अस्

See also: अंस, अस, and असि

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• অস্ (Assamese script)
• ᬅᬲ᭄ (Balinese script)
• অস্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰀𑰭𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀅𑀲𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• အသ် (Burmese script)
• અસ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਅਸ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌅𑌸𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦄꦱ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂃𑂮𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಅಸ್ (Kannada script)
• អស៑ (Khmer script)
• ອສ຺ (Lao script)
• അസ് (Malayalam script)
• ᠠᠰ᠌ (Manchu script)
• 𑘀𑘭𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠠᠰ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦠𑧍𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐀𑐳𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଅସ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢂꢱ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆃𑆱𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖀𑖭𑖿 (Siddham script)
• අස් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑪁 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚀𑚨𑚶 (Takri script)
• அஸ் (Tamil script)
• అస్ (Telugu script)
• อสฺ (Thai script)
• ཨ་ས྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒁𑒮𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨰𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐs/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɐs̪/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *Has- (“to be”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁es- (“to be”). See अस्ति (asti) for cognates.

Root

अस् • (as)

1. to be

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root अस् (0 c, 15 e)

Terms derived from the Sanskrit root अस् (5 c, 0 e)

Primary Verbal Forms

• अस्ति (ásti, Present)
• आस (ā́sa, Perfect)

Derived Nominal Forms

• अभिष्टि (abhiṣṭí, “an assistant, protector”)
• असु (ásu, “breath, life”)
• इतिहास (itihāsa, “legend, traditional account”)
• उपस्ति (upasti, “being lower or inferior”)
• परिष्टि (pariṣṭi, “obstruction, impediment”)
• सत् (sat, “being”) (which see for more derived terms)
• स्वस्ति (svastí, “blessing, welfare”)
• स्वस्तिक (svástika, “lucky charm, swastika”)
• स्वास्थ्य (svāsthya, “health, wellness”)

Etymology 2

From the Proto-Indo-Iranian root *Has- (“to throw, shoot, hurl”), with further origin uncertain. See अस्यति (asyati) for cognates.

Root

अस् • (as)

1. to throw, hurl, shoot at, to cast

Derived terms

• अस्यति (ásyati)
• अस्त्र (astra)
• प्रास् (prās, root)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “अस्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 117.
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 5-6
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 144-145
• Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 151-153