑂹𑂩𑂱 (Kaithi script)
• ಅಶ್ರಿ (Kannada script)
• អឝ្រិ (Khmer script)
• ອຨ຺ຣິ (Lao script)
• അശ്രി (Malayalam script)
• ᠠᡧᡵᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘀𑘫𑘿𑘨𑘱 (Modi script)
• ᠠᠱᠷᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦠𑧋𑧠𑧈𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐀𑐱𑑂𑐬𑐶 (Newa script)
• ଅଶ୍ରି (Odia script)
• ꢂꢯ꣄ꢬꢶ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆃𑆯𑇀𑆫𑆴 (Sharada script)
• 𑖀𑖫𑖿𑖨𑖰 (Siddham script)
• අශ්‍රි (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩿 𑪙𑩼𑩑 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚀𑚧𑚶𑚤𑚮 (Takri script)
• அஶ்ரி (Tamil script)
• అశ్రి (Telugu script)
• อศฺริ (Thai script)
• ཨ་ཤྲི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒁𑒬𑓂𑒩𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨮𑩇𑨫𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *Háśriṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Háćriš, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂óḱris (“sharp edge, top, angle, corner”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ὄκρις (ókris, “point, prominence”), Latin ocris (“crag”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐ́ɕ.ɾi/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɐɕ.ɾi/

Noun

अश्रि • (áśri) stem, f

1. the sharp side of anything, corner, angle (of a room or house), edge (of a sword)

Declension

Feminine i-stem declension of अश्रि

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	अश्रिः (áśriḥ)	अश्री (áśrī)	अश्रयः (áśrayaḥ)
vocative	अश्रे (áśre)	अश्री (áśrī)	अश्रयः (áśrayaḥ)
accusative	अश्रिम् (áśrim)	अश्री (áśrī)	अश्रीः (áśrīḥ)
instrumental	अश्र्या (áśryā) अश्री¹ (áśrī¹)	अश्रिभ्याम् (áśribhyām)	अश्रिभिः (áśribhiḥ)
dative	अश्रये (áśraye) अश्र्यै² (áśryai²) अश्री¹ (áśrī¹)	अश्रिभ्याम् (áśribhyām)	अश्रिभ्यः (áśribhyaḥ)
ablative	अश्रेः (áśreḥ) अश्र्याः² (áśryāḥ²) अश्र्यै³ (áśryai³)	अश्रिभ्याम् (áśribhyām)	अश्रिभ्यः (áśribhyaḥ)
genitive	अश्रेः (áśreḥ) अश्र्याः² (áśryāḥ²) अश्र्यै³ (áśryai³)	अश्र्योः (áśryoḥ)	अश्रीणाम् (áśrīṇām)
locative	अश्रौ (áśrau) अश्र्याम्² (áśryām²) अश्रा¹ (áśrā¹)	अश्र्योः (áśryoḥ)	अश्रिषु (áśriṣu)

• ¹Vedic
• ²Later Sanskrit
• ³Brāhmaṇas

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “अश्रि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 114/2.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 138