दोस्

See also: दोस, दस, दिस, दुस्-, देस, देसी, दास, and दासी

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *dáwṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dáwš, from Proto-Indo-European *dóws (“arm”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬛𐬀𐬊𐬱 (daoš), Persian دوش (duš).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /dɐ́ws/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /d̪oːs̪/

Noun

दोस् • (dós) n (Vedic dáus)

1. forearm, arm

   Synonyms: बाहु (bāhú), प्रवेष्ट (praveṣṭa), भुज (bhúja)

2. (geometry) the part of an arc defining its sine
3. (geometry) the side of a triangle or square

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “दोस्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 498.