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Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ৱস্ (Assamese script)
- ᬯᬲ᭄ (Balinese script)
- বস্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰪𑰭𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀯𑀲𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- ဝသ် (Burmese script)
- વસ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਵਸ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌵𑌸𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦮꦱ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂫𑂮𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ವಸ್ (Kannada script)
- វស៑ (Khmer script)
- ວສ຺ (Lao script)
- വസ് (Malayalam script)
- ᠸᠠᠰ᠌ (Manchu script)
- 𑘪𑘭𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠸᠠᠰ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧊𑧍𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐰𑐳𑑂 (Newa script)
- ଵସ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢮꢱ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆮𑆱𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖪𑖭𑖿 (Siddham script)
- වස් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩾𑪁 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚦𑚨𑚶 (Takri script)
- வஸ் (Tamil script)
- వస్ (Telugu script)
- วสฺ (Thai script)
- ཝ་ས྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒫𑒮𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨭𑨰𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *was, from Proto-Indo-European *wos. Cognate with Latin vōs, Avestan 𐬬𐬃 (vā̊).
Pronoun
वस् • (vas)
- accusative/dative/genitive plural of त्वम् (tvám)
Etymology 2
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *was-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *was-, from Proto-Indo-European *wes- (“to dress, clothe, wear”).
Root
वस् • (vas)
- to put on, invest, wear (clothes etc.), assume (a form etc.), enter into
Derived terms
Etymology 3
From Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- (“to become light; to dawn”).
Root
वस् • (vas)
- to shine, grow bright (esp. applied to the dawn)
- to bestow by shining upon
- (with दूरे (dūre)) to drive away by shining
Derived terms
Etymology 4
From Proto-Indo-European *h₂wes- (“to dwell, reside”).
Root
वस् • (vas)
- to dwell, reside,
- to remain, abide with or in
- to remain or keep on or continue in any condition
- to stay, stay put, remain, stop (at a place)
- to have sexual intercourse with
- to rest upon
- to charge or entrust with
Derived terms
- अवात्सीत् (avātsīt, verb aorist)
- उवास (uvāsa, verb perfect)
- वसति (vásati, verb present)
- वस्ति f (vasti, “staying, dwelling”)
- वास m (vāsá-, “spending the night”)
- वासयति (vāsáyati, verb causative)
Related terms
- उवास (uvāsa)
- वस्तु (vastu, “place; essence; thing”)
References
- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 532
- ^ Monier Williams (1899) “वस्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 930/1.
- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 529-30
- ^ Monier Williams (1899) “वस्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 932/1.
- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 530
- ^ Monier Williams (1899) “वस्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 930/1.
- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 531-2
- ^ Monier Williams (1899) “5 vas”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 932/2.
Further reading
- William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 155-56
- Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “वस्”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016