तृष्णा

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit तृष्णा (tṛṣṇā).

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /t̪ɾɪʂ.ɳɑː/, [t̪ɾɪʃ.ɳäː]

Noun

तृष्णा • (tŕṣṇā) f

(poetic) thirst, desire, want
Synonym: प्यास (pyās)
- 2008, Asha Bhosle, Aise Jalta Hai Jiya :
  तृष्णा पुकारे मेरी
  सुन बहरिया...
  ऐसे जलता हैं जिया
  जैसे दिया
  tŕṣṇā pukāre merī
  sun bahriyā...
  aise jaltā ha͠i jiyā
  jaise diyā
  My thirst is calling out to you
  Listen o deaf one
  My heart burns
  Like a lamp

Declension

Declension of तृष्णा (fem ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	तृष्णा tŕṣṇā	तृष्णाएँ tŕṣṇāẽ
oblique	तृष्णा tŕṣṇā	तृष्णाओं tŕṣṇāõ
vocative	तृष्णा tŕṣṇā	तृष्णाओ tŕṣṇāo

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

ᬢᬺᬱ᭄ᬡᬵ (Balinese script)
তৃষ্ণা (Assamese script)
তৃষ্ণা (Bengali script)
𑰝𑰴𑰬𑰿𑰜𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀢𑀾𑀱𑁆𑀡𑀸 (Brahmi script)
𑌤𑍃𑌷𑍍𑌣𑌾 (Grantha script)
તૃષ્ણા (Gujarati script)
ਤ੍ਹਸ਼ੑਣਾ (Gurmukhi script)
ꦠꦽꦰ꧀ꦟꦴ (Javanese script)
ត្ឫឞ្ណា (Khmer script)
ತೃಷ್ಣಾ (Kannada script)
ຕ຺ຣິຩ຺ຓາ (Lao script)
തൃഷ്ണാ (Malayalam script)
𑘝𑘵𑘬𑘿𑘜𑘰 (Modi script)
ᢐᠷᢈᢔᢏᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
ᢠᡵᡳᢢᢏᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
တၖၑ္ဏာ (Burmese script)
𑦽𑧖𑧌𑧠𑦼𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
𑐟𑐺𑐲𑑂𑐞𑐵 (Newa script)
ତୃଷ୍ଣା (Oriya script)
ꢡꢺꢰ꣄ꢠꢵ (Saurashtra script)
𑆠𑆸𑆰𑇀𑆟𑆳 (Sharada script)
𑖝𑖴𑖬𑖿𑖜𑖯 (Siddham script)
තෘෂ්ණා (Sinhalese script)
తృష్ణా (Telugu script)
ตฺฤษฺณา (Thai script)
ཏྲྀ་ཥྞཱ (Tibetan script)
𑒞𑒵𑒭𑓂𑒝𑒰 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian tŕ̥šnaH (“thirst”), from Proto-Indo-European *tr̥s-nó-s, from *ters- (“dry”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬙𐬀𐬭𐬱𐬥𐬀‎ (taršna), Persian ‎ (tešne), Ancient Greek τέρσομαι (térsomai), Latin terra, Old Armenian թառամիմ (tʿaṙamim, “I wither”), Old English þurst (whence English thirst). Related to तृष्यति (tṛ́ṣyati).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /tŕ̩ʂ.ɳɑː/
(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪r̩ʂ.ɳɑː/

Noun

तृष्णा • (tṛ́ṣṇā) f

thirst
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 9.79.3:
  धन्वन्न तृष्णा समरीत ताँ अभि सोम जहि पवमान दुराध्यः ॥
  dhanvanna tṛṣṇā samarīta tām̐ abhi soma jahi pavamāna durādhyaḥ .
  As thirst subdueth in the desert, conquer thou, O Soma, men of evil thoughts.
- c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda
- c. 700 BCE, Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa
desire
Synonym: तृषा (tṛṣā)

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of तृष्णा (tṛ́ṣṇā)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	तृष्णा tṛ́ṣṇā	तृष्णे tṛ́ṣṇe	तृष्णाः tṛ́ṣṇāḥ
Vocative	तृष्णे tṛ́ṣṇe	तृष्णे tṛ́ṣṇe	तृष्णाः tṛ́ṣṇāḥ
Accusative	तृष्णाम् tṛ́ṣṇām	तृष्णे tṛ́ṣṇe	तृष्णाः tṛ́ṣṇāḥ
Instrumental	तृष्णया / तृष्णा¹ tṛ́ṣṇayā / tṛ́ṣṇā¹	तृष्णाभ्याम् tṛ́ṣṇābhyām	तृष्णाभिः tṛ́ṣṇābhiḥ
Dative	तृष्णायै tṛ́ṣṇāyai	तृष्णाभ्याम् tṛ́ṣṇābhyām	तृष्णाभ्यः tṛ́ṣṇābhyaḥ
Ablative	तृष्णायाः tṛ́ṣṇāyāḥ	तृष्णाभ्याम् tṛ́ṣṇābhyām	तृष्णाभ्यः tṛ́ṣṇābhyaḥ
Genitive	तृष्णायाः tṛ́ṣṇāyāḥ	तृष्णयोः tṛ́ṣṇayoḥ	तृष्णानाम् tṛ́ṣṇānām
Locative	तृष्णायाम् tṛ́ṣṇāyām	तृष्णयोः tṛ́ṣṇayoḥ	तृष्णासु tṛ́ṣṇāsu
Notes	¹Vedic

Derived terms

तृष्णार्त (tṛṣṇārta, adj.)

Related terms

तृष्णज् (tṛṣṇaj, adj.)

Descendants

Dardic:
- Kashmiri: ترٛیش‎ (trēś, “drinking-water”)
Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀢𑀡𑁆𑀳𑀸 (taṇhā)
- Old Marathi: तान्ह (tānha)
  - Marathi: तहान (tahān)
- Konkani: तान (tān)
Bengali: তৃষ্ণা (tŕṣna)
- Bengali: তিষ্ণা (tiṣna), Bengali: তিষ্টা (tiṣṭa) (more common in speech)
Paisaci Prakrit:
- Punjabi: ਤ੍ਰੇਹ (treh, “thirst”), Punjabi: ਤੇਹ (teh, “thirst, affection”), Punjabi: ਤਿਹਾ (tihā, “thirst”)
Pali: taṇhā (“thirst, desire, want”)
- → English: tanha
- → Burmese: တဏှာ (ta.hna)
Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀢𑀺𑀡𑁆𑀳𑀸 (tiṇhā)
→ Hindi: तृष्णा (tŕṣṇā), तिसना (tisnā)
→ Kannada: ತೃಷ್ಣೆ (tṛṣṇe)
Old Javanese: tṛṣṇa (“desire; love”)
- Javanese: ꦠꦽꦰ꧀ꦟ → ꦠꦽꦱ꧀ꦤ (tresna, “love”)
  - → Indonesian: tresna (“love”)
- → Balinese: ᬢᬺᬱ᭄ᬡ (tresna, “love”)
→ Sinhalese: තෘෂ්ණා (tr̥ṣṇā)

References

Monier Williams (1899), “तृष्णा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 454/1.