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)
- 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) 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
- 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
- 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)
- 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
- इष्णाति (iṣṇāti)
References
- 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
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