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Pali
Alternative scripts
- 𑀬𑀲𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- यसा (Devanagari script)
- যসা (Bengali script)
- යසා (Sinhalese script)
- ယသာ or ယသႃ (Burmese script)
- ยสา or ยะสา (Thai script)
- ᨿᩈᩣ (Tai Tham script)
- ຍສາ or ຍະສາ or ຢະສາ (Lao script)
- យសា (Khmer script)
- 𑄠𑄥𑄂 (Chakma script)
Noun
yasā
- ablative/vocative singular of yasas (“success”)
Tocharian B
Etymology
Cognate with Tocharian A wäs (“gold”), from Proto-Tocharian *wi̯äsā (“gold”), but of uncertain further origin. Compare Proto-Indo-European *h₂euso- (“dawn, glow; gold”), Latin aurum (“gold”).
Noun
yasā ?
- gold
Derived terms
References
- Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “yasa”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, pages 524–525