Definify.com
Definition 2024
अश्रु
अश्रु
See also: अश्रि
Hindi
Noun
अश्रु • (aśru) m (Urdu spelling اشر)
- (poetic, uncommon) tear
Related terms
- आँसू (ā̃sū)
Sanskrit
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Iranian, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱru-, from compound *dr̥ḱ-h₂eḱru- (“eye bitter”) (compare *dáḱru-). Cognates include Avestan asrū-, asrūazan, Lithuanian ãšara, Ancient Greek δάκρυ (dákru), Hittite 𒅖𒄩𒀪𒊒 (isḫaḫru), Tocharian A ākär, Gothic 𐍄𐌰𐌲𐍂 (tagr), Old Armenian արտաւսր (artawsr), Latin lacrima, and Old English tēar (English tear).
Noun
अश्रु • (áśru) n
- tear
- with √muc, √kṛ or √vṛt — to shed tears, weep
- कदा सूनुः पितरं जात इछाच्चक्रन नाश्रु वर्तयद्विजानन |
- को दम्पती समनसा वि यूयोदध यदग्निःश्वशुरेषु दीदयत ||
- kadā sūnuḥ pitaraṃ jāta ichāccakran nāśru vartayadvijānan |
- ko dampatī samanasā vi yūyodadha yadaghniḥśvaśureṣu dīdayat ||
- When will the son be born and seek his father? Mourner-like, will he weep when first he knows him?
- Who shall divide the accordant wife and husband, while fire is shining with thy consort's parents?
Declension
| Neuter u-stem declension of अश्रु | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nom. sg. | अश्रु (aśru) | ||
| Gen. sg. | अश्रुणः (aśruṇaḥ) | ||
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | अश्रु (aśru) | अश्रुणी (aśruṇī) | अश्रूणि (aśrūṇi) |
| Vocative | अश्रु (aśru) | अश्रुणी (aśruṇī) | अश्रूणि (aśrūṇi) |
| Accusative | अश्रु (aśru) | अश्रुणी (aśruṇī) | अश्रूणि (aśrūṇi) |
| Instrumental | अश्रुणा (aśruṇā) | अश्रुभ्याम् (aśrubhyām) | अश्रुभिः (aśrubhiḥ) |
| Dative | अश्रुणे (aśruṇe) | अश्रुभ्याम् (aśrubhyām) | अश्रुभ्यः (aśrubhyaḥ) |
| Ablative | अश्रुणः (aśruṇaḥ) | अश्रुभ्याम् (aśrubhyām) | अश्रुभ्यः (aśrubhyaḥ) |
| Genitive | अश्रुणः (aśruṇaḥ) | अश्रुणोः (aśruṇoḥ) | अश्रूणाम् (aśrūṇām) |
| Locative | अश्रुणि (aśruṇi) | अश्रुणोः (aśruṇoḥ) | अश्रुषु (aśruṣu) |
Descendants
- Gujarati: આંસું (ā̃sū)
- Hindi: आँसू (ā̃sū)
- Marathi: आसव (āsav)
- Nepali: आशू (āśū)
- Punjabi: ਅੱਥਰੂ (aththarū)
- Rajasthani: आंहू (ā̃hū)
- Telugu: అశ్రువు (aśruvu)
- Urdu: آنسو (ā̃sū)
References
- Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1898) A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 0114
- Arthur A. Macdonell, A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, 1893, page 033
- Horace Hayman Wilson, A dictionary in Sanscrit and English, 2nd ed., Calcutta: Education Press, Circular Road, 1832, page 089
- Carl Capeller, A Sanskrit-English dictionary, based upon the St. Petersburg lexicons, London: Luzac & Co., 1891, page 051
