आषाढ

Nepali

Alternative forms

• असार (asār)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit आषाढ (āṣāḍha), from अषाढ (aṣāḍha, “invincible”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [äsäɽ]
• Phonetic Devanagari: आसाड्

Proper noun

आषाढ • (āṣāḍh)

1. Aashaadha
   1. the third month in the Vikram Samvat calendar
   2. the fourth month in the lunar Hindu calendar

   Synonym: असार (asār)

Related terms

• (lunar months) वैशाख (vaiśākh), ज्येष्ठ (jyeṣṭha) / जेठ (jeṭh), आषाढ (āṣāḍh), साउन (sāuna), भदौ (bhadau) / भाद्र (bhādra), असोज (asoj) / आश्विन (āśvina), कात्तिक (kāttik) / कार्त्तिक (kārttik), मङ्सिर (maṅsira) / मार्ग (mārga), पुस (pus) / पौष (pauṣ), माघ (māgh), फागुन (phāguna) / फाल्गुन (phālguna), चैत (cait) / चैत्र (caitra) ^{(Category: ne:Hindu lunar calendar months)}

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “आषाढ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 102, 134.

Further reading

• Schmidt, Turner (2022) “आषाढ”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Nepali Dictionaries]
• Schmidt, Turner (2022) “असार”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Nepali Dictionaries]

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• আষাঢ (Assamese script)
• ᬆᬱᬵᬠ (Balinese script)
• আষাঢ (Bengali script)
• 𑰁𑰬𑰯𑰛 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀆𑀱𑀸𑀠 (Brahmi script)
• အာၑာဎ (Burmese script)
• આષાઢ (Gujarati script)
• ਆਸ਼ਾਢ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌆𑌷𑌾𑌢 (Grantha script)
• ꦄꦴꦰꦴꦞ (Javanese script)
• 𑂄𑂭𑂰𑂛 (Kaithi script)
• ಆಷಾಢ (Kannada script)
• អាឞាឍ (Khmer script)
• ອາຩາຒ (Lao script)
• ആഷാഢ (Malayalam script)
• ᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᢢᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᢟᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘁𑘬𑘰𑘛 (Modi script)
• ᠠᢗᢔᠠᢗᢎᠾᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦡𑧌𑧑𑦻 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐁𑐲𑐵𑐝 (Newa script)
• ଆଷାଢ (Odia script)
• ꢃꢰꢵꢟ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆄𑆰𑆳𑆞 (Sharada script)
• 𑖁𑖬𑖯𑖛 (Siddham script)
• ආෂාඪ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩛𑪀𑩛𑩩 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚁𑚭𑚗 (Takri script)
• ஆஷாட⁴ (Tamil script)
• ఆషాఢ (Telugu script)
• อาษาฒ (Thai script)
• ཨཱ་ཥཱ་ཌྷ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒂𑒭𑒰𑒜 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨊𑨯𑨊𑨗 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Vṛddhi derivative of अषाढ (aṣāḍha).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɑː.ʂɑː.ɖʱɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɑːˈʂɑː.ɖʱɐ/

Proper noun

आषाढ • (āṣāḍha) stem, m

1. (Hinduism) The fourth month of the Hindu lunar calendar

Related terms

• (lunar months) चैत्र (caitra), वैशाख (vaiśākha), ज्येष्ठ (jyeṣṭha), आषाढ (āṣāḍha), श्रावण (śrāvaṇa), भाद्र (bhādra), अश्विन् (aśvin), कार्तिक (kārtika), मार्गशीर्ष (mārgaśīrṣa) / अग्रहायण (agrahāyaṇa), पौष (pauṣa), माघ (māgha), फाल्गुन (phālguna) ^{(Category: sa:Lunar months)}

Descendants

• Assamese: আহাৰ (ahar)
• Sylheti: ꠀꠠ (aáṛ)
• → Malayalam: ആഷാഢം (āṣāḍhaṁ), ആടി (āṭi) — tadbhava
• → Tamil: ஆடி (āṭi)
• → Tulu: ಆಟಿ (āṭi), ആടി (āṭi)

References

• Apte, Macdonell (2022) “आषाढ”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]