वश्

Sanskrit

Etymology

Compare Ancient Greek ἑκών (hekṓn).

Root

वश् • (vaś)

  1. to will, command.
  2. to desire, wish, long for, be fond of, like.

Derived terms

References

  • Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1898) A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 929
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