रसा

See also: रूस, रीस, रूसी, रुसी, रस्, and रस

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• rasā (Latin script)
• 𑀭𑀲𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• রসা (Bengali script)
• රසා (Sinhalese script)
• ရသာ or ရသႃ (Burmese script)
• รสา or ระสา (Thai script)
• ᩁᩈᩣ (Tai Tham script)
• ຣສາ or ຣະສາ (Lao script)
• រសា (Khmer script)
• 𑄢𑄥𑄂 (Chakma script)

Noun

रसा (rasā)

1. Devanagari script form of rasā, which is inflection of रस:
   1. ablative singular
   2. nominative/vocative plural (rasa, “taste”)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ৰসা (Assamese script)
• ᬭᬲᬵ (Balinese script)
• রসা (Bengali script)
• 𑰨𑰭𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀭𑀲𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• ရသာ (Burmese script)
• રસા (Gujarati script)
• ਰਸਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌰𑌸𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ꦫꦱꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂩𑂮𑂰 (Kaithi script)
• ರಸಾ (Kannada script)
• រសា (Khmer script)
• ຣສາ (Lao script)
• രസാ (Malayalam script)
• ᡵᠠᠰ᠌ᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• 𑘨𑘭𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᠷᠠᠰᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧈𑧍𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐬𑐳𑐵 (Newa script)
• ରସା (Odia script)
• ꢬꢱꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆫𑆱𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖨𑖭𑖯 (Siddham script)
• රසා (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩼𑪁𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚤𑚨𑚭 (Takri script)
• ரஸா (Tamil script)
• రసా (Telugu script)
• รสา (Thai script)
• ར་སཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒩𑒮𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨫𑨰𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁róseh₂

Proto-Indo-Iranian *HrásaH

Sanskrit रसा (rasā)

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *HrásaH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *HrásaH, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁róseh₂. Cognate with Latin rōs, Lithuanian rasà.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɾɐ.sɑ́ː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɾɐ.s̪ɑː/

Noun

रसा • (rasā́) stem, f

1. moisture, humidity

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of रसा

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	रसा (rasā́)	रसे (rasé)	रसाः (rasā́ḥ)
vocative	रसे (ráse)	रसे (ráse)	रसाः (rásāḥ)
accusative	रसाम् (rasā́m)	रसे (rasé)	रसाः (rasā́ḥ)
instrumental	रसया (rasáyā) रसा¹ (rasā́¹)	रसाभ्याम् (rasā́bhyām)	रसाभिः (rasā́bhiḥ)
dative	रसायै (rasā́yai)	रसाभ्याम् (rasā́bhyām)	रसाभ्यः (rasā́bhyaḥ)
ablative	रसायाः (rasā́yāḥ) रसायै² (rasā́yai²)	रसाभ्याम् (rasā́bhyām)	रसाभ्यः (rasā́bhyaḥ)
genitive	रसायाः (rasā́yāḥ) रसायै² (rasā́yai²)	रसयोः (rasáyoḥ)	रसानाम् (rasā́nām)
locative	रसायाम् (rasā́yām)	रसयोः (rasáyoḥ)	रसासु (rasā́su)

• ¹Vedic
• ²Brāhmaṇas

Derived terms

• रस (rasa)
• रसयति (rasayati)
• रसाय्य (rasā́yya)
• रस् (ras)

Proper noun

रसा • (rásā) stem, f

1. Rasa, a western tributary of the Indus river
2. the Volga (?)

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of रसा

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	रसा (rásā)	रसे (ráse)	रसाः (rásāḥ)
vocative	रसे (ráse)	रसे (ráse)	रसाः (rásāḥ)
accusative	रसाम् (rásām)	रसे (ráse)	रसाः (rásāḥ)
instrumental	रसया (rásayā) रसा¹ (rásā¹)	रसाभ्याम् (rásābhyām)	रसाभिः (rásābhiḥ)
dative	रसायै (rásāyai)	रसाभ्याम् (rásābhyām)	रसाभ्यः (rásābhyaḥ)
ablative	रसायाः (rásāyāḥ) रसायै² (rásāyai²)	रसाभ्याम् (rásābhyām)	रसाभ्यः (rásābhyaḥ)
genitive	रसायाः (rásāyāḥ) रसायै² (rásāyai²)	रसयोः (rásayoḥ)	रसानाम् (rásānām)
locative	रसायाम् (rásāyām)	रसयोः (rásayoḥ)	रसासु (rásāsu)

• ¹Vedic
• ²Brāhmaṇas

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “रसा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0870.