Indo-Aryan ástʰi [982]

982 ásthi n. 'bone', nom. acc. sg. ásthi, other cases ásthan- RV. [See aṣṭhi-]

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[1]

Indo-Aryan

ástʰi

bone

n; nom

T1962—1966

[2]

Ashokan Prakrit

anatʰika-macʰe

boneless fish

(Hultzsch reads anaṭhika- with all other versions, see aṣṭhi-)

T1962—1966

Ashokan Prakrit: Kausambi

anatʰika-macʰe

boneless fish

(Hultzsch reads anaṭhika- with all other versions, see aṣṭhi-)

T1962—1966

Prakrit

attʰi

T1962—1966

°ya

bone, a kind of fruit with many seeds

n

T1962—1966

Khowar

astī

bone

T1962—1966

Sinhala

æta-midaḷu

marrow of the bones

T1962—1966

Unclassified

Dogri

asti

P1983

Kangri

astʰu

P1983

Mandeali

astu

bones, of the dead person which are to be immersed in the holy waters (of rivers etc.)

The word is derived from ásthi, or most probably from its weak base asthàn-. Here -sth- > -st- and the most productive diminutive suffix -u is added.

P1983


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