दुष्यति

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)

1. to become bad or corrupted, to be defiled or impure, to be ruined, perish
2. to sin, commit a fault, be wrong
3. to spoil or corrupt (the mind)

References

• Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary, page 488