वस्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

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

Pronoun

वस् • (vas)[2]

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

Etymology 2

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

Root

वस् • (vas)[4]

  1. to put on, invest, wear (clothes etc.), assume (a form etc.), enter into
Derived terms
  • अवसिष्ट (avasiṣṭa)
  • उसमान (usamāna)
  • उसान (usāna)
  • वत्स्यति (vatsyati)
  • वद्ध्वम् (vaddhvam)
  • ववसे (vavase)
  • वसान (vasāna)
  • वसिता (vasitā)
  • वसितुम् (vasitum)
  • वसित्वा (vasitvā)
  • वसिष्यते (vasiṣyate)
  • वसिष्व (vasiṣva)
  • वस्ते (vaste)
  • वावसे (vāvase)
  • वावस्ति (vāvasti)
  • वावस्यते (vāvasyate)
  • वासयति (vāsayati)
  • वासयते (vāsayate)
  • वास्यते (vāsyate)
  • विवसिषते (vivasiṣate)

Etymology 3

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

Root

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
  • अवत्स्यत् (avatsyat)
  • अवस्रन् (avasran)
  • अवात् (avāt)
  • उच्छति (ucchati)
  • उवास (uvāsa)
  • ऊषुः (ūṣuḥ)
  • वस्तवे (vastave)
  • वासयति (vāsayati)

Etymology 4

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

Root

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
  • अवात्सीत् (avātsīt, verb aorist)
  • उवास (uvāsa, verb perfect)
  • वसति (vásati, verb present)
  • वस्ति f (vasti, “staying, dwelling”)
  • वास m (vāsá-, “spending the night”)
  • वासयति (vāsáyati, verb causative)

References
  1. Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (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]‎ (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]‎ (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]‎ (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
  • 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
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