जुवस्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

জুৱস্ (Assamese script)
ᬚᬸᬯᬲ᭄ (Balinese script)
জুবস্ (Bengali script)
𑰕𑰲𑰪𑰭𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀚𑀼𑀯𑀲𑁆 (Brahmi script)
ဇုဝသ် (Burmese script)
જુવસ્ (Gujarati script)
ਜੁਵਸ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌜𑍁𑌵𑌸𑍍 (Grantha script)
ꦗꦸꦮꦱ꧀ (Javanese script)
𑂔𑂳𑂫𑂮𑂹 (Kaithi script)
ಜುವಸ್ (Kannada script)
ជុវស៑ (Khmer script)
ຊຸວສ຺ (Lao script)
ജുവസ് (Malayalam script)
ᡯᡠᠸᠠᠰ᠌ (Manchu script)
𑘕𑘳𑘪𑘭𑘿 (Modi script)
ᠽᠤᠸᠠᠰ (Mongolian script)
𑦵𑧔𑧊𑧍𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
𑐖𑐸𑐰𑐳𑑂 (Newa script)
ଜୁଵସ୍ (Odia script)
ꢙꢸꢮꢱ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
𑆘𑆶𑆮𑆱𑇀 (Sharada script)
𑖕𑖲𑖪𑖭𑖿 (Siddham script)
ජුවස් (Sinhalese script)
𑩣𑩒𑩾𑪁 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
𑚑𑚰𑚦𑚨𑚶 (Takri script)
ஜுவஸ் (Tamil script)
జువస్ (Telugu script)
ชุวสฺ (Thai script)
ཛུ་ཝ་ས྄ (Tibetan script)
𑒖𑒳𑒫𑒮𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
𑨥𑨃𑨭𑨰𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From the root जू (jū, “to hurry, be quick”).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /d͡ʑú.ʋɐs/
(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʑu.ʋɐs̪/

Noun

जुवस् • (júvas) stem, n (Rigvedic)

celerity, quickness, speed, swiftness
Synonyms: शीघ्रता (śīghratā), वेग (vega), वेगिता (vegitā), रंहस् (raṃhas)
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 9.65.18:
  आ नः॑ सोम॒ सहो॒ जुवो॑ रू॒पं न वर्च॑से भर । सु॒ष्वा॒णो दे॒ववी॑तये ॥
  ā́ naḥ soma sáho júvo rūpáṃ ná várcase bhara . suṣvāṇó devávītaye .
  Pressed for the banquet of the Gods, O Soma, bring us might, and speed,
  Like beauty for a brilliant show.

Declension

Neuter as-stem declension of जुवस् (júvas)
	Singular
Nominative	जुवः júvaḥ
Vocative	जुवः júvaḥ
Accusative	जुवः júvaḥ
Instrumental	जुवसा júvasā
Dative	जुवसे júvase
Ablative	जुवसः júvasaḥ
Genitive	जुवसः júvasaḥ
Locative	जुवसि júvasi

References

Monier Williams (1899) “जुवस्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 424, column 2.
Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “जुवस्”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 741
Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “juvas”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.

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