जवस्
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- জৱস্ (Assamese script)
- ᬚᬯᬲ᭄ (Balinese script)
- জবস্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰕𑰪𑰭𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀚𑀯𑀲𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- ဇဝသ် (Burmese script)
- જવસ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਜਵਸ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌜𑌵𑌸𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦗꦮꦱ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂔𑂫𑂮𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ಜವಸ್ (Kannada script)
- ជវស៑ (Khmer script)
- ຊວສ຺ (Lao script)
- ജവസ് (Malayalam script)
- ᡯᠠᠸᠠᠰ᠌ (Manchu script)
- 𑘕𑘪𑘭𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠽᠠᠸᠠᠰ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦵𑧊𑧍𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐖𑐰𑐳𑑂 (Newa script)
- ଜଵସ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢙꢮꢱ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆘𑆮𑆱𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖕𑖪𑖭𑖿 (Siddham script)
- ජවස් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩣𑩾𑪁 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚑𑚦𑚨𑚶 (Takri script)
- ஜவஸ் (Tamil script)
- జవస్ (Telugu script)
- ชวสฺ (Thai script)
- ཛ་ཝ་ས྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒖𑒫𑒮𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨥𑨭𑨰𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́áwHas (“quickness, speed, vigour”), from the root *ȷ́awH- (“to quicken, to incite, to hasten”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬰𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬵 (zauuah, “speed”). The Sanskrit root is जू (jū), which see for more etymological information.
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /d͡ʑɐ́.ʋɐs/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /d͡ʑɐ.ʋɐs̪/
Noun
जवस् • (jávas) stem, n
- quickness, speed, vigour
- c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.118.11:
- आ श्ये॒नस्य॒ जव॑सा॒ नूत॑नेना॒स्मे या॑तं नासत्या स॒जोषाः॑ ।
हवे॒ हि वा॑मश्विना रा॒तह॑व्यः शश्वत्त॒माया॑ उ॒षसो॒ व्यु॑ष्टौ ॥- ā́ śyenásya jávasā nū́tanenāsmé yātaṃ nāsatyā sajóṣāḥ.
háve hí vāmaśvinā rātáhavyaḥ śaśvattamā́yā uṣáso vyùṣṭau. - Come unto us combined in love, Nāsatyas come with the fresh swift vigour of the falcon.
Bearing oblations I invoke you, Aśvins, at the first break of everlasting morning.
- ā́ śyenásya jávasā nū́tanenāsmé yātaṃ nāsatyā sajóṣāḥ.
- आ श्ये॒नस्य॒ जव॑सा॒ नूत॑नेना॒स्मे या॑तं नासत्या स॒जोषाः॑ ।
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | जवः (jávaḥ) | जवसी (jávasī) | जवांसि (jávāṃsi) |
| accusative | जवः (jávaḥ) | जवसी (jávasī) | जवांसि (jávāṃsi) |
| instrumental | जवसा (jávasā) | जवोभ्याम् (jávobhyām) | जवोभिः (jávobhiḥ) |
| dative | जवसे (jávase) | जवोभ्याम् (jávobhyām) | जवोभ्यः (jávobhyaḥ) |
| ablative | जवसः (jávasaḥ) | जवोभ्याम् (jávobhyām) | जवोभ्यः (jávobhyaḥ) |
| genitive | जवसः (jávasaḥ) | जवसोः (jávasoḥ) | जवसाम् (jávasām) |
| locative | जवसि (jávasi) | जवसोः (jávasoḥ) | जवःसु (jávaḥsu) |
| vocative | जवः (jávaḥ) | जवसी (jávasī) | जवांसि (jávāṃsi) |