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Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- শাস্ (Assamese script)
- ᬰᬵᬲ᭄ (Balinese script)
- শাস্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰫𑰯𑰭𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀰𑀸𑀲𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- ၐာသ် (Burmese script)
- શાસ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਸ਼ਾਸ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌶𑌾𑌸𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦯꦴꦱ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂬𑂰𑂮𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ಶಾಸ್ (Kannada script)
- ឝាស៑ (Khmer script)
- ຨາສ຺ (Lao script)
- ശാസ് (Malayalam script)
- ᡧᠠ᠊ᠠᠰ᠌ (Manchu script)
- 𑘫𑘰𑘭𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠱᠠᢗᠰ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧋𑧑𑧍𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐱𑐵𑐳𑑂 (Newa script)
- ଶାସ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢯꢵꢱ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆯𑆳𑆱𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖫𑖯𑖭𑖿 (Siddham script)
- ශාස් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩿𑩛𑪁 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚧𑚭𑚨𑚶 (Takri script)
- ஶாஸ் (Tamil script)
- శాస్ (Telugu script)
- ศาสฺ (Thai script)
- ཤཱ་ས྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒬𑒰𑒮𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨮𑨊𑨰𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *ḱeh₁s- (“to teach, indicate; instruct”). Compare Albanian them (“to say”).
Pronunciation
Root
शास् • (śās)
- to teach, instruct, inform
- to correct, chastize, censure
- to direct, command, decree
- to proclaim
- to praise, commend
Derived terms
- शास (śā́sa, “order, command”)
- शासक (śāsaka, “teacher, instructor, governor, ruler”)
- शासन (śā́sana, “punishing”)
- शासिन् (śāsin, “punishing, chastizing; governing”)
- शास् (śā́́s, “command, a commander”)
- शास्ति (śāsti, “correction, punishment; order, command”)
- शास्त्र (śāstrá, “order, command, precept, rule; instruction, teaching”)
- शास्त्रि (śāstrí, “ruler, commander; teacher, instructor”)
- शास्त्रिन् (śāstrin, “learned”)
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “शास्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1068/3.
- William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 172
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “śāli- -ŚĀS”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 632-633