The corpus record — Sanskrit

āśīḥ

ensis

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Where it lives

Taittiriya Upanisad 1 · 1.89/10k
Chandogya Upanisad 1 · 0.21/10k

What it meant — Monier-Williams

1. َسِ-

asi- m. Schwert, Schlachtmesser (RV +). - Mi., ni., Tu 969f. - lir.? Jav. aphuiiät (Xt 13,46) ist unklar, Bezug auf *ayhü- “Geschoß’ (zu asi- 'ensis’ und [7] A S?, Bthi, IF 9 [1898] 277) ganz willkürlich. - Idg. Ah, Ansi-, lat. ensis Schwert; dazu wohl paläisch hasira- ‘Dolch’ (Eich, LautgEt 127 Anm. 30). S. asida-. Idg. *h,- wegen palä. h-? Zweifel an dem anatol. Anschluß bei Oett, IH 34 Anm. 108. - „Etyma“ von … — [Mayrhofer, s.v. asi-, p. 200]

2. َسِ

asi m. (√ 2. as), a sword, scimitar, knife (used for killing animals), RV. ; AV. &c.

3. āśi

2. āśi P. ( Impv. āśiśīhi) to sharpen [ Sāy. ] i.e. to make zealous, RV. vii, 16, 6 ; viii, 21, 8 [to bestow, let partake, BRD. ]; (for 1. āśi See 2. āśa.)

4. āśī

3. āśī Ā. ( irr. śaye [3. sg. ] RV. ; AV. : Impv. 3. sg. āśayām, AV. v, 25, 9 ; 3. pl. śerate, Vikr. ) to lie or rest on or round: P. ( impf. 3. pl. A Sayan ) to wish, BhP. ix, 1, 37 [perhaps this form is rather a Nom. from 1. āśā?] : Caus. ( impf. A/ SISayat ) to lay or put upon, R.

In the wild

āśīḥ Chandogya Upanisad chup_1,3.8
āśīḥ Taittiriya Upanisad TaittU_2,1.1

Where it came from

Mayrhofer, Etymologisches Worterbuch des Altindoarischen (EWAia) Treated in Mayrhofer, Etymologisches Worterbuch des Altindoarischen (EWAia) s.v. asi (vol. 1, scan p. 200; entry #3166). Root candidates: *ayhü-.

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