अष्ठीवत्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

অষ্ঠীৱত্ (Assamese script)
ᬅᬱ᭄ᬞᬷᬯᬢ᭄ (Balinese script)
অষ্ঠীবত্ (Bengali script)
𑰀𑰬𑰿𑰙𑰱𑰪𑰝𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀅𑀱𑁆𑀞𑀻𑀯𑀢𑁆 (Brahmi script)
အၑ္ဌီဝတ် (Burmese script)
અષ્ઠીવત્ (Gujarati script)
ਅਸ਼੍ਠੀਵਤ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌅𑌷𑍍𑌠𑍀𑌵𑌤𑍍 (Grantha script)
ꦄꦰ꧀ꦜꦷꦮꦠ꧀ (Javanese script)
𑂃𑂭𑂹𑂘𑂲𑂫𑂞𑂹 (Kaithi script)
ಅಷ್ಠೀವತ್ (Kannada script)
អឞ្ឋីវត៑ (Khmer script)
ອຩ຺ຐີວຕ຺ (Lao script)
അഷ്ഠീവത് (Malayalam script)
ᠠᢢᡱᡳᡳᠸᠠᢠ (Manchu script)
𑘀𑘬𑘿𑘙𑘲𑘪𑘝𑘿 (Modi script)
ᠠᢔᢍᠢᠢᠸᠠᢐ (Mongolian script)
𑦠𑧌𑧠𑦹𑧓𑧊𑦽𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
𑐀𑐲𑑂𑐛𑐷𑐰𑐟𑑂 (Newa script)
ଅଷ୍ଠୀଵତ୍ (Odia script)
ꢂꢰ꣄ꢝꢷꢮꢡ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
𑆃𑆰𑇀𑆜𑆵𑆮𑆠𑇀 (Sharada script)
𑖀𑖬𑖿𑖙𑖱𑖪𑖝𑖿 (Siddham script)
අෂ‍්ඨීවත් (Sinhalese script)
𑩐𑪀 𑪙𑩧𑩑𑩛𑩾𑩫 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
𑚀𑚶𑚕𑚯𑚦𑚙𑚶 (Takri script)
அஷ்டீ²வத் (Tamil script)
అష్ఠీవత్ (Telugu script)
อษฺฐีวตฺ (Thai script)
ཨ་ཥྛཱི་ཝ་ཏ྄ (Tibetan script)
𑒁𑒭𑓂𑒚𑒲𑒫𑒞𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
𑨀𑨯𑩇𑨕𑨁𑨊𑨭𑨙𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *HaṣṭʰiHwánts, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *HastčiHwánts. Cognate with Old Armenian ճիւ (čiw).

Lubotsky suggests that this word was certainly influenced by अस्थि (ásthi, “bone”), in part due to the rare cluster -ṣṭh-, possibly reflecting an earlier Rigvedic astcīvát.

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐʂ.ʈʰiː.ʋɐ́t/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɐʂ.ʈʰiː.ʋɐt̪/

Noun

अष्ठीवत् • (aṣṭhīvát) stem, m (Vedic astcīvát)

shank, shin

Usage notes

As shown by Lubotsky, the correct meaning is “shank, shin”, not “the knees”, as is usually thought.

Descendants

Early Assamese: আণ্ঠু (aṇṭhu)
- Assamese: আঁঠু (ãthu), আণ্ঠু (anthu)
Bengali: হাঁটু (hãṭu)
Sylheti: ꠀꠑꠥ (aṭú)

References

Lubotsky, Alexander (2002), “The Indo-Iranian Word for ‘shank, shin’”, in Journal of the American Oriental Society‎^[1], volume 122, number 2, pages 318–324