वास

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit वास (vāsa). Doublet of बास (bās).

Pronunciation

(Delhi) IPA^(key): /ʋɑːs/, [ʋäːs]

Noun

वास • (vās) m

dwelling, residence, habitation, habitat
perfume, fragrance, scent

Declension

Declension of *वास* (masc cons-stem)
	singular	plural
direct	वास vās	वास vās
oblique	वास vās	वासों vāsõ
vocative	वास vās	वासो vāso

References

Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “वास”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 4437
McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “वास”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 916
Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “वास”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House, page 698
Bahri, Hardev (1989) “वास”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons, page 584.

Konkani

Noun

वास • (vās) m (Latin script ?, Kannada script ?)

smell, odor

Marathi

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʋas/
Hyphenation: वास
Rhymes: -as

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Marathi 𑘪𑘰𑘭 (vāsa), from Maharastri Prakrit 𑀯𑀸𑀲 (vāsa), from Sanskrit वास (vāsa, “perfume”).

Cognates

Compare Gujarati વાસ (vās), Hindustani بَاس (bās) / बास (bās), Punjabi ਬਾਸ (bās) / باس (bās), Bengali বাস (baś), Kannada ವಾಸನೆ (vāsane) and Tamil வாசனை (vācaṉai)

Noun

वास • (vās) m

smell, odour, scent
Synonym: गंध (gandha)

हवेत जळण्याचा तीव्र वास येत होता.
havet jaḷaṇyācā tīvra vās yet hotā.
There was a strong smell of burning in the air.

Declension

Declension of वास (masc cons-stem)
direct singular	वास vās
direct plural	वास vās
	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन
nominative प्रथमा	वास vās	वास vās
oblique सामान्यरूप	वासा vāsā	वासां- vāsān-
acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी	वासाला vāsālā	वासांना vāsānnā
ergative	वासाने, वासानं vāsāne, vāsāna	वासांनी vāsānnī
instrumental	वासाशी vāsāśī	वासांशी vāsānśī
locative सप्तमी	वासात vāsāt	वासांत vāsāt
vocative संबोधन	वासा vāsā	वासांनो vāsānno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition. Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.

Genitive declension of वास (masc cons-stem)
	masculine object पुल्लिंगी कर्म		feminine object स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म		neuter object नपुसकलिंगी कर्म		oblique सामान्यरूप
	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular^* एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	oblique सामान्यरूप
singular subject एकवचनी कर्ता	वासाचा vāsāċā	वासाचे vāsāċe	वासाची vāsācī	वासाच्या vāsācā	वासाचे, वासाचं vāsāċe, vāsāċa	वासाची vāsācī	वासाच्या vāsācā
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता	वासांचा vāsānċā	वासांचे vāsānċe	वासांची vāsāñcī	वासांच्या vāsāncā	वासांचे, वासांचं vāsānċe, vāsānċa	वासांची vāsāñcī	वासांच्या vāsāñcā
^* Note: Word-final ए (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ (a). Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

Derived terms

सुवास (suvās, “fragrance”)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Sanskrit वास (vāsa, “dwelling”).

Noun

वास • (vās) m

abode, dwelling, habitation
Synonym: निवास (nivās)

अफवा अशी आहे की ह्या घरात दोन भुतं वास करतात.
aphvā aśī āhe kī hyā gharāt don bhuta vās kartāt.
Rumour has it that this house is the abode of two ghosts.

Declension

Declension of वास (masc cons-stem)
direct singular	वास vās
direct plural	वास vās
	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन
nominative प्रथमा	वास vās	वास vās
oblique सामान्यरूप	वासा vāsā	वासां- vāsān-
acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी	वासाला vāsālā	वासांना vāsānnā
ergative	वासाने, वासानं vāsāne, vāsāna	वासांनी vāsānnī
instrumental	वासाशी vāsāśī	वासांशी vāsānśī
locative सप्तमी	वासात vāsāt	वासांत vāsāt
vocative संबोधन	वासा vāsā	वासांनो vāsānno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition. Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.

Genitive declension of वास (masc cons-stem)
	masculine object पुल्लिंगी कर्म		feminine object स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म		neuter object नपुसकलिंगी कर्म		oblique सामान्यरूप
	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular^* एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	oblique सामान्यरूप
singular subject एकवचनी कर्ता	वासाचा vāsāċā	वासाचे vāsāċe	वासाची vāsācī	वासाच्या vāsācā	वासाचे, वासाचं vāsāċe, vāsāċa	वासाची vāsācī	वासाच्या vāsācā
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता	वासांचा vāsānċā	वासांचे vāsānċe	वासांची vāsāñcī	वासांच्या vāsāncā	वासांचे, वासांचं vāsānċe, vāsānċa	वासांची vāsāñcī	वासांच्या vāsāñcā
^* Note: Word-final ए (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ (a). Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

References

More information

Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “वास”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “वास”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “वास”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ)
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “vāsa³”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

vāsa (Latin script)
𑀯𑀸𑀲 (Brahmi script)
ৰাস (Bengali script)
වාස (Sinhalese script)
ဝါသ or ဝႃသ (Burmese script)
วาส or วาสะ (Thai script)
ᩅᩤᩈ (Tai Tham script)
ວາສ or ວາສະ (Lao script)
វាស (Khmer script)
𑅇𑄂𑄥 (Chakma script)

Noun

वास m

Devanagari script form of vāsa

Declension

Declension table of "वास" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	वासो (vāso)	वासा (vāsā)
Accusative (second)	वासं (vāsaṃ)	वासे (vāse)
Instrumental (third)	वासेन (vāsena)	वासेहि (vāsehi) or वासेभि (vāsebhi)
Dative (fourth)	वासस्स (vāsassa) or वासाय (vāsāya) or वासत्थं (vāsatthaṃ)	वासानं (vāsānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	वासस्मा (vāsasmā) or वासम्हा (vāsamhā) or वासा (vāsā)	वासेहि (vāsehi) or वासेभि (vāsebhi)
Genitive (sixth)	वासस्स (vāsassa)	वासानं (vāsānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	वासस्मिं (vāsasmiṃ) or वासम्हि (vāsamhi) or वासे (vāse)	वासेसु (vāsesu)
Vocative (calling)	वास (vāsa)	वासा (vāsā)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

ৱাস (Assamese script)
ᬯᬵᬲ (Balinese script)
বাস (Bengali script)
𑰪𑰯𑰭 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀯𑀸𑀲 (Brahmi script)
ဝါသ (Burmese script)
વાસ (Gujarati script)
ਵਾਸ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌵𑌾𑌸 (Grantha script)
ꦮꦴꦱ (Javanese script)
𑂫𑂰𑂮 (Kaithi script)
ವಾಸ (Kannada script)
វាស (Khmer script)
ວາສ (Lao script)
വാസ (Malayalam script)
ᠸᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠰ᠌ᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘪𑘰𑘭 (Modi script)
ᠸᠠᢗᠰᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
𑧊𑧑𑧍 (Nandinagari script)
𑐰𑐵𑐳 (Newa script)
ଵାସ (Odia script)
ꢮꢵꢱ (Saurashtra script)
𑆮𑆳𑆱 (Sharada script)
𑖪𑖯𑖭 (Siddham script)
වාස (Sinhalese script)
𑩾𑩛𑪁 (Soyombo script)
𑚦𑚭𑚨 (Takri script)
வாஸ (Tamil script)
వాస (Telugu script)
วาส (Thai script)
ཝཱ་ས (Tibetan script)
𑒫𑒰𑒮 (Tirhuta script)
𑨭𑨊𑨰 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology 1

From the root वस् (vas, “to dwell”).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋɑː.sɐ́/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ʋɑː.s̪ɐ/

Noun

वास • (vāsá) stem, m

dwelling, staying
residence, home, abode
Synonyms: गृह (gṛha), धामन् (dhāman)
day's journey
state, condition

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of वास
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	वासस् (vāsás)	वासौ (vāsaú) वासा¹ (vāsā́¹)	वासास् (vāsā́s) वासासस् (vāsā́sas)
accusative	वासम् (vāsám)	वासौ (vāsaú) वासा¹ (vāsā́¹)	वासान् (vāsā́n)
instrumental	वासेन (vāséna)	वासाभ्याम् (vāsā́bhyām)	वासैः (vāsaíḥ) वासेभिः¹ (vāsébhiḥ¹)
dative	वासाय (vāsā́ya)	वासाभ्याम् (vāsā́bhyām)	वासेभ्यः (vāsébhyaḥ)
ablative	वासात् (vāsā́t)	वासाभ्याम् (vāsā́bhyām)	वासेभ्यः (vāsébhyaḥ)
genitive	वासस्य (vāsásya)	वासयोः (vāsáyoḥ)	वासानाम् (vāsā́nām)
locative	वासे (vāsé)	वासयोः (vāsáyoḥ)	वासेषु (vāséṣu)
vocative	वास (vā́sa)	वासौ (vā́sau) वासा¹ (vā́sā¹)	वासास् (vāsā́s) वासासस् (vāsā́sas)

¹Vedic

Derived terms

प्रवास (pravāsa)
वासगृह (vāsagṛha)

Descendants

→ Punjabi:
Gurmukhi script: ਵਾਸ (vās)

Shahmukhi script: واس (vās)

Etymology 2

From the root वस् (vas, “to wear”).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋɑː.sɐ/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ʋɑː.s̪ɐ/

Noun

वास • (vāsa) stem, m

something worn on the body
1. garment, clothes
2. perfume

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of वास
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	वासः (vāsaḥ)	वासौ (vāsau) वासा¹ (vāsā¹)	वासाः (vāsāḥ) वासासः¹ (vāsāsaḥ¹)
accusative	वासम् (vāsam)	वासौ (vāsau) वासा¹ (vāsā¹)	वासान् (vāsān)
instrumental	वासेन (vāsena)	वासाभ्याम् (vāsābhyām)	वासैः (vāsaiḥ) वासेभिः¹ (vāsebhiḥ¹)
dative	वासाय (vāsāya)	वासाभ्याम् (vāsābhyām)	वासेभ्यः (vāsebhyaḥ)
ablative	वासात् (vāsāt)	वासाभ्याम् (vāsābhyām)	वासेभ्यः (vāsebhyaḥ)
genitive	वासस्य (vāsasya)	वासयोः (vāsayoḥ)	वासानाम् (vāsānām)
locative	वासे (vāse)	वासयोः (vāsayoḥ)	वासेषु (vāseṣu)
vocative	वास (vāsa)	वासौ (vāsau) वासा¹ (vāsā¹)	वासाः (vāsāḥ) वासासः¹ (vāsāsaḥ¹)

¹Vedic

Descendants

Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀯𑀸𑀲 (vāsa)
- Old Marathi: 𑘪𑘰𑘭 (vāsa)
  - Marathi: वास (vās)
Prakrit: 𑀯𑀸𑀲 (vāsa)
- Bengali: বাস (baś)
- Hindi: बास (bās)
- Punjabi: ਬਾਸ (bās)
→ Kannada: ವಾಸನೆ (vāsane)
→ Tamil: வாசனை (vācaṉai)

References

Monier Williams (1899) “वास”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 947.