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वस्

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Sanskrit

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Indo-Iranian *was, from Proto-Indo-European *wos. Cognate with Latin vōs, Avestan 𐬬𐬃 (vā̊).[1]

Pronoun

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वस् • (vas)[2]

  2. enclitic accusative/dative/genitive plural of त्वम् (tvám)

Etymology 2

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    From Proto-Indo-Aryan *was-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *was-, from Proto-Indo-European *wes- (“to dress, clothe, wear”).[3]

    Root

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    वस् • (vas)[4]

    1. to put on, invest, wear (clothes etc.), assume (a form etc.), enter into
    Derived terms
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    Sanskrit terms belonging to the root वस् (0 c, 15 e)
    Terms derived from the Sanskrit root वस् (14 c, 0 e)
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    Non-Finite Forms
    Derived Nominal Forms
    Prefixed Root Forms

    Etymology 3

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    From Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- (“to become light; to dawn”).[5]

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    Root

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    वस् • (vas)[6]

    1. to shine, grow bright (esp. applied to the dawn)
    2. to bestow by shining upon
    3. (with दूरे (dūre)) to drive away by shining
    Derived terms
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    Sanskrit terms belonging to the root वस् (0 c, 15 e)
    Terms derived from the Sanskrit root वस् (14 c, 0 e)
    Primary Verbal Forms
    Secondary Forms
    Non-Finite Forms
    Derived Nominal Forms
    Prefixed Root Forms

    Etymology 4

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    From Proto-Indo-European *h₂wes- (“to dwell, reside”).[7]

    Root

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    वस् • (vas)[8]

    1. to dwell, reside
    2. to remain, abide with or in
    3. to remain or keep on or continue in any condition
    4. to stay, stay put, remain, stop (at a place)
    5. to have sexual intercourse with
    6. to rest upon
    7. to charge or entrust with
    Derived terms
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    Sanskrit terms belonging to the root वस् (0 c, 15 e)
    Terms derived from the Sanskrit root वस् (14 c, 0 e)
    Primary Verbal Forms
    Secondary Forms
    Non-Finite Forms
    Derived Nominal Forms
    Prefixed Root Forms

    See also

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    References

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    1. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 532
    2. ^ Monier Williams (1899) “वस्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 930, column 1.
    3. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “VAS¹”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[2] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 529-30
    4. ^ Monier Williams (1899) “4. vas”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 932, column 1.
    5. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “VAS²”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[3] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 530
    6. ^ Monier Williams (1899) “2. vas”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 930, column 1.
    7. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “VAS³”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[4] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 531-2
    8. ^ Monier Williams (1899) “5. vas”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 932, column 2.

    Further reading

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    • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 155-56
    • Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “vas”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
    • 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
    • Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, pages 565-7
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