योस्

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hyáwṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hyáwš, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yéw-os, from *h₂yew- (“justice, law”). Cognate with Latin iūs.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /jɐ́ws/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /joːs̪/

Noun

योस् • (yós) stem, ? (indeclinable)

1. welfare, health, happiness
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “योस्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0858.