ज्रयस्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• জ্ৰয়স্ (Assamese script)
• ᬚ᭄ᬭᬬᬲ᭄ (Balinese script)
• জ্রয়স্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰕𑰿𑰨𑰧𑰭𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀚𑁆𑀭𑀬𑀲𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ဇြယသ် (Burmese script)
• જ્રયસ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਜ੍ਰਯਸ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌜𑍍𑌰𑌯𑌸𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦗꦿꦪꦱ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂔𑂹𑂩𑂨𑂮𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಜ್ರಯಸ್ (Kannada script)
• ជ្រយស៑ (Khmer script)
• ຊ຺ຣຍສ຺ (Lao script)
• ജ്രയസ് (Malayalam script)
• ᡯᡵᠠᠶᠠᠰ᠌ (Manchu script)
• 𑘕𑘿𑘨𑘧𑘭𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠽᠷᠠᠶ᠋ᠠᠰ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦵𑧠𑧈𑧇𑧍𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐖𑑂𑐬𑐫𑐳𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଜ୍ରଯସ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢙ꣄ꢬꢫꢱ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆘𑇀𑆫𑆪𑆱𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖕𑖿𑖨𑖧𑖭𑖿 (Siddham script)
• ජ්‍රයස් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩣 𑪙𑩼𑩻𑪁 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚑𑚶𑚤𑚣𑚨𑚶 (Takri script)
• ஜ்ரயஸ் (Tamil script)
• జ్రయస్ (Telugu script)
• ชฺรยสฺ (Thai script)
• ཛྲ་ཡ་ས྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒖𑓂𑒩𑒨𑒮𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨥𑩇𑨫𑨪𑨰𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ráyas (“vastness”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬰𐬭𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬀𐬢𐬵 (zraiiaŋh, “sea”), Northern Kurdish zirye (“sea”), Old Persian 𐎭𐎼𐎹 (d-r-y /⁠draya⁠/) (whence Persian دریا (daryâ, “sea”)).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /d͡ʑɾɐ́.jɐs/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /d͡ʑɾɐ.jɐs̪/

Noun

ज्रयस् • (jráyas) stem, n

1. expanse
   • c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 4.52.5:

     प्रति भद्रा अदृक्षत गवां सर्गा न रश्मयः।
     ओषा अप्रा उरु ज्रयः॥

     prati bhadrā adṛkṣata gavāṃ sargā na raśmayaḥ.
     oṣā aprā uru jrayaḥ.

     Our eyes behold thy blessed rays like troops of cattle loosed to feed.
     Dawn hath filled full the wide expanse.

2. flat surface
3. space

Declension

Neuter as-stem declension of ज्रयस्

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	ज्रयः (jráyaḥ)	ज्रयसी (jráyasī)	ज्रयांसि (jráyāṃsi)
accusative	ज्रयः (jráyaḥ)	ज्रयसी (jráyasī)	ज्रयांसि (jráyāṃsi)
instrumental	ज्रयसा (jráyasā)	ज्रयोभ्याम् (jráyobhyām)	ज्रयोभिः (jráyobhiḥ)
dative	ज्रयसे (jráyase)	ज्रयोभ्याम् (jráyobhyām)	ज्रयोभ्यः (jráyobhyaḥ)
ablative	ज्रयसः (jráyasaḥ)	ज्रयोभ्याम् (jráyobhyām)	ज्रयोभ्यः (jráyobhyaḥ)
genitive	ज्रयसः (jráyasaḥ)	ज्रयसोः (jráyasoḥ)	ज्रयसाम् (jráyasām)
locative	ज्रयसि (jráyasi)	ज्रयसोः (jráyasoḥ)	ज्रयःसु (jráyaḥsu)
vocative	ज्रयः (jráyaḥ)	ज्रयसी (jráyasī)	ज्रयांसि (jráyāṃsi)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “ज्रयस्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 428/1.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 606-7