Alternative spellings of this word include Vayask.

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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

vayaska (वयस्क).—a (S) Advancing in years, elderly. 2 Older, elder relatively. 3 Attained unto puberty, adult. Ex. mājhā mulagā va0 hōūna avivāhita āhē. 4 In comp. as samavayaska, viṣamavayaska.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

vayaska (वयस्क).—a Advancing in years. Older; adult.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Vayaska (वयस्क).—mfn.

(-skaḥ-skā-skaṃ) Relating to age, aged. E. vayas and kan aff.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Vayaska (वयस्क).—[vayas + ka], adj. 1. Relating to age. 2. A substitute for vayas, as latter part of comp. adj.; e. g. abhinava-, adj. Young, [Hitopadeśa] 50, 1. samāna-, adj. one who is of the same age.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Vayaska (वयस्क).—(adj. —°) = 2 vayas.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Vayaska (वयस्क):—[from vayas] See abhinavaand madhyama-v.

2) Vāyaska (वायस्क):—[Uṇādi-sūtra; iv, 188 [Scholiast or Commentator]]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Vayaska (वयस्क):—[(skaḥ-skā-skaṃ) a.] Of such an age.

[Sanskrit to German]

Vayaska in German

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Vayaska (वयस्क) [Also spelled vayask]:—(a) adult; major; -[matādhikāra] adult franchise.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Vayaska (ವಯಸ್ಕ):—

1) [noun] a man of such and such an age.

2) [noun] a man or woman who is fully grown up; mature person; an adult.

3) [noun] ವಯಸ್ಕ ಮತದಾನ [vayaska matadana] vayaska matadāna the system of election, in which all adult persons of the state or nation are allowed to elect their representatives to the house of representatives through election; ವಯಸ್ಕ ಮತಾಧಿಕಾರ [vayaska matadhikara] vayaska matādhikāra the privilege of all the adult persons of a state or nation to elect their representatives to the house of representatives; ವಯಸ್ಕರ ಶಿಕ್ಷಣ [vayaskara shikshana] vayaskara śikṣaṇa a programme of noncredit courses for adults regardless of previous education; adult-education.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Vayaska-matadhikara, Vayaskara, Vayaskata.

Ends with: Abhinavavayaska, Alpavayaska, Aparavayaska, Apraptavayaska, Ardhavayaska, Ativayaska, Avayaska, Gatavayaska, Madhyamavayaska, Nutanavayaska, Praptavayaska, Pravayaska, Purvavayaska, Samanavayaska, Samavayaska, Savayaska, Uttaravayaska.

Full-text: Madhyamavayaska, Samanavayaska, Gatavayaska, Vayastha, Matadhikara, Samavayaska, Alpavayas, Vayaskara, Vayask, Purvavayaska, Purvavaya, Samavaya, Savayaska, Abhinavavayaska, Matadhikar.

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