Bos | Bओस् | Bos
Bos | Bओस् | (fr. Bavas | Bअवस् | voc. of Bavat | Bअवत् |, q.v.; before vowels and soft consonants Bo | Bओ |; before hard consonants Bos | Bओस् | and Boḥ | Bओः |; the latter form also in pause, cf. Pāṇ. viii, 3, 17 &c.; but there is occasional confusion of these forms, esp. in later literature; often also BoBoḥ | BओBओः |.), an interjection or voc. particle commonly used in addressing another person or several persons = O! Ho! Hallo!, in soliloquies = alas! ŚBr. &c. &c. (according to L. a particle of sorrow and of interrogation).