पयस्

See also: प्यास

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
  • পয়স্ (Assamese script)
  • ᬧᬬᬲ᭄ (Balinese script)
  • পয়স্ (Bengali script)
  • 𑰢𑰧𑰭𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀧𑀬𑀲𑁆 (Brahmi script)
  • ပယသ် (Burmese script)
  • પયસ્ (Gujarati script)
  • ਪਯਸ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
  • 𑌪𑌯𑌸𑍍 (Grantha script)
  • ꦥꦪꦱ꧀ (Javanese script)
  • 𑂣𑂨𑂮𑂹 (Kaithi script)
  • ಪಯಸ್ (Kannada script)
  • បយស៑ (Khmer script)
  • ປຍສ຺ (Lao script)
  • പയസ് (Malayalam script)
  • ᢒᠠᠶᠠᠰ᠌ (Manchu script)
  • 𑘢𑘧𑘭𑘿 (Modi script)
  • ᢒᠠᠶ᠋ᠠᠰ (Mongolian script)
  • 𑧂𑧇𑧍𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐥𑐫𑐳𑑂 (Newa script)
  • ପଯସ୍ (Odia script)
  • ꢦꢫꢱ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆥𑆪𑆱𑇀 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖢𑖧𑖭𑖿 (Siddham script)
  • පයස් (Sinhalese script)
  • 𑩰𑩻𑪁 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
  • 𑚞𑚣𑚨𑚶 (Takri script)
  • பயஸ் (Tamil script)
  • పయస్ (Telugu script)
  • ปยสฺ (Thai script)
  • པ་ཡ་ས྄ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒣𑒨𑒮𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
  • 𑨞𑨪𑨰𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *páyHas (“milk”), from Proto-Indo-European *péyH-o-s (“fat, milk”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬀𐬵 (paiiah), 𐬞𐬀𐬉𐬨𐬀𐬥 (paēman), Latvian piens, Lithuanian píenas, English fat.

Pronunciation

Noun

पयस् • (páyas) stem, n

  1. milk
    • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.164.27:
      दुहामश्विभ्यां पयो अघ्न्येयं सा वर्धतां महते सौभगाय ॥
      duhāmaśvibhyāṃ payo aghnyeyaṃ sā vardhatāṃ mahate saubhagāya.
      "...May this cow yield her milk for both the Aśvins, and may she prosper to our high advantage."
  2. (by extension) any fluid or juice
  3. water or rain
  4. semen, (metaphorically) vital spirit, power, strength

Declension
Neuter as-stem declension of पयस् (páyas)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative पयः
páyaḥ		 पयसी
páyasī		 पयांसि
páyāṃsi
Vocative पयः
páyaḥ		 पयसी
páyasī		 पयांसि
páyāṃsi
Accusative पयः
páyaḥ		 पयसी
páyasī		 पयांसि
páyāṃsi
Instrumental पयसा
páyasā		 पयोभ्याम्
páyobhyām		 पयोभिः
páyobhiḥ
Dative पयसे
páyase		 पयोभ्याम्
páyobhyām		 पयोभ्यः
páyobhyaḥ
Ablative पयसः
páyasaḥ		 पयोभ्याम्
páyobhyām		 पयोभ्यः
páyobhyaḥ
Genitive पयसः
páyasaḥ		 पयसोः
páyasoḥ		 पयसाम्
páyasām
Locative पयसि
páyasi		 पयसोः
páyasoḥ		 पयःसु
páyaḥsu

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Pali: paya
  • Prakrit: 𑀧𑀬 (paya)
    • Sinhalese: පය (paya), පා (pā)
  • → Kannada: ಪಯಸ್ಸು (payassu) (learned)
  • → Malayalam: പയസ്സ് (payassŭ) (learned)
  • → Telugu: పయస్సు (payassu) (learned)

Further reading
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