# श्वास
## Hindi
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit श्वास (śvāsá). Doublet of सांस (sāns).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /ʃʋɑːs/, [ʃʋäːs]

### Noun

श्वास • (śvās) m
* breath, breathing
    Synonym: सांस (sāns)

#### Declension
## Konkani
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit श्वास (śvāsa).

### Noun

श्वास • (śvās) (Latin script xvas, Kannada script ಶ್ವಾಸ)
* breath, breathing

## Marathi
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit श्वास (śvāsá).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɕʋas/

### Noun

श्वास • (śvās) m
* breath, breathing

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* শ্বাস (Assamese script)
* ᬰ᭄ᬯᬵᬲ (Balinese script)
* শ্বাস (Bengali script)
* 𑰫𑰿𑰪𑰯𑰭 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀰𑁆𑀯𑀸𑀲 (Brahmi script)
* ၐွာသ (Burmese script)
* શ્વાસ (Gujarati script)
* ਸ਼੍ਵਾਸ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌶𑍍𑌵𑌾𑌸 (Grantha script)
* ꦯ꧀ꦮꦴꦱ (Javanese script)
* 𑂬𑂹𑂫𑂰𑂮 (Kaithi script)
* ಶ್ವಾಸ (Kannada script)
* ឝ្វាស (Khmer script)
* ຨ຺ວາສ (Lao script)
* ശ്വാസ (Malayalam script)
* ᡧᠣᠸᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠰ᠌ᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘫𑘿𑘪𑘰𑘭 (Modi script)
* ᠱᢦ᠎ᠠᠰᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧋𑧠𑧊𑧑𑧍 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐱𑑂𑐰𑐵𑐳 (Newa script)
* ଶ୍ଵାସ (Odia script)
* ꢯ꣄ꢮꢵꢱ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆯𑇀𑆮𑆳𑆱 (Sharada script)
* 𑖫𑖿𑖪𑖯𑖭 (Siddham script)
* ශ‍්වාස (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩿 𑪙𑩾𑩛𑪁 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚧𑚶𑚦𑚭𑚨 (Takri script)
* ஶ்வாஸ (Tamil script)
* శ్వాస (Telugu script)
* ศฺวาส (Thai script)
* ཤྭཱ་ས (Tibetan script)
* 𑒬𑓂𑒫𑒰𑒮 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨮𑩇𑨭𑨊𑨰 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /ɕʋɑː.sɐ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈɕʋɑː.s̪ɐ/

### Noun

श्वास • (śvāsa) stem, m
* breath
* sigh
* panting

#### Derived terms

* उच्छ्वास (ucchvāsa)
* निःश्वास (niḥśvāsa)
** Magadhi Prakrit:
*** Middle Bengali: নিশাস (niśās)
**** Bengali: নিশাস (niśaś)
*** Early Assamese: নিশাস (niśaso)
**** Assamese: নিশাহ (nixah)
*** Rohingya: niác

#### Descendants

* Dardic:
** Kamkata-viri: sāh
** Kashmiri: شَاہ, ہَاہ
** Shina: سا (sā)
** Torwali: sā
** Wotapuri-Katarqalai: sā
* Pali: sāsa
* Prakrit: 𑀲𑀸𑀲 (sāsa)
** Central:
*** Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀲𑀸𑀲 (sāsa)
**** Awadhi: साँस (sā̃s)
**** Old Gujarati:
***** Gujarati: સાસ (sās), હાઁસ (hām̐s)
***** Marwari: सा (sā), सास (sās), सासा (sāsā)
**** Hindustani: sāns
    Hindi: सांस, साँस
    Urdu: سانس
** Eastern:
*** Magadhi Prakrit:
**** Odia: ସାସ (sāsa)
**** Bihari:
***** Bhojpuri: साँस (sā̃s)
** Northern:
*** Khasa Prakrit:
**** Central Pahari:
***** Garhwali: सास (sās)
***** Kumaoni: सास (sās)
**** Eastern Pahari:
***** Nepali: सास (sās)
** Southern:
*** Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀲𑀸𑀲 (sāsa)
**** Old Marathi: 𑘭𑘻𑘭 / सोस (sosa)
** Western:
*** Paisaci Prakrit:
**** Takka Apabhramsa:
***** Punjabi: sāh
    Gurmukhi script: ਸਾਹ
    Shahmukhi script: سَاہ
****** Lahnda:
******* Southern Hindko: ساہ (sāh)
**** Vracada Apabhramsa:
***** Sindhi: sāhu
    Arabic script: سَاهُ
    Devanagari script: साहु
****** Jadgali: [script needed] (śāh)
* → Assamese: শ্বাস (sax) (learned)
* → Bengali: শ্বাস (śśaś) (learned)
* → Dhivehi: ހުވާސް (huvās) (learned)
* → Hindi: श्वास (śvās) (learned)
* → Kannada: ಶ್ವಾಸ (śvāsa)
* → Konkani: श्वास (śvās) (learned)
* → Marathi: श्वास (śvās) (learned)
* → Punjabi: ਸ੍ਵਾਸ (svās) (learned)
* → Sinhalese: ශ්වාස (śwāsa) (learned)
* → Tamil: சுவாசம் (cuvācam) (learned)
* → Telugu: శ్వాస (śvāsa)