पार्ष्णि
Sanskrit
noun
Definitions
- the heel
- the extremity of the fore-axle to which the outside horses of a four-horse chariot are attached (the two inner horses being harnessed to the धुर् (tr=dhúr), or chariot-pole)
- the rear of an army
- the back
- kick
- enquiry, asking
- a foolish or licentious woman
- name of a plant
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *pā́rṣṇiṣ inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pā́ršniš inherited from Proto-Indo-European *tpḗrsneh₂ (heel).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*tpḗrsneh₂
Gloss
heel
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
踵
Emoji
👠
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- perla Latin
- perna Latin
- pernarius Latin
- perula Latin
- perno Italian
- baderne French
- perle French
- perne French
- pernil Spanish, Castilian
- pierna Spanish, Castilian
- πέρνα Ancient Greek
- πτέρνη Ancient Greek
- *tpḗrsneh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- pernil Portuguese
- *fersnō Proto-Germanic
- perle Old French
- pernil Galician
- پاشنه Persian
- perala Old High German
- 𐍆𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌶𐌽𐌰 Gothic
- perna Old Portuguese
- *pā́ršniš Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *persnā Proto-Italic
- pierna Asturian
- *pā́rṣṇiṣ Proto-Indo-Aryan
- paṣní Kalasha