योस्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• যোস্ (Assamese script)
• ᬬᭀᬲ᭄ (Balinese script)
• যোস্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰧𑰺𑰭𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀬𑁄𑀲𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ယောသ် (Burmese script)
• યોસ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਯੋਸ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌯𑍋𑌸𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦪꦺꦴꦱ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂨𑂷𑂮𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಯೋಸ್ (Kannada script)
• យោស៑ (Khmer script)
• ໂຍສ຺ (Lao script)
• യോസ് (Malayalam script)
• ᠶᠣᠰ᠌ (Manchu script)
• 𑘧𑘻𑘭𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠶ᠋ᠣᠸᠠᠰ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧇𑧜𑧍𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐫𑑀𑐳𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଯୋସ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢫꣂꢱ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆪𑆾𑆱𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖧𑖺𑖭𑖿 (Siddham script)
• යොස් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩻𑩕𑪁 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚣𑚴𑚨𑚶 (Takri script)
• யோஸ் (Tamil script)
• యోస్ (Telugu script)
• โยสฺ (Thai script)
• ཡོ་ས྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒨𑒼𑒮𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨪𑨆𑨰𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hyáwṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hyáwš, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yéws (gen.sg.), from *h₂yew- (“justice, law”). Cognate with Latin iūs.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /jɐ́ws/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /joːs̪/

Noun

योस् • (yós) stem, ? (indeclinable)

1. welfare, health, happiness
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda

Related terms

• आयु (ā́yu)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “योस्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 858, column 3.
• Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, page 621