# वास
## Konkani
### Noun

वास • (vās) m (Latin script ?, Kannada script ?)
* smell, odor

## Marathi
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Marathi 𑘪𑘰𑘭 (vāsa), from Maharastri Prakrit 𑀯𑀸𑀲 (vāsa), from Sanskrit वास (vāsa, “perfume”). Compare Gujarati વાસ (vās), Hindustani بَاس (bās) / बास (bās), Punjabi ਬਾਸ (bās) / باس (bās), Bengali বাস (baś).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʋas/

### Noun

वास • (vās) m
* smell, odour, scent

#### Declension
### References

* 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) “vāsa$^3$”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* 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
## 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: /ʋɑː.sɐ́/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈʋɑː.s̪ɐ/

#### Noun

वास • (vāsá) stem, m
* dwelling, staying
* residence, home, abode
    Synonyms: गृह (gṛha), धामन् (dhāman)
* day's journey
* state, condition

##### 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: /ʋɑː.sɐ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈʋɑː.s̪ɐ/

#### Noun

वास • (vāsa) stem, m
* something worn on the body
** garment, clothes
** perfume

##### 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.