दुष्यति
Sanskrit
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *dus- (“bad”). Cognate with Old Church Slavonic дъждь (dŭždĭ).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /d̪uʂ.jɐ.t̪i/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈd̪uʂ.jɐ.t̪i/
Verb
दुष्यति • (duṣyati) (root दुष्, class 4, type P, present)
- to become bad or corrupted, to be defiled or impure, to be ruined, perish
- to sin, commit a fault, be wrong
- to spoil or corrupt (the mind)
References
- Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary, page 488