अप्सस्
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- অপ্সস্ (Assamese script)
- ᬅᬧ᭄ᬲᬲ᭄ (Balinese script)
- অপ্সস্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰀𑰢𑰿𑰭𑰭𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀅𑀧𑁆𑀲𑀲𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- အပ္သသ် (Burmese script)
- અપ્સસ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਅਪ੍ਸਸ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌅𑌪𑍍𑌸𑌸𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦄꦥ꧀ꦱꦱ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂃𑂣𑂹𑂮𑂮𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ಅಪ್ಸಸ್ (Kannada script)
- អប្សស៑ (Khmer script)
- ອປ຺ສສ຺ (Lao script)
- അപ്സസ് (Malayalam script)
- ᠠᢒᠰ᠌ᠠᠰ᠌ (Manchu script)
- 𑘀𑘢𑘿𑘭𑘭𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠠᢒᠰᠠᠰ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦠𑧂𑧠𑧍𑧍𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐀𑐥𑑂𑐳𑐳𑑂 (Newa script)
- ଅପ୍ସସ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢂꢦ꣄ꢱꢱ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆃𑆥𑇀𑆱𑆱𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖀𑖢𑖿𑖭𑖭𑖿 (Siddham script)
- අප්සස් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩐𑩰 𑪙𑪁𑪁 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚀𑚞𑚶𑚨𑚨𑚶 (Takri script)
- அப்ஸஸ் (Tamil script)
- అప్సస్ (Telugu script)
- อปฺสสฺ (Thai script)
- ཨ་པྶ་ས྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒁𑒣𑓂𑒮𑒮𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨀𑨞𑩇𑨰𑨰𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hápsas, ultimately reflecting Proto-Indo-European *h₂épsos, from the root *h₂ep- (“to fasten”); compare Ossetian ӕфцӕг (æfcæg), Tocharian A āpsā (“limbs”), Hittite [script needed] (ḫappeššar-, “limb, joint, part of the body”).[1]
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɐ́p.sɐs/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɐp.s̪ɐs̪/
Noun
अप्सस् • (ápsas) stem, n
- "the hidden part of the body", "the secret charms (of a wife)"
- form, beauty
- one possessed of beauty
- bosom, breast
- cheek
- forehead, face
- front side
- hidden fault, sin
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | अप्सः (ápsaḥ) | अप्ससी (ápsasī) | अप्सांसि (ápsāṃsi) |
| accusative | अप्सः (ápsaḥ) | अप्ससी (ápsasī) | अप्सांसि (ápsāṃsi) |
| instrumental | अप्ससा (ápsasā) | अप्सोभ्याम् (ápsobhyām) | अप्सोभिः (ápsobhiḥ) |
| dative | अप्ससे (ápsase) | अप्सोभ्याम् (ápsobhyām) | अप्सोभ्यः (ápsobhyaḥ) |
| ablative | अप्ससः (ápsasaḥ) | अप्सोभ्याम् (ápsobhyām) | अप्सोभ्यः (ápsobhyaḥ) |
| genitive | अप्ससः (ápsasaḥ) | अप्ससोः (ápsasoḥ) | अप्ससाम् (ápsasām) |
| locative | अप्ससि (ápsasi) | अप्ससोः (ápsasoḥ) | अप्सःसु (ápsaḥsu) |
| vocative | अप्सः (ápsaḥ) | अप्ससी (ápsasī) | अप्सांसि (ápsāṃsi) |
References
- ^ Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006), “*h₂épes-”, in The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 180
Further reading
- Bailey, H. W. (1969), “Arya Notes”, in Studia Classica et Orientalia Antonino Pagliaro Oblata. I, Rome: Istituto di Glottologia dell’Università, pages 137–145
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992), Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume I, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 90