श्वस्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
  • শ্বস্ (Assamese script)
  • ᬰ᭄ᬯᬲ᭄ (Balinese script)
  • শ্বস্ (Bengali script)
  • 𑰫𑰿𑰪𑰭𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀰𑁆𑀯𑀲𑁆 (Brahmi script)
  • ၐွသ် (Burmese script)
  • શ્વસ્ (Gujarati script)
  • ਸ਼੍ਵਸ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
  • 𑌶𑍍𑌵𑌸𑍍 (Grantha script)
  • ꦯ꧀ꦮꦱ꧀ (Javanese script)
  • 𑂬𑂹𑂫𑂮𑂹 (Kaithi script)
  • ಶ್ವಸ್ (Kannada script)
  • ឝ្វស៑ (Khmer script)
  • ຨ຺ວສ຺ (Lao script)
  • ശ്വസ് (Malayalam script)
  • ᡧᠣᠸᠠᠰ᠌ (Manchu script)
  • 𑘫𑘿𑘪𑘭𑘿 (Modi script)
  • ᠱᢦᠰ (Mongolian script)
  • 𑧋𑧠𑧊𑧍𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐱𑑂𑐰𑐳𑑂 (Newa script)
  • ଶ୍ଵସ୍ (Odia script)
  • ꢯ꣄ꢮꢱ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆯𑇀𑆮𑆱𑇀 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖫𑖿𑖪𑖭𑖿 (Siddham script)
  • ශ‍්වස් (Sinhalese script)
  • 𑩿 𑪙𑩾𑪁 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
  • 𑚧𑚶𑚦𑚨𑚶 (Takri script)
  • ஶ்வஸ் (Tamil script)
  • శ్వస్ (Telugu script)
  • ศฺวสฺ (Thai script)
  • ཤྭ་ས྄ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒬𑓂𑒫𑒮𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
  • 𑨮𑩇𑨭𑨰𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱwes- (“to pant, puff, sigh”). Cognate with Old Norse hvæsa (“to hiss”), English wheeze, and Latin queror (“to complain”), whence English quarrel.[1]

Root

श्वस् • (śvas)

  1. to blow, hiss, pant, snort
  2. to breathe, respire, draw breath
  3. to live
  4. to sigh, groan
  5. to strike, kill
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćwás (“morning, next morning”); ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱewH- (“to shine”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬯𐬏𐬭𐬆𐬨 (sūrəm, “in the morning”), Ossetian [script needed] (sæw-, “morning”), Khotanese [script needed] (svī, “morning”).[2] See also शोच् (śoc), शोध् (śodh), शोभ् (śobh).[3]

Pronunciation

Adverb

श्वस् • (śvás)

  1. tomorrow
  2. in the future
Derived terms
Descendants
  • → Hindi: श्वः (śvaḥ)

Particle

श्वस् • (śvás)

  1. a particle implying auspiciousness

Further reading

References
  1. Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 677
  2. Studies in Historical Linguistics in Honor of George Sherman Lane: Festschrift for George S. Lane. (2020). United States: University of North Carolina Press, p. 9
  3. Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 676-7
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