# अजिन
## Pali
### Alternative forms

* ajina (Latin script)
* 𑀅𑀚𑀺𑀦 (Brahmi script)
* অজিন (Bengali script)
* අජින (Sinhalese script)
* အဇိန or ဢၹိၼ (Burmese script)
* อชิน or อะชินะ (Thai script)
* ᩋᨩᩥᨶ (Tai Tham script)
* ອຊິນ or ອະຊິນະ (Lao script)
* អជិន (Khmer script)
* 𑄃𑄎𑄨𑄚 (Chakma script)

### Noun

अजिन n
* Devanagari script form of ajina (“antelope skin”)

#### Declension
## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* অজিন (Assamese script)
* ᬅᬚᬶᬦ (Balinese script)
* অজিন (Bengali script)
* 𑰀𑰕𑰰𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀅𑀚𑀺𑀦 (Brahmi script)
* အဇိန (Burmese script)
* અજિન (Gujarati script)
* ਅਜਿਨ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌅𑌜𑌿𑌨 (Grantha script)
* ꦄꦗꦶꦤ (Javanese script)
* 𑂃𑂔𑂱𑂢 (Kaithi script)
* ಅಜಿನ (Kannada script)
* អជិន (Khmer script)
* ອຊິນ (Lao script)
* അജിന (Malayalam script)
* ᠠᡯᡳᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘀𑘕𑘱𑘡 (Modi script)
* ᠠᠽᠢᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑦠𑦵𑧒𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐀𑐖𑐶𑐣 (Newa script)
* ଅଜିନ (Odia script)
* ꢂꢙꢶꢥ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆃𑆘𑆴𑆤 (Sharada script)
* 𑖀𑖕𑖰𑖡 (Siddham script)
* අජින (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩐𑩣𑩑𑩯 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚀𑚑𑚮𑚝 (Takri script)
* அஜிந (Tamil script)
* అజిన (Telugu script)
* อชิน (Thai script)
* ཨ་ཛི་ན (Tibetan script)
* 𑒁𑒖𑒱𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨀𑨥𑨁𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *Haȷ́ínam ~ *Hiȷ́áynam (“leather, animal skin, hide”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂e(y)ǵ-í-no-m (“goat skin”), from *h₂e(y)ǵ- (“goat”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬀𐬰𐬌𐬥𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬧𐬙 (azinauuaṇt, “wearing a skin”), 𐬍𐬰𐬀𐬉𐬥𐬀 (īzaēna, “leathern”), Khotanese [script needed] (häysä, “skin”), [script needed] (ījīnai), Yidgha [script needed] (ize, “skin bag”), Baluchi [script needed] (hiz, “leather churn”), Ossetian хызын／хизин (xyzyn, “bag”), Lithuanian oženà (“goat skin”), Proto-Slavic *azьno (“goat skin”).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /ɐ.d͡ʑí.nɐ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ɐˈd͡ʑi.n̪ɐ/

### Noun

अजिन • (ajína) stem, n
* the hairy hide of an antelope; deerskin
** c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda 4.7.6:पवस्तैस् त्वा पर्य् अक्रीणन् दूर्शेभिर् अजिनैर् उत । प्रक्रीर् असि त्वम् ओषधे ऽभ्रिखाते न रूरुपः ॥pavastais tvā pary akrīṇan dūrśebhir ajinair uta. prakrīr asi tvam oṣadhe ʼbhrikhāte na rūrupaḥ.Men have bartered thee for garments, for deer skins and for woven cloths. Thou art a thing of sale, O Plant. Dug up with mattocks, gripe not thou!
** c. 1200 BCE – 800 BCE, Kṛṣṇa-Yajurveda (Taittirīya Saṃhitā) V.4.4.4:...मृत्युर्वा एष यदग्निः । ब्रह्मण एतद्रूपं यत्कृष्णाजिनम् । कार्ष्णी उपानहावुप मुञ्चते ब्रह्मणैव मृत्योरन्तर्धत्ते......mṛtyurvā eṣa yadagniḥ. brahmaṇa etadrūpaṃ yatkṛṣṇājinam. kārṣṇī upānahāvupa muñcate brahmaṇaiva mṛtyorantardhatte......the fire [represents] death; the black antelope skin [represents] holy power; he puts on a pair of sandals made of black antelope skin; verily by the holy power he shuts himself away from death...
** Ādi Śaṅkara, Mohamudgara 19:सुरमन्दिरतरुमूलनिवासः शय्या भूतलम् अजिनं वासः । सर्वपरिग्रहभोगत्यागः कस्य सुखं न करोति विरागः ॥suramandiratarumūlanivāsaḥ śayyā bhūtalam ajinaṃ vāsaḥ. sarvaparigrahabhogatyāgaḥ kasya sukhaṃ na karoti virāgaḥ.Whose residence is in a temple or at the foot of a tree, whose bed is the earth's surface, whose clothes are deerskin, who has given up all possessions and enjoyments; how may detachment fail to make him content.

#### Descendants

* Pali: ajina
* Prakrit: 𑀅𑀚𑀺𑀡 (ajiṇa), 𑀅𑀇𑀡 (aïṇa)
** Jaunsari: एण (eṇ), ऐण (aiṇ)
** Kotgarhi: एण (eṇ, “flying fox”)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “अजिन”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 10.