yasā

See also: Appendix:Variations of "yasa"

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀬𑀲𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• यसा (Devanagari script)
• যসা (Bengali script)
• යසා (Sinhalese script)
• ယသာ or ယသႃ (Burmese script)
• ยสา or ยะสา (Thai script)
• ᨿᩈᩣ (Tai Tham script)
• ຍສາ or ຍະສາ or ຢະສາ (Lao script)
• យសា (Khmer script)
• 𑄠𑄥𑄂 (Chakma script)

Noun

yasā

1. ablative/vocative singular of yasas (“success”)

Tocharian B

Etymology

Cognate with Tocharian A wäs (“gold”), from Proto-Tocharian *wi̯äsā (“gold”), but of uncertain further origin. Compare Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewso- (“dawn, glow; gold”), Latin aurum (“gold”).

Noun

yasā ?

1. gold

Derived terms

• ysañiye
• ysā-yok
• ysāññe
• ysāṣṣe

 

Related terms

• yasna

References

• Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “yasa”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, pages 524–525