अस्मै
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- অস্মৈ (Assamese script)
- ᬅᬲ᭄ᬫᬿ (Balinese script)
- অস্মৈ (Bengali script)
- 𑰀𑰭𑰿𑰦𑰹 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀅𑀲𑁆𑀫𑁃 (Brahmi script)
- အသ္မဲ (Burmese script)
- અસ્મૈ (Gujarati script)
- ਅਸ੍ਮੈ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌅𑌸𑍍𑌮𑍈 (Grantha script)
- ꦄꦱ꧀ꦩꦻ (Javanese script)
- 𑂃𑂮𑂹𑂧𑂶 (Kaithi script)
- ಅಸ್ಮೈ (Kannada script)
- អស្មៃ (Khmer script)
- ອສ຺ໄມ (Lao script)
- അസ്മൈ (Malayalam script)
- ᠠᠰ᠌ᠮᠠᡳ (Manchu script)
- 𑘀𑘭𑘿𑘦𑘺 (Modi script)
- ᠠᠰᠮᠧᠧ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦠𑧍𑧠𑧆𑧛 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐀𑐳𑑂𑐩𑐿 (Newa script)
- ଅସ୍ମୈ (Odia script)
- ꢂꢱ꣄ꢪꣀ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆃𑆱𑇀𑆩𑆽 (Sharada script)
- 𑖀𑖭𑖿𑖦𑖹 (Siddham script)
- අස්මෛ (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩐𑪁 𑪙𑩴𑩗 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚀𑚨𑚶𑚢𑚳 (Takri script)
- அஸ்மை (Tamil script)
- అస్మై (Telugu script)
- อสฺไม (Thai script)
- ཨ་སྨཻ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒁𑒮𑓂𑒧𑒻 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨀𑨰𑩇𑨢𑨇 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *asmā́y.[1] Cognate with Avestan 𐬀𐬵𐬨𐬁𐬌 (ahmāi).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɐs.mɑ́ːj/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɐs̪.mɑj/
Pronoun
अस्मै • (asmái)
- masculine/neuter dative singular of इदम् (idám, “this”)
Usage notes
Sometimes accented ásmai in the Rigveda, but only at the beginning of a verse.[2]
References
- ^ Kümmel, Martin Joachim (2017–2018), “Chapter XVII: Indo-Iranian”, in Klein, Jared S., Joseph, Brian D., Fritz, Matthias, editors, Handbook of Comparative and Historical Indo-European Linguistics: An International Handbook (Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft [Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science]; 41.2), Berlin; Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, →ISBN, § The morphology of Indo-Iranian, page 1901
- ^ Wackernagel, Jakob (1896-1964), Altindische Grammatik [Grammar of Ancient Indian] (Indogermanische Bibliothek. 2. Reihe: Wörterbücher)[1] (in German), Vol. III: Nominalflexion – Zahlwort – Pronomen, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, published 1930, page 518