वश्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ৱশ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬯᬰ᭄ (Balinese script)
• বশ্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰪𑰫𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀯𑀰𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ဝၐ် (Burmese script)
• વશ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਵਸ਼ੑ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌵𑌶𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦮꦯ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂫𑂬𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ವಶ್ (Kannada script)
• វឝ៑ (Khmer script)
• ວຨ຺ (Lao script)
• വശ് (Malayalam script)
• ᠸᠠᡧ (Manchu script)
• 𑘪𑘫𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠸᠠᠱ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧊𑧋𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐰𑐱𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଵଶ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢮꢯ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆮𑆯𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖪𑖫𑖿 (Siddham script)
• වශ් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩾𑩿 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚦𑚧𑚶 (Takri script)
• வஶ் (Tamil script)
• వశ్ (Telugu script)
• วศฺ (Thai script)
• ཝ་ཤ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒫𑒬𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨭𑨮𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *weḱ- (“to wish”).

Root

वश् • (vaś)

1. to will, command
2. to desire, wish, long for, be fond of, like
3. to aver, maintain, affirm, declare for

Derived terms

• वश (vaśa)
• वशति (vaśati, 1 P)
• वशिन् (vaśin)
• वश्य (vaśya)
• वष्टि (vaṣṭi, 2 P)
• विवष्टि (vivaṣṭi, 3 P)

 

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “वश्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 929/1.
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 155
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 527-528