वयस्

Hindi

Alternative forms

• वयस (vayas)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ʋə.jəs/,

Noun

वयस् • (vayas) ?

1. age

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

Noun

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

Declension

Descendants

• Pali: vaya
  • → Malay: baya
    • Indonesian: baya
  • → Old Javanese: wayah
    • Javanese: ꦮꦪꦃ (wayah, “time”)
    • → Balinese: ᬯᬬᬄ (wayah, “old; grandfather”)
  • → Thai: วัย (wai)
• →Tatsama:

  • Bengali: বয়স (boẏoś)
  • Gujarati: વય (vaya)
  • Hindi: वयस् (vayas)
  • Kannada: ವಯಸ್ಸು (vayassu)
  • Magahi: 𑂥𑂨𑂮
  • Malayalam: വയസ്സ് (vayassŭ)
  • Marathi: वय (vay)
  • Tamil: வயசு (vayacu)
  • Telugu: వయసు (vayasu)

Etymology 2

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

Noun

वयस् • (vayas) stem, n

1. a bird
2. a winged animal

Declension

Etymology 3

See वयति (vayati).

Noun

वयस् • (vayas) stem, n

1. a web

Declension

References

• 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