Asami, Asāmī, Asāmi: 14 definitions

Introduction:

Asami means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali, Marathi, Jainism, Prakrit, Hindi, Tamil. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

asāmī (असामी).—f m ( A) A person; an individual. 2 A tenant, renter, client &c.: a debtor or a defendant (in a law suit). 3 A name upon a muster roll. 4 m A public employment or service; a situation under Government: also an assignment for a maintenance.

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āsāmī (आसामी).—See under अ.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

asāmī (असामी).—m f A person. A tenant; a debtor. A public service.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Asāmi (असामि).—a. Ved. Not half, whole, complete.

-mi ind. Completely, fully.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Asāmi (असामि).—[adjective] not half; whole, entire.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Asāmi (असामि):—[=a-sāmi] mfn. not half, entire, complete, [Ṛg-veda]

2) [v.s. ...] ind. completely, [Ṛg-veda]

[Sanskrit to German]

Asami in German

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

1) Asāmī (असामी):—(nm, sometimes nf) a tenant; client; victim.

2) Āsāmī (आसामी):—(nm) see [asāmī].

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Prakrit-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary

Āsami (आसमि) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Āśramin.

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Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Asāmi (ಅಸಾಮಿ):—[noun] (often, not seriously) a man; a fellow.

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Āsāmi (ಆಸಾಮಿ):—[noun] a man; a fellow; a chap.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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Tamil dictionary

Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Āsāmi (ஆஸாமி) noun < Urdu āsāmi.

1. Individual, person; ஆள். [al.]

2. Commission agent; காரியஸ்தன். [kariyasthan.]

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Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.

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Nepali dictionary

Source: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

1) Asāmī (असामी):—n. 1. debtor; borrower; 2. client; customer; 3. tenant; 4. lower column in a promissory bond which contains the details;

2) Āsāmī (आसामी):—n. debtor; borrower;

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Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.

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Pali-English dictionary

[Pali to Burmese]

Source: Sutta: Tipiṭaka Pāḷi-Myanmar Dictionary (တိပိဋက-ပါဠိမြန်မာ အဘိဓာန်)

asāmī—

(Burmese text): အရှင်-သခင်-မဟုတ်သော၊ အစိုးမရသော၊ သူ။

(Auto-Translation): Not a lord or master, a humble person.

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Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.

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