जस

जस

See also: जैसा, जैसे, and जोसी

Awadhi

Etymology 1

Inherited from Ardhamagadhi Prakrit 𑀚𑀸𑀭𑀺𑀲 (jārisa), from Sanskrit यादृश (yādṛśa).

Adverb

जस (jas)

1. so, just as

Etymology 2

Inherited from Prakrit जस (jasa), from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀬𑀲𑁄 (yaso), from Sanskrit यशः (yáśaḥ).

Noun

जस (jas) m

1. glory
   • 16th century, Goswami Tulsidas, Hanumān Cālīsā :

     सहस बदन तुम्हरो जस गावैं।
     अस कहि श्री-पति कंठ लगावैं॥

     sahas badan tumharo jas gāva͠i.
     as kahi śrī-pati kaṇṭh lagāva͠i.

     "A thousand mouths sing your glories": saying thus, Rāma embraced you.

Further reading

• डॉ॰ सूर्यप्रसाद दीक्षित [Suryaprasad Dikshit]; डॉ॰ सजीवनलाल यादव [Sajeevanlal Yadav] (1996) अवधी शब्द-कोश [Awadhi Dictionary] (in Hindi), लखनऊ [Lucknow]: विश्वविद्यालय हिन्दी प्रकाशन, लखनऊ विश्वविद्यालय [Vishwavidyalaya Hindi Prakashan, University of Lucknow], page 61, column 1.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “yáśas”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 604
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “yādrśa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 605

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Chhattisgarhi

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit जस (jasa), from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀬𑀲𑁄 (yaso), from Sanskrit यशः (yáśaḥ).

Noun

जस (transliteration needed)

1. fame, glory

Further reading

• डॉ॰ गीतेश अमरोहित [Dr Gitesh Amrohit] (2015) मानक छत्तीसगढ़ी शब्दकोश [Standard Chhattisgarhi Dictionary] (in Hindi), अमीनपारा चौक, पुरानी बस्ती, रायपुर [Aminpara Chowk, Purani Basti, Raipur]: वैभव प्रकाशन [Vaibhav Prakashan], →ISBN, page 291.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “yáśas”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 127

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Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit जस (jasa), from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀬𑀲𑁄 (yaso), from Sanskrit यशः (yáśaḥ).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒəs/, [d͡ʒəs̪]
• Rhymes: -əs

Noun

जस • (jas) m (Urdu spelling جَس‎)

1. (dated) glory

Declension

Declension of जस (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	जस jas	जस jas
oblique	जस jas	जसों jasõ
vocative	जस jas	जसो jaso

Further reading

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “जस”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 628
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “जस”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 2992
• Platts, John T. (1884), “जस”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 302
• “जस”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2021.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “yáśas”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 604

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Malvi

Etymology 1

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀚𑀸𑀤𑀺𑀲 (jādisa), from Sanskrit यादृश (yādṛśa).

Adverb

जस

1. so, just as

Etymology 2

Inherited from Prakrit जस (jasa), from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀬𑀲𑁄 (yaso), from Sanskrit यशः (yáśaḥ).

Noun

जस

1. fame, glory

Further reading

• डॉ॰ भगवतीलाल राजपुरोहित [Bhagwatilal Rajpurohit]; डॉ॰ प्रह्लाद चन्द्र जोशी [Prahlad Chandra Joshi] (2010) मालवी - हिन्दी शब्दकोश [Malvi - Hindi Dictionary] (in Hindi), शिवाजी नगर, भोपाल [Shivaji Nagar, Bhopal]: माध्यमिक शिक्षा मण्डल परिसर [Madhyamik Shiksha Mandal Parisar], →ISBN, ज, page 126, column 1.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “yáśas”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 604
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “yādrśa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 605

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Old Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit जस (jasa), from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀬𑀲𑁄 (yaso), from Sanskrit यशः (yáśaḥ). Cognate with Old Punjabi ਜਸੁ (jasu), Old Gujarati जस (jasa).

Noun

जस (jasa)

1. praise, eulogy

Derived terms

• जस बोलना (jasa bolanā, “to sing praises”)

Descendants

• Braj: जस (jas)
• Hindustani: jas

  Hindi: जस

  Urdu: جَس‎

Further reading

• Jaroslav Strnad (2013) Morphology and Syntax of Old Hindī : Edition and Analysis of One Hundred Kabīr Vānī Poems From Rājasthān (Brill's Indological Library; 45), Leiden, OCLC 853683653, page 533
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “yáśas”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 604

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Prakrit

Noun

जस (jasa)

1. Devanagari script form of 𑀚𑀲 (“fame, glory”)