अष्ठीवत्

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *HaṣṭʰiHwánts, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *HastčiHwánts. Cognate with Old Armenian ճիւ (čiw).

Lubotsky suggests that this word was certainly influenced by अस्थि (ásthi, “bone”), in part due to the rare cluster -ṣṭh-, possibly reflecting an earlier Rigvedic astcīvát.

Pronunciation

Noun

अष्ठीवत् • (aṣṭhīvát) m (Vedic astcīvát)

  1. shank, shin

Usage notes

As shown by Lubotsky, the correct meaning is “shank, shin”, not “the knees”, as is usually thought.

References
  • Lubotsky, Alexander (2002), “The Indo-Iranian Word for ‘shank, shin’”, in Journal of the American Oriental Society‎, volume 122, issue 2, pages 318–324

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