मयस्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
  • ময়স্ (Assamese script)
  • ᬫᬬᬲ᭄ (Balinese script)
  • ময়স্ (Bengali script)
  • 𑰦𑰧𑰭𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀫𑀬𑀲𑁆 (Brahmi script)
  • မယသ် (Burmese script)
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  • 𑌮𑌯𑌸𑍍 (Grantha script)
  • ꦩꦪꦱ꧀ (Javanese script)
  • 𑂧𑂨𑂮𑂹 (Kaithi script)
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  • មយស៑ (Khmer script)
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  • ᠮᠠᠶᠠᠰ᠌ (Manchu script)
  • 𑘦𑘧𑘭𑘿 (Modi script)
  • ᠮᠠᠶ᠋ᠠᠰ (Mongolian script)
  • 𑧆𑧇𑧍𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐩𑐫𑐳𑑂 (Newa script)
  • ମଯସ୍ (Odia script)
  • ꢪꢫꢱ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆩𑆪𑆱𑇀 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖦𑖧𑖭𑖿 (Siddham script)
  • මයස් (Sinhalese script)
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  • མ་ཡ་ས྄ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒧𑒨𑒮𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
  • 𑨢𑨪𑨰𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *máyHas (“pleasure, enjoyment”), from Proto-Indo-European *meyh₁-es-, from Proto-Indo-European *meyh₁- (“pleasure, pleasant”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬀𐬵 (maiiah, “pleasure”), Proto-Slavic *mìlъ (“sweet”), Lithuanian mielas (“nice, sweet, cute”), Latin mītis (“mild, calm, pleasant”), English mitigate.

Pronunciation

Noun

मयस् • (máyas) stem, n

  1. pleasure, enjoyment, refreshment, delight

Declension
Neuter as-stem declension of मयस् (máyas)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative मयः
máyaḥ		 मयसी
máyasī		 मयांसि
máyāṃsi
Vocative मयः
máyaḥ		 मयसी
máyasī		 मयांसि
máyāṃsi
Accusative मयः
máyaḥ		 मयसी
máyasī		 मयांसि
máyāṃsi
Instrumental मयसा
máyasā		 मयोभ्याम्
máyobhyām		 मयोभिः
máyobhiḥ
Dative मयसे
máyase		 मयोभ्याम्
máyobhyām		 मयोभ्यः
máyobhyaḥ
Ablative मयसः
máyasaḥ		 मयोभ्याम्
máyobhyām		 मयोभ्यः
máyobhyaḥ
Genitive मयसः
máyasaḥ		 मयसोः
máyasoḥ		 मयसाम्
máyasām
Locative मयसि
máyasi		 मयसोः
máyasoḥ		 मयःसु
máyaḥsu

Derived terms
  • मयस्कर (mayaskará)

References
  • Monier Williams (1899) “मयस्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 789/2.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 315-6
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