वयस्

• वयस (vayas)

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit वयस् (vayas). Doublet of वय (vay).

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ʋə.jəs/,

वयस् • (vayas) ?

1. age

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋɐ́.jɐs/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈʋɐ.jɐs̪/

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *wáyHas, from Proto-Indo-European *wéyh₁os. Cognate with Latin vīs. Equivalent to वी (vī, root) +‎ -अस् (-as).

वयस् • (váyas) stem, n

1. strength, vigor, force, energy, might
2. youth
3. age
4. enjoyment
5. food, meal
6. any period of life
7. type, degree, sort, kind

• Pali: vaya
  • → Malay: baya
    • Indonesian: baya
  • → Old Javanese: wayah
    • Javanese: ꦮꦪꦃ (wayah, “time”)
    • → Balinese: ᬯᬬᬄ (wayah, “old; grandfather”)
  • → Thai: วัย (wai)
• → Assamese: বয়স (boyox) (learned)
• → Bengali: বয়স (boẏoś) (learned)
• → Gujarati: વય (vaya) (learned)
• → Hindi: वयस् (vayas) (learned)
• → Kannada: ವಯಸ್ಸು (vayassu) (learned)
• → Magahi: 𑂥𑂨𑂮 (bayas) (learned)
• → Malayalam: വയസ്സ് (vayassŭ) (learned)
• → Marathi: वय (vay) (learned)
• → Tamil: வயசு (vayacu) (learned)
• → Telugu: వయసు (vayasu) (learned)

From the nominative plural of वि (vi, “bird”).

वयस् • (vayas) stem, n

1. a bird
2. a winged animal

See वयति (vayati).

वयस् • (vayas) stem, n

1. a web

• Monier Williams (1899) “वयस्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 920/2-3.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 507-8; 509