असु

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• অসু (Assamese script)
• ᬅᬲᬸ (Balinese script)
• অসু (Bengali script)
• 𑰀𑰭𑰲 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀅𑀲𑀼 (Brahmi script)
• အသု (Burmese script)
• અસુ (Gujarati script)
• ਅਸੁ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌅𑌸𑍁 (Grantha script)
• ꦄꦱꦸ (Javanese script)
• 𑂃𑂮𑂳 (Kaithi script)
• ಅಸು (Kannada script)
• អសុ (Khmer script)
• ອສຸ (Lao script)
• അസു (Malayalam script)
• ᠠᠰ᠌ᡠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘀𑘭𑘳 (Modi script)
• ᠠᠰᠤ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦠𑧍𑧔 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐀𑐳𑐸 (Newa script)
• ଅସୁ (Odia script)
• ꢂꢱꢸ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆃𑆱𑆶 (Sharada script)
• 𑖀𑖭𑖲 (Siddham script)
• අසු (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑪁𑩒 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚀𑚨𑚰 (Takri script)
• அஸு (Tamil script)
• అసు (Telugu script)
• อสุ (Thai script)
• ཨ་སུ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒁𑒮𑒳 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨰𑨃 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hásuṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hásuš, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁és-u-s ~ *h₁s-éw-s. The Sanskrit root is अस् (as, “to be”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐ́.su/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɐ.s̪u/

Noun

असु • (ásu) stem, m

1. breath, life

Declension

Masculine u-stem declension of असु

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	असुः (ásuḥ)	असू (ásū)	असवः (ásavaḥ)
accusative	असुम् (ásum)	असू (ásū)	असून् (ásūn)
instrumental	असुना (ásunā) अस्वा¹ (ásvā¹)	असुभ्याम् (ásubhyām)	असुभिः (ásubhiḥ)
dative	असवे (ásave) अस्वे¹ (ásve¹)	असुभ्याम् (ásubhyām)	असुभ्यः (ásubhyaḥ)
ablative	असोः (ásoḥ) अस्वः¹ (ásvaḥ¹)	असुभ्याम् (ásubhyām)	असुभ्यः (ásubhyaḥ)
genitive	असोः (ásoḥ) अस्वः¹ (ásvaḥ¹)	अस्वोः (ásvoḥ)	असूनाम् (ásūnām)
locative	असौ (ásau)	अस्वोः (ásvoḥ)	असुषु (ásuṣu)
vocative	असो (áso)	असू (ásū)	असवः (ásavaḥ)

• ¹Vedic

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “असु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 121, column 1.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 147
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “asu”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, pages 66-67