श्वास

श्वास

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit श्वास (śvāsá).

Noun

श्वास • (śvās) m

1. breath, breathing

   Synonym: सांस (sāns)

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Konkani

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit श्वास (śvāsá).

Noun

श्वास (śvās) (Latin script shvas, Kannada script ಶ್ವಾಸ)

1. breath, breathing

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Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *śwāsás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ĉwāsás, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwos-ó-s, from *ḱwes- (“to pant, puff, sigh”). Cognate with Latin queror, Pashto ساه‎ (sāh, “breath, blow, puff, soul, spirit, essence”). Compare also English quarrel, wheeze, from Latin and Old Norse, respectively.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɕʋɑː.s̪ɐ́/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɕʋɑː.s̪ɐ/

Noun

श्वास • (śvāsá) m

1. breath
2. sigh
3. panting

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of श्वास (śvāsá)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	श्वासः śvāsáḥ	श्वासौ śvāsaú	श्वासाः / श्वासासः¹ śvāsā́ḥ / śvāsā́saḥ¹
Vocative	श्वास śvā́sa	श्वासौ śvā́sau	श्वासाः / श्वासासः¹ śvā́sāḥ / śvā́sāsaḥ¹
Accusative	श्वासम् śvāsám	श्वासौ śvāsaú	श्वासान् śvāsā́n
Instrumental	श्वासेन śvāséna	श्वासाभ्याम् śvāsā́bhyām	श्वासैः / श्वासेभिः¹ śvāsaíḥ / śvāsébhiḥ¹
Dative	श्वासाय śvāsā́ya	श्वासाभ्याम् śvāsā́bhyām	श्वासेभ्यः śvāsébhyaḥ
Ablative	श्वासात् śvāsā́t	श्वासाभ्याम् śvāsā́bhyām	श्वासेभ्यः śvāsébhyaḥ
Genitive	श्वासस्य śvāsásya	श्वासयोः śvāsáyoḥ	श्वासानाम् śvāsā́nām
Locative	श्वासे śvāsé	श्वासयोः śvāsáyoḥ	श्वासेषु śvāséṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Ashokan Prakrit: [Term?]
  • Magadhi Prakrit: [Term?]
    • Old Assamese: উশাস (uśaso)
      • Assamese: উশাহ (uxah)
  • Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀲𑀸𑀲 (sāsa)
    • Old Marathi: सोस (sosa)
  • Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀲𑀸𑀲 (sāsa)
    • Gujarati: સાસ (sās)
    • Hindi: सांस (sāns)
    • Urdu: سانس‎
• Pali: sāsa
• → Hindi: श्वास (śvās)
• → Kannada: ಶ್ವಾಸ (śvāsa)
• → Konkani: श्वास (śvās)
• → Telugu: శ్వాస (śvāsa)