अष्ठीवत्
Appearance
Sanskrit
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Indo-Aryan *HaṣṭʰiHwánts, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *HastčiHwánts. Cognate with Old Armenian ճիւ (čiw).
Lubotsky suggests that this word was certainly influenced by अस्थि (ásthi, “bone”), in part due to the rare cluster -ṣṭh-, possibly reflecting an earlier Rigvedic astcīvát.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]अष्ठीवत् • (aṣṭhīvát) stem, m (Vedic astcīvát)
Usage notes
[edit]As shown by Lubotsky, the correct meaning is “shank, shin”, not “the knees”, as is usually thought.
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- Lubotsky, Alexander (2002) “The Indo-Iranian Word for ‘shank, shin’”, in Journal of the American Oriental Society[1], volume 122, number 2, pages 318–324
Categories:
- Sanskrit terms inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan
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- Sanskrit terms inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian
- Sanskrit terms derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian
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- Sanskrit lemmas
- Sanskrit nouns
- Sanskrit nouns in Devanagari script
- Sanskrit masculine nouns