परस्वत्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• পৰস্বত্ (Assamese script)
• ᬧᬭᬲ᭄ᬯᬢ᭄ (Balinese script)
• পরস্বত্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰢𑰨𑰭𑰿𑰪𑰝𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀧𑀭𑀲𑁆𑀯𑀢𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ပရသွတ် (Burmese script)
• પરસ્વત્ (Gujarati script)
• ਪਰਸ੍ਵਤ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌪𑌰𑌸𑍍𑌵𑌤𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦥꦫꦱ꧀ꦮꦠ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂣𑂩𑂮𑂹𑂫𑂞𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಪರಸ್ವತ್ (Kannada script)
• បរស្វត៑ (Khmer script)
• ປຣສ຺ວຕ຺ (Lao script)
• പരസ്വത് (Malayalam script)
• ᢒᠠᡵᠠᠰ᠌ᠣᠸᠠᢠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘢𑘨𑘭𑘿𑘪𑘝𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᢒᠠᠷᠠᠰᢦᢐ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧂𑧈𑧍𑧠𑧊𑦽𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐥𑐬𑐳𑑂𑐰𑐟𑑂 (Newa script)
• ପରସ୍ଵତ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢦꢬꢱ꣄ꢮꢡ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆥𑆫𑆱𑇀𑆮𑆠𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖢𑖨𑖭𑖿𑖪𑖝𑖿 (Siddham script)
• පරස‍්වත් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩰𑩼𑪁 𑪙𑩾𑩫 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚞𑚤𑚨𑚶𑚦𑚙𑚶 (Takri script)
• பரஸ்வத் (Tamil script)
• పరస్వత్ (Telugu script)
• ปรสฺวตฺ (Thai script)
• པ་ར་སྭ་ཏ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒣𑒩𑒮𑓂𑒫𑒞𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨞𑨫𑨰𑩇𑨭𑨙𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Unknown. Potentially a wanderwort, compare Proto-Semitic *faraʾ- (“wild ass”) (whence Arabic فَرَأ (faraʔ)).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /pɐ́.ɾɐs.ʋɐt/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /pɐˈɾɐs̪.ʋɐt̪/

Noun

परस्वत् • (párasvat) stem, m

1. rhinoceros

   Synonym: खड्ग (khaḍga)

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “परस्वत्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0589.