वस्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
  • ᬯᬲ᭄ (Balinese script)
  • ৱস্ (Assamese script)
  • বস্ (Bengali script)
  • 𑰪𑰭𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀯𑀲𑁆 (Brahmi script)
  • 𑌵𑌸𑍍 (Grantha script)
  • વસ્ (Gujarati script)
  • ਵਸੑ (Gurmukhi script)
  • ꦮꦱ꧀ (Javanese script)
  • វស៑ (Khmer script)
  • ವಸ್ (Kannada script)
  • ວສ຺ (Lao script)
  • വസ് (Malayalam script)
  • 𑘪𑘭𑘿 (Modi script)
  • ᠸᠠᠰ (Mongolian script)
  • ᠸᠠᠰ᠌ (Manchu script)
  • ဝသ် (Burmese script)
  • 𑧊𑧍𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐰𑐳𑑂 (Newa script)
  • ଵସ୍ (Oriya script)
  • ꢮꢱ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆮𑆱𑇀 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖪𑖭𑖿 (Siddham script)
  • වස් (Sinhalese script)
  • వస్ (Telugu script)
  • วสฺ (Thai script)
  • ཝ་ས྄ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒫𑒮𑓂 (Tirhuta script)

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *wos. Cognate with Latin vōs, Avestan 𐬬𐬃‎ (vā̊).

Pronoun

वस् • (vas)

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

Etymology 2

From the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂wes-.

Root

वस् • (vas)

  1. to dwell, reside
  2. to abide
  3. to stay, stay put, remain, stop
Derived terms
  • वसति (vásati, verb present)
  • अवात्सीत् (avātsīt, verb aorist)
  • उवास (uvāsa, verb perfect)
  • वासयति (vāsáyati, verb causative)
  • वस्ति f (vasti, “staying, dwelling”)
  • वास m (vāsá-, “spending the night”)

Further reading
  • 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
  • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 156
  • Monier Williams (1899), “5 vas”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 932/2.
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