आसू

Marathi

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ-

Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱru

Proto-Indo-Iranian *Háćru

Sanskrit अश्रु॑ (áśru)

Prakrit 𑀅𑀁𑀲𑀼 (aṃsu)

Marathi आसू (āsū)

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀅𑀁𑀲𑀼 (aṃsu), from Sanskrit अश्रु॑ (áśru), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Háćru, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱru, from *h₂eḱ-.. Doublet of अश्रू (aśrū)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.su/, [a.suː]

Noun

आसू • (āsū) m (plural आसवे)

1. (uncommon) tear

   Synonym: अश्रू (aśrū) (more common)

References

• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “आसू”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press