आस्

Sanskrit

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɑ́ːs/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɑːs̪/

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• আস্ (Assamese script)
• ᬆᬲ᭄ (Balinese script)
• আস্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰁𑰭𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀆𑀲𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• အာသ် (Burmese script)
• આસ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਆਸ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌆𑌸𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦄꦴꦱ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂄𑂮𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಆಸ್ (Kannada script)
• អាស៑ (Khmer script)
• ອາສ຺ (Lao script)
• ആസ് (Malayalam script)
• ᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠰ᠌ (Manchu script)
• 𑘁𑘭𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠠᢗᠰ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦡𑧍𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐁𑐳𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଆସ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢃꢱ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆄𑆱𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖁𑖭𑖿 (Siddham script)
• ආස් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩛𑪁 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚁𑚨𑚶 (Takri script)
• ஆஸ் (Tamil script)
• ఆస్ (Telugu script)
• อาสฺ (Thai script)
• ཨཱ་ས྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒂𑒮𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨊𑨰𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *HáHs (“mouth”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁óh₃s (“mouth”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬁𐬵 (āh) and Latin ōs (“mouth”) whence English oral and orifice.

Further cognates include Hittite 𒀀𒄿𒅖 (aiš, “mouth”), Old Church Slavonic оуста (usta, “mouth”), Old Norse óss (“mouth”) (of a river), Old Irish á (“mouth”).

Noun

आस् • (ā́s) stem, n

1. mouth
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 8.19.24:

     यो हव्यान्यैरयता मनुर्हितो देव आसा सुगन्धिना ।
     विवासते वार्याणि स्वध्वरो होता देवो अमर्त्यः ॥

     yo havyānyairayatā manurhito deva āsā sugandhinā.
     vivāsate vāryāṇi svadhvaro hotā devo amartyaḥ.

     The God, the Friend of man, who bears our gifts to heaven, the God with his sweet-smelling mouth,
     Distributes, skilled in sacrifice, his precious things, Invoking Priest, Immortal God.

2. face

Declension

Declension of आस्

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	-	-	-
Vocative	-	-	-
Accusative	-	-	-
Instrumental	आसा (āsā́), आ॒स॒या (āsayā́)	-	-
Dative	-	-	-
Ablative	आसः (āsáḥ)	-	-
Genitive	-	-	-
Locative	-	-	-

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *HaHs-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eh₁s-.

Root

आस् • (ās). Lemma: आस्ते (āste)

1. to sit

Derived terms

• आसन (āsana)

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899) “2. ās”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 159/3.
• Monier Williams (1899) “4. ās”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 159/3.
• Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “आस्”, 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 6f.