जोष

Sanskrit

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́áwšas (“pleasure, liking”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵéws-o-s. Cognate with Avestan 𐬰𐬀𐬊𐬱𐬀 (zaoša, “liking”), Parthian 𐫉𐫇𐫢 (zwš).

जोष • (jóṣa) stem, m (root जुष्)

satisfaction, approval, pleasure
- c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 6.64.5:
  सा व॑ह॒ योक्षभि॒र् अवा॒तोषो॒ वरं॒ वह॑सि॒ जोष॒म् अनु॑ ।
  sā́ vaha yókṣábhir ávātóṣo váraṃ váhasi jóṣam ánu.
  O Dawn, bring me wealth: untroubled, with thine oxen thou bearest riches at thy will and pleasure.

Masculine a-stem declension of जोष
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	जोषः (jóṣaḥ)	जोषौ (jóṣau) जोषा¹ (jóṣā¹)	जोषाः (jóṣāḥ) जोषासः¹ (jóṣāsaḥ¹)
accusative	जोषम् (jóṣam)	जोषौ (jóṣau) जोषा¹ (jóṣā¹)	जोषान् (jóṣān)
instrumental	जोषेण (jóṣeṇa)	जोषाभ्याम् (jóṣābhyām)	जोषैः (jóṣaiḥ) जोषेभिः¹ (jóṣebhiḥ¹)
dative	जोषाय (jóṣāya)	जोषाभ्याम् (jóṣābhyām)	जोषेभ्यः (jóṣebhyaḥ)
ablative	जोषात् (jóṣāt)	जोषाभ्याम् (jóṣābhyām)	जोषेभ्यः (jóṣebhyaḥ)
genitive	जोषस्य (jóṣasya)	जोषयोः (jóṣayoḥ)	जोषाणाम् (jóṣāṇām)
locative	जोषे (jóṣe)	जोषयोः (jóṣayoḥ)	जोषेषु (jóṣeṣu)
vocative	जोष (jóṣa)	जोषौ (jóṣau) जोषा¹ (jóṣā¹)	जोषाः (jóṣāḥ) जोषासः¹ (jóṣāsaḥ¹)

Monier Williams (1899) “जोष”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 425, column 2.