વાસ

Gujarati

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit वास (vāsa, “perfume”). Compare Hindustani بَاس‎ (bās) / बास (bās), Punjabi ਬਾਸ (bās) / باس‎ (bās), Marathi वास (vās).

Noun

વાસ • (vās) m

  1. bad smell, odor
    Synonyms: દુર્ગંધ (durgandh), બદબો (badbo)
    વાસ મારવી ― vās mārvī ― to stink, to produce a bad smell

References
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “vāsa3”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
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