वयस्
Hindi
Alternative forms
- वयस (vayas)
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit वयस् (vayas). Doublet of वय (vay).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Hindi) IPA(key): /ʋə.jəs/, [ʋɐ.jɐs]
Noun
वयस् • (vayas) ?
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ৱয়স্ (Assamese script)
- ᬯᬬᬲ᭄ (Balinese script)
- বয়স্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰪𑰧𑰭𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀯𑀬𑀲𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- ဝယသ် (Burmese script)
- વયસ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਵਯਸ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌵𑌯𑌸𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦮꦪꦱ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂫𑂨𑂮𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ವಯಸ್ (Kannada script)
- វយស៑ (Khmer script)
- ວຍສ຺ (Lao script)
- വയസ് (Malayalam script)
- ᠸᠠᠶᠠᠰ᠌ (Manchu script)
- 𑘪𑘧𑘭𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠸᠠᠶ᠋ᠠᠰ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧊𑧇𑧍𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐰𑐫𑐳𑑂 (Newa script)
- ଵଯସ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢮꢫꢱ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆮𑆪𑆱𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖪𑖧𑖭𑖿 (Siddham script)
- වයස් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩾𑩻𑪁 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚦𑚣𑚨𑚶 (Takri script)
- வயஸ் (Tamil script)
- వయస్ (Telugu script)
- วยสฺ (Thai script)
- ཝ་ཡ་ས྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒫𑒨𑒮𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨭𑨪𑨰𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ʋɐ́.jɐs/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ʋɐ.jɐs̪/
Etymology 1
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *wáyHas, from Proto-Indo-European *wéyh₁os. Cognate with Latin vīs. Equivalent to वी (vī, root) + -अस् (-as).
Noun
वय॑स् • (váyas) stem, n
- strength, vigor, force, energy, might
- youth
- age
- enjoyment
- food, meal
- any period of life
- type, degree, sort, kind
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | वयः॑ (váyaḥ) | वय॑सी (váyasī) | वयां॑सि (váyāṃsi) |
| accusative | वयः॑ (váyaḥ) | वय॑सी (váyasī) | वयां॑सि (váyāṃsi) |
| instrumental | वय॑सा (váyasā) | वयो॑भ्याम् (váyobhyām) | वयो॑भिः (váyobhiḥ) |
| dative | वय॑से (váyase) | वयो॑भ्याम् (váyobhyām) | वयो॑भ्यः (váyobhyaḥ) |
| ablative | वय॑सः (váyasaḥ) | वयो॑भ्याम् (váyobhyām) | वयो॑भ्यः (váyobhyaḥ) |
| genitive | वय॑सः (váyasaḥ) | वय॑सोः (váyasoḥ) | वय॑साम् (váyasām) |
| locative | वय॑सि (váyasi) | वय॑सोः (váyasoḥ) | वयः॑सु (váyaḥsu) |
| vocative | वयः॑ (váyaḥ) | वय॑सी (váyasī) | वयां॑सि (váyāṃsi) |
Derived terms
- उद्वयस् (údvayas)
- वयस्वत् (váyasvat)
Descendants
- Pali: vaya
- → Assamese: বয়স (boyox) (learned)
- → Bengali: বয়স (boẏoś) (learned)
- → Gujarati: વય (vaya) (learned)
- → Hindi: वयस् (vayas) (learned)
- → Kannada: ವಯಸ್ಸು (vayassu) (learned)
- → Magahi: 𑂥𑂨𑂮 (bayas) (learned)
- → Malayalam: വയസ്സ് (vayassŭ) (learned)
- → Marathi: वय (vay) (learned)
- → Tamil: வயசு (vayacu) (learned)
- → Telugu: వయసు (vayasu) (learned)
Etymology 2
From the nominative plural of वि (vi, “bird”).
Noun
वय॑स् • (váyas) stem, n
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | वयः॑ (váyaḥ) | वय॑सी (váyasī) | वयां॑सि (váyāṃsi) |
| accusative | वयः॑ (váyaḥ) | वय॑सी (váyasī) | वयां॑सि (váyāṃsi) |
| instrumental | वय॑सा (váyasā) | वयो॑भ्याम् (váyobhyām) | वयो॑भिः (váyobhiḥ) |
| dative | वय॑से (váyase) | वयो॑भ्याम् (váyobhyām) | वयो॑भ्यः (váyobhyaḥ) |
| ablative | वय॑सः (váyasaḥ) | वयो॑भ्याम् (váyobhyām) | वयो॑भ्यः (váyobhyaḥ) |
| genitive | वय॑सः (váyasaḥ) | वय॑सोः (váyasoḥ) | वय॑साम् (váyasām) |
| locative | वय॑सि (váyasi) | वय॑सोः (váyasoḥ) | वयः॑सु (váyaḥsu) |
| vocative | वयः॑ (váyaḥ) | वय॑सी (váyasī) | वयां॑सि (váyāṃsi) |
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “वयस्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 920, columns 2-3.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 507-8; 509
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “váyas”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 659