The corpus record — Sanskrit

hayān

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Where it lives

Katha Upanisad 1 · 4.64/10k

What it meant — Monier-Williams

1. häya-

häya- m. Roß {RV +). - Zu HAY; vel. RV asva-hayad- Rosse antreibend’, RV 3,53,24 hinvanty dsvam, 9,26,5 härim hinvanti, 10,188,1 dsvamı hinota väjinam, 9,13,6 atyä hiyanä nd hetfbhih, 9,62,6 dsvarı nd hetärah, 9,64,29 hinväno hetfbhir yata ä vajamı väjy äkramit, u. dgl. Mit häya- (etwa „*Anspornung“, idg. *’ei s. HAY) ist arm. ji (GenSg jioy) ‘Pferd’ offenbar urverwandt (vgl. die Lit. in KEWA III 578, 804 [wo zu … — [Mayrhofer, s.v. häya-, p. 831]

2. هَيَ

haya m. ( ifc. f(ā). ; fr. √ 1. hi) a horse, RV. &c. &c.

3. هَيَ

a symbolical expression for the number ‘seven’ (on account of the 7 horses of the Sun), Śrutab.

4. هَيَ

(in prosody) a foot of four short syllables, proceleusmaticus, Col.

In the wild

hayān Katha Upanisad kau_3.4

Where it came from

Mayrhofer, Etymologisches Worterbuch des Altindoarischen (EWAia) Treated in Mayrhofer, Etymologisches Worterbuch des Altindoarischen (EWAia) s.v. häya (vol. 2, scan p. 831; entry #6182).

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