इष्

इष्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ᬇᬱ᭄ (Balinese script)
• ইষ্ (Assamese script)
• ইষ্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰂𑰬𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀇𑀱𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• 𑌇𑌷𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ઇષ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਇਸ਼ੑ (Gurmukhi script)
• ꦆꦰ꧀ (Javanese script)
• ឥឞ៑ (Khmer script)
• ಇಷ್ (Kannada script)
• ອິຩ຺ (Lao script)
• ഇഷ് (Malayalam script)
• 𑘂𑘬𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᢈᢔ (Mongolian script)
• ᡳᢢ (Manchu script)
• ဣၑ် (Burmese script)
• 𑦢𑧌𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐂𑐲𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଇଷ୍ (Oriya script)
• ꢄꢰ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆅𑆰𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖂𑖬𑖿 (Siddham script)
• ඉෂ් (Sinhalese script)
• ఇష్ (Telugu script)
• อิษฺ (Thai script)
• ཨི་ཥ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒃𑒭𑓂 (Tirhuta script)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /íʂ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /iʂ/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂eys-.[1]Cognate with Proto-Slavic *jьskati (“to seek”), Latin aestimō (“to value, estimate”) and English ask.

Root

इष् • (íṣ)

1. to desire, wish, long for, request, particularly:
   1. to intend or be about to do
   2. to strive to obtain
   3. to ask for
   4. to assent, be favourable, concede
   5. to choose
2. to acknowledge, maintain, regard, think
3. (passive) to be wanted, particularly:
   1. to be liked
   2. to be asked for or requested
   3. to be prescribed or ordered
   4. to be approved or acknowledged
   5. to be accepted or regarded as
   6. to be worth
   7. to be wanted as a desideratum

Derived terms

• इच्छति (iccháti, “to want”)
• इच्छा (icchā, “wish”)
• इषुध्य (iṣudhya, “to implore, request”)
• इषुध्या (iṣudhyā́, “imploring, request”)
• इषुध्यु (iṣudhyú, “imploring, requesting”)
• इषूय (iṣūya, “to strive for, endeavor to obtain”)
• इष्ट (iṣṭá, “desired, beloved”)

 

References

1. 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

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899), “इष्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, 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-European *h₁eysh₂- (“to power, drive”).[1][2]

Root

इष् • (íṣ)

1. to cause to move quickly, let fly, throw, cast, swing
2. to send out or off, stream out, pour out, discharge
3. to deliver (a speech), announce, proclaim
4. to impel, incite, animate, promote
5. to endeavour to make favourable

Derived terms

• इष्णाति (iṣṇāti)

References

1. 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
2. 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

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899), “इष्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, 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