Sanskrit edit

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Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *was, from Proto-Indo-European *wos. Cognate with Latin vōs, Avestan 𐬬𐬃 (vā̊).[1]

Pronoun edit

वस् (vas)[2]

  1. accusative/dative/genitive plural of त्वम् (tvám)

Etymology 2 edit

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *was-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *was-, from Proto-Indo-European *wes- (to dress, clothe, wear).[3]

Root edit

वस् (vas)[4]

  1. to put on, invest, wear (clothes etc.), assume (a form etc.), enter into
Derived terms edit

Etymology 3 edit

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- (to become light; to dawn).[5]

Root edit

वस् (vas)[6]

  1. to shine, grow bright (esp. applied to the dawn)
  2. to bestow by shining upon
  3. (with दूरे (dūre)) to drive away by shining
Derived terms edit

Etymology 4 edit

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂wes- (to dwell, reside).[7]

Root edit

वस् (vas)[8]

  1. to dwell, reside,
  2. to remain, abide with or in
  3. to remain or keep on or continue in any condition
  4. to stay, stay put, remain, stop (at a place)
  5. to have sexual intercourse with
  6. to rest upon
  7. to charge or entrust with
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 532
  2. ^ Monier Williams (1899) “वस्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 930/1.
  3. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[2] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 529-30
  4. ^ Monier Williams (1899) “वस्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 932/1.
  5. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[3] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 530
  6. ^ Monier Williams (1899) “वस्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 930/1.
  7. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[4] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 531-2
  8. ^ Monier Williams (1899) “5 vas”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 932/2.

Further reading edit

  • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 155-56
  • Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “वस्”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016