वश्

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Sanskrit

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Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *weḱ- (to wish).

Root

वश् (vaś)

  1. to will, command
  2. to desire, wish, long for, be fond of, like
  3. 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