यश

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit यशस् (yaśas).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /jəʃ/, [jɐʃ]

Noun

यश • (yaś) m

1. fame, glory
2. a male given name

Declension

Declension of यश (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	यश yaś	यश yaś
oblique	यश yaś	यशों yaśõ
vocative	यश yaś	यशो yaśo

Marathi

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit यशस् (yaśas). First attested as Old Marathi यस (yasa).

Noun

यश • (yaś) m

1. success

   Synonym: सिद्धी (siddhī)

   यश म्हणजे छोट्या छोट्या प्रयत्नांची बेरीज, दिवसेंदिवस पुनरावृत्ती.

   yaś mhaṇje choṭyā choṭyā prayatnāñcī berīj, divsendivas punrāvŕttī.

   Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day after day.

2. renown, fame

   Synonyms: प्रसिद्धी (prasiddhī), कीर्ती (kīrtī), ख्याती (khyātī)

   त्याने आपल्या शोधांसाठी खूप यश मिळवले.

   tyāne āpalyā śodhāusāṭhī khūp yaś miḷavle.

   He achieved great fame for his discoveries.

Declension

Declension of यश (masc cons-stem)
direct singular	यश yaś
direct plural	यश yaś
	singular एकवचन		plural अनेकवचन
nominative प्रथमा	यश yaś		यश yaś
oblique सामान्यरूप	यशा yaśā		यशां- yaśān-
acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी	यशाला yaśālā		यशांना yaśānnā
ergative	यशाने, यशानं yaśāne, yaśāna		यशांनी yaśānnī
instrumental	यशाशी yaśāśī		यशांशी yaśānśī
locative सप्तमी	यशात yaśāt		यशांत yaśāt
vocative संबोधन	यशा yaśā		यशांनो yaśānno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition. Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.

Genitive declension of यश (masc cons-stem)
	masculine object पुल्लिंगी कर्म		feminine object स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म		neuter object नपुसकलिंगी कर्म		oblique सामान्यरूप
	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular* एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन
singular subject एकवचनी कर्ता	यशाचा yaśāċā	यशाचे yaśāċe	यशाची yaśācī	यशाच्या yaśācā	यशाचे, यशाचं yaśāċe, yaśāċa	यशाची yaśācī	यशाच्या yaśācā
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता	यशांचा yaśānċā	यशांचे yaśānċe	यशांची yaśāñcī	यशांच्या yaśāncā	यशांचे, यशांचं yaśānċe, yaśānċa	यशांची yaśāñcī	यशांच्या yaśāñcā
* Note: Word-final ए (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ (a). Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

Proper noun

यश • (yaś) m

1. a male given name, Yash, from Sanskrit

Related terms

• यशस्वी (yaśasvī)
• यशस्कर (yaśaskar)
• यशोधन (yaśodhan)

References

• Shridhar Ganesh Vaze (1911) “यश”, in The Aryabhusan School Dictionary, Poona: Arya-Bhushan Press
• Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “यश”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
• Tulpule, Shankar Gopal; Feldhaus, Anne, “यस”, in A Dictionary of Old Marathi, Mumbai: Popular Prakashan, 1999.