मयस्
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
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
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.
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /mɐ́.jɐs/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /mɐ.jɐs̪/
Noun
मयस् • (máyas) stem, n
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | मयः (máyaḥ) | मयसी (máyasī) | मयांसि (máyāṃsi) |
| accusative | मयः (máyaḥ) | मयसी (máyasī) | मयांसि (máyāṃsi) |
| instrumental | मयसा (máyasā) | मयोभ्याम् (máyobhyām) | मयोभिः (máyobhiḥ) |
| dative | मयसे (máyase) | मयोभ्याम् (máyobhyām) | मयोभ्यः (máyobhyaḥ) |
| ablative | मयसः (máyasaḥ) | मयोभ्याम् (máyobhyām) | मयोभ्यः (máyobhyaḥ) |
| genitive | मयसः (máyasaḥ) | मयसोः (máyasoḥ) | मयसाम् (máyasām) |
| locative | मयसि (máyasi) | मयसोः (máyasoḥ) | मयःसु (máyaḥsu) |
| vocative | मयः (máyaḥ) | मयसी (máyasī) | मयांसि (máyāṃsi) |
Derived terms
- मयस्कर (mayaskará)
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “मयस्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 789/2.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 315-6