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Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ৱশ্ (Assamese script)
- ᬯᬰ᭄ (Balinese script)
- বশ্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰪𑰫𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀯𑀰𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- ဝၐ် (Burmese script)
- વશ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਵਸ਼੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌵𑌶𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦮꦯ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂫𑂬𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ವಶ್ (Kannada script)
- វឝ៑ (Khmer script)
- ວຨ຺ (Lao script)
- വശ് (Malayalam script)
- ᠸᠠᡧ (Manchu script)
- 𑘪𑘫𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠸᠠᠱ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧊𑧋𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐰𑐱𑑂 (Newa script)
- ଵଶ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢮꢯ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆮𑆯𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖪𑖫𑖿 (Siddham script)
- වශ් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩾𑩿 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚦𑚧𑚶 (Takri script)
- வஶ் (Tamil script)
- వశ్ (Telugu script)
- วศฺ (Thai script)
- ཝ་ཤ྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒫𑒬𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨭𑨮𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *weḱ- (“to wish”).
Root
वश् • (vaś)
- to will, command
- to desire, wish, long for, be fond of, like
- to aver, maintain, affirm, declare for
Derived terms
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “वश्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 929/1.
- William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 155
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 527-528