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Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ইষ্ (Assamese script)
- ᬇᬱ᭄ (Balinese script)
- ইষ্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰂𑰬𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀇𑀱𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- ဣၑ် (Burmese script)
- ઇષ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਇਸ਼੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌇𑌷𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦆꦰ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂅𑂭𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ಇಷ್ (Kannada script)
- ឥឞ៑ (Khmer script)
- ອິຩ຺ (Lao script)
- ഇഷ് (Malayalam script)
- ᡳᢢ (Manchu script)
- 𑘂𑘬𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠢᢔ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦢𑧌𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐂𑐲𑑂 (Newa script)
- ଇଷ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢄꢰ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆅𑆰𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖂𑖬𑖿 (Siddham script)
- ඉෂ් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩐𑩑𑪀 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚂𑚶 (Takri script)
- இஷ் (Tamil script)
- ఇష్ (Telugu script)
- อิษฺ (Thai script)
- ཨི་ཥ྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒃𑒭𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨀𑨁𑨯𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hiṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hiś, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eys-.[1]
Cognate with Proto-Slavic *jьskati (“to seek”), Latin aestimō (“to value, estimate”) and English ask.
Root
इष् • (iṣ)
- to desire, wish, long for, request, particularly:
- to intend or be about to do
- to strive to obtain
- to ask for
- to assent, be favourable, concede
- to choose
- to acknowledge, maintain, regard, think
- (passive voice) to be wanted, particularly:
- to be liked
- to be asked for or requested
- to be prescribed or ordered
- to be approved or acknowledged
- to be accepted or regarded as
- to be worth
- to be wanted as a desideratum
Derived terms
- Primary Verbal Forms
- Secondary Forms
- Non-Finite Forms
- इष्ट (iṣṭá, Past Participle)
- एष्टुम् (éṣṭum, Infinitive)
- एष्टवै (eṣṭavái, Infinitive)
- एषितुम् (eṣitum, Infinitive)
- इष्ट्वा (iṣṭvā, Gerund)
- इषित्वा (iṣitvā, Gerund)
- एष्य (eṣya, Gerundive)
- एषणीय (eṣaṇī́ya, Gerundive)
- एष्टव्य (eṣṭavyá, Gerundive)
- एषितव्य (eṣitavya, Gerundive)
- एषित (eṣita, Causative Past Participle)
- Derived Nominal Forms
Further reading
- Monier Williams (1899) “इष्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 169/1.
- William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 9
- Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “इष्”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
Etymology 2
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hiṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hiṣ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eysh₂- (“to power, drive”).[2][3]
Root
इष् • (iṣ)
- to cause to move quickly, let fly, throw, cast, swing
- to send out or off, stream out, pour out, discharge
- to deliver (a speech), announce, proclaim
- to impel, incite, animate, promote
- to endeavour to make favourable
Derived terms
- Primary Verbal Forms
Further reading
- Monier Williams (1899) “इष्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 168/3.
- William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 9
- Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “इष्”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
References
- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) “ẸS1”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 270-71
- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) “ẸS2”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 271-72
- ^ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 234