अश्रु

Borrowed from Sanskrit अश्रु (áśru), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *Háśru, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Háćru, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱru-, from compound *dr̥ḱ-h₂eḱru- (“eye bitter”) (compare *dáḱru-). Cognate with Greek δάκρυ (dákry), Lithuanian ašara, Latvian asara, English tear.

Doublet of आँसू (ā̃sū), a tadbhava.

अश्रु • (aśru) m (Urdu spelling اشر‎)

1. (poetic, uncommon) tear

• आँसू (ā̃sū)

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *Háśru, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Háćru, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱru, from compound *dr̥ḱ-h₂eḱru- (“eye bitter”) (compare *dáḱru-). Cognate with Avestan 𐬀𐬯𐬭𐬏-‎ (asrū-), 𐬀𐬯𐬭𐬏𐬀𐬰𐬀𐬥‎ (asrūazan), Lithuanian ãšara, Ancient Greek δάκρυ (dákru), Hittite 𒅖𒄩𒀪𒊒 (isḫaḫru), Tocharian A ākär, Gothic 𐍄𐌰𐌲𐍂 (tagr), Old Armenian արտաւսր (artawsr), Latin lacrima, and Old English tēar (whence English tear).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐ́ɕ.ɽu/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɐɕ.ɽu/

अश्रु • (áśru) n

1. tear

   with √muc, √kṛ or √vṛt — to shed tears, weep

   • RV 10.95.12b

     कदा सूनुः पितरं जात इछाच्चक्रन नाश्रु वर्तयद्विजानन ।
     को दम्पती समनसा वि यूयोदध यदग्निःश्वशुरेषु दीदयत ॥

     kadā sūnuḥ pitaraṃ jāta ichāccakrana nāśru vartayadvijānana .
     ko dampatī samanasā vi yūyodadha yadagniḥśvaśureṣu dīdayata .

     When will the son be born and seek his father? Mourner-like, will he weep when first he knows him?
     Who shall divide the accordant wife and husband, while fire is shining with thy consort's parents?

• Gujarati: આંસુ (ā̃su)
• Hindi: आँसू (ā̃sū)
• Marathi: आसव (āsav)
• Nepali: आशू (āśū)
• Punjabi: ਅੱਥਰੂ (atharū)
• Rajasthani: आंहू (ā̃hū)
• Telugu: అశ్రువు (aśruvu)
• Urdu: آنسو‎ (ā̃sū)

• “अश्रु” in Carl Cappeller, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary: Based upon the St. Petersburg Lexicons, Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, 1891, →OCLC, page 51.
• Monier Williams (1899), “अश्रु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 0114.
• Arthur A. Macdonell, A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, 1893, page 033
• Horace Hayman Wilson, A dictionary in Sanscrit and English, 2nd ed., Calcutta: Education Press, Circular Road, 1832, page 089