पर्शु

Etymology
From, from. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬; see also.

In the Rigveda, this word means only "rib", but it came also to mean "sickle" in the later Atharvaveda. This semantic transfer becomes clear when we take into consideration the rib-like shape of the sickle and realize that the rib of a horse was actually sharpened to produce the instrument.

Noun

 * 1) a rib
 * 2) curved knife, sickle
 * 3) name of a man
 * 4)  name of a warrior-tribe
 * 1) name of a man
 * 2)  name of a warrior-tribe

Descendants

 * Dardic:

Noun

 * 1) the supporting or side wall of a well
 * 2) name of a woman