मयस्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ময়স্ (Assamese script)
• ᬫᬬᬲ᭄ (Balinese script)
• ময়স্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰦𑰧𑰭𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀫𑀬𑀲𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• မယသ် (Burmese script)
• મયસ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਮਯਸ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌮𑌯𑌸𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦩꦪꦱ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂧𑂨𑂮𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಮಯಸ್ (Kannada script)
• មយស៑ (Khmer script)
• ມຍສ຺ (Lao script)
• മയസ് (Malayalam script)
• 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)
• 𑩴𑩻𑪁 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚢𑚣𑚨𑚶 (Takri script)
• மயஸ் (Tamil script)
• మయస్ (Telugu script)
• มยสฺ (Thai script)
• 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

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /mɐ́.jɐs/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /mɐ.jɐs̪/

Noun

मयस् • (máyas) stem, n

1. pleasure, enjoyment, refreshment, delight
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda

Declension

Neuter as-stem declension of मयस्

	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]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 315-6