मयस्
Sanskrit
[edit]Alternative scripts
[edit]Alternative scripts
- ময়স্ (Assamese script)
- ᬫᬬᬲ᭄ (Balinese script)
- ময়স্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰦𑰧𑰭𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀫𑀬𑀲𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- မယသ် (Burmese script)
- મયસ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਮਯਸ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌮𑌯𑌸𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦩꦪꦱ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂧𑂨𑂮𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ಮಯಸ್ (Kannada script)
- មយស៑ (Khmer script)
- ມຍສ຺ (Lao script)
- മയസ് (Malayalam script)
- ᠮᠠᠶᠠᠰ᠌ (Manchu script)
- 𑘦𑘧𑘭𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠮᠠᠶ᠋ᠠᠰ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧆𑧇𑧍𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐩𑐫𑐳𑑂 (Newa script)
- ମଯସ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢪꢫꢱ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆩𑆪𑆱𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖦𑖧𑖭𑖿 (Siddham script)
- මයස් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩴𑩻𑪁 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚢𑚣𑚨𑚶 (Takri script)
- மயஸ் (Tamil script)
- మయస్ (Telugu script)
- มยสฺ (Thai script)
- མ་ཡ་ས྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒧𑒨𑒮𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨢𑨪𑨰𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Indo-Iranian *máyHas (“pleasure, enjoyment”), from Proto-Indo-European *meyh₁-es-, from Proto-Indo-European *meyh₁- (“pleasure, pleasant”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬀𐬵 (maiiah, “pleasure”), Proto-Slavic *mìlъ (“sweet”), Lithuanian mielas (“nice, sweet, cute”), Latin mītis (“mild, calm, pleasant”), English mitigate.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]मय॑स् • (máyas) stem, n (Vedic)
Declension
[edit]| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | मयः॑ (máyaḥ) | मय॑सी (máyasī) | मयां॑सि (máyāṃsi) |
| accusative | मयः॑ (máyaḥ) | मय॑सी (máyasī) | मयां॑सि (máyāṃsi) |
| instrumental | मय॑सा (máyasā) | मयो॑भ्याम् (máyobhyām) | मयो॑भिः (máyobhiḥ) |
| dative | मय॑से (máyase) | मयो॑भ्याम् (máyobhyām) | मयो॑भ्यः (máyobhyaḥ) |
| ablative | मय॑सः (máyasaḥ) | मयो॑भ्याम् (máyobhyām) | मयो॑भ्यः (máyobhyaḥ) |
| genitive | मय॑सः (máyasaḥ) | मय॑सोः (máyasoḥ) | मय॑साम् (máyasām) |
| locative | मय॑सि (máyasi) | मय॑सोः (máyasoḥ) | मयः॑सु (máyaḥsu) मय॑स्सु (máyassu) |
| vocative | मयः॑ (máyaḥ) | मय॑सी (máyasī) | मयां॑सि (máyāṃsi) |
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), “máyas-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 315
Further reading
[edit]- Monier Williams (1899), “मयस्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 789, column 2.
- Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2026), “mayas”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
Categories:
- Sanskrit terms inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian
- Sanskrit terms derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian
- Sanskrit terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Sanskrit terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Sanskrit terms with IPA pronunciation
- Sanskrit lemmas
- Sanskrit nouns
- Sanskrit nouns in Devanagari script
- Sanskrit neuter nouns
- Vedic Sanskrit
- Sanskrit as-stem nouns