वल्श

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

  • बल्श (balśa)

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *wálśas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wálćas.[1] Cognate with Avestan 𐬬𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬯𐬀 (varəsa, hair (on the head)), Proto-Slavic *volsъ (hair), Old Persian [script needed] (vars), Persian گرس (gors, curled hair), Lithuanian valaĩ. Compare also perhaps Sanskrit वृक्ष (vṛkṣa, tree).[2]

Noun

वल्श • (válśa) stem, m

  1. shoot, branch, twig

Declension

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References

  1. Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), VALG- -válsá”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 526-527
  2. Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), vṛkṣá- - VṚJ”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 572
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