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Sanskrit
Alternative scripts Alternative scripts
যশস্ ( Assamese script ) ᬬᬰᬲ᭄ ( Balinese script ) যশস্ ( Bengali script ) 𑰧𑰫𑰭𑰿 ( Bhaiksuki script ) 𑀬𑀰𑀲𑁆 ( Brahmi script ) ယၐသ် ( Burmese script ) યશસ્ ( Gujarati script ) ਯਸ਼ਸ੍ ( Gurmukhi script ) 𑌯𑌶𑌸𑍍 ( Grantha script ) ꦪꦯꦱ꧀ ( Javanese script ) 𑂨𑂬𑂮𑂹 ( Kaithi script ) ಯಶಸ್ ( Kannada script ) យឝស៑ ( Khmer script ) ຍຨສ຺ ( Lao script ) യശസ് ( Malayalam script ) ᠶᠠᡧᠠᠰ᠌ ( Manchu script ) 𑘧𑘫𑘭𑘿 ( Modi script ) ᠶ᠋ᠠᠱᠠᠰ ( Mongolian script ) 𑧇𑧋𑧍𑧠 ( Nandinagari script ) 𑐫𑐱𑐳𑑂 ( Newa script ) ଯଶସ୍ ( Odia script ) ꢫꢯꢱ꣄ ( Saurashtra script ) 𑆪𑆯𑆱𑇀 ( Sharada script ) 𑖧𑖫𑖭𑖿 ( Siddham script ) යශස් ( Sinhalese script ) 𑩻𑩿𑪁 𑪙 ( Soyombo script ) 𑚣𑚧𑚨𑚶 ( Takri script ) யஶஸ் ( Tamil script ) యశస్ ( Telugu script ) ยศสฺ ( Thai script ) ཡ་ཤ་ས྄ ( Tibetan script ) 𑒨𑒬𑒮𑓂 ( Tirhuta script ) 𑨪𑨮𑨰𑨴 ( Zanabazar Square script )
Etymology From Proto-Indo-Iranian *yáćas ( “ glory; honor ” ) . Cognate with Avestan 𐬫𐬀𐬯𐬀𐬵 ( yasah ) .
Pronunciation
Noun यशस् • (yáśas ) stem , n
glory , fame , renown
c. BCE BCE ,
Ṛgveda 3.40.6.2 :
गिर्व॑णः पा॒हि नः॑ सु॒तं मधो॒र् धारा॑भिर् अज्यसे ।यशः॑ ॥ gírvaṇaḥ pāhí naḥ sutáṃ mádhor dhā́rābhir ajyase.yáśaḥ . Drink our libation, Lord of hymns: with streams of meath thou art bedewedglory , Indra, is thy gift. beautiful appearance , splendor honor
Synonyms: आदर ( ādara ) , सम्मान ( sammāna )
Declension
Descendants Ashokan Prakrit: 𐨩𐨭𐨆 ( yaśo ) , 𑀬𑀲𑁄 ( yaso )
Prakrit: 𑀚𑀲 ( jasa ) see there for further descendants )
Old Javanese: yaśa > Javanese: ꦪꦱ ( yasa ) ( inherited )
Pali: yasas → Burmese: ယသ ( ya.sa. ) → Khmer: យស ( yuəh ) → Thai: ยศ ( yót )
Terms borrowed from यशस् ( yaśas )
→ Assamese: যশ ( zox ) ( semi-learned ) → Bengali: যশ ( joś ) ( semi-learned ) → Gujarati: યશ ( yaś ) ( semi-learned ) → Hindustani: yaś ( semi-learned )
Hindi: यश
Urdu: یَش ( yaś ) → Indonesian: jasa ( semi-learned ) → Kannada: ಯಶಸ್ಸು ( yaśassu ) ( learned ) → Malayalam: യശസ്സ് ( yaśassŭ ) ( learned ) → Old Marathi: ( semi-learned ) Devanagari script: एष यश यस
Modi script: 𑘊𑘬 𑘧𑘫 𑘧𑘭 → Odia: ଯଶ ( jaśa ) ( semi-learned ) → Sinhalese: යශ ( yaśa ) ( semi-learned ) → Tamil: யசசு ( yacacu ) ( learned ) → Telugu: యశస్సు ( yaśassu ) ( learned )
Further reading Monier Williams (1899 ) “यशस् ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press , →OCLC 848 Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985 ) “yáśas ”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages , London: Oxford University Press, page 604