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yaso

yasa

masc nom sg of yasa (noun); masc nom sg of yasas (noun); masc acc sg of yasas (noun)

1. yasas (masc): fame; reputation; renown; honour; glory; prestige
2. yasa (masc): name of an arahant monk

Built from

• yas — root · to be eager, be keen
  The root underlying the noun. In concrete terms, eagerness and keen pursuit; what people seek and celebrate transfers to fame or renown as the object of that eager desire.
• as — ending · masculine nominative singular
  Standard masculine -s ending marking the nominative singular case. Here nominative signals yasas as the subject or predicate nominative in the sentence.

Etymology. From √yas 'to be eager, keen' (Sanskrit yaśas, from PIE *h₂yes- 'to desire, be eager'). The noun yasas denotes that which is eagerly sought or celebrated — renown as the object of desire. Compare Sanskrit yaśas, Greek ζῆλος (zēlos) 'zeal, rivalry' (same root), and English yeast (from PIE *yes- 'fermentation, eager movement').

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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