वृष्

वृष्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ᬯᬺᬱ᭄ (Balinese script)
• ৱৃষ্ (Assamese script)
• বৃষ্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰪𑰴𑰬𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀯𑀾𑀱𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• 𑌵𑍃𑌷𑍍 (Grantha script)
• વૃષ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਵ੍ਹਸ਼ੑ (Gurmukhi script)
• ꦮꦽꦰ꧀ (Javanese script)
• វ្ឫឞ៑ (Khmer script)
• ವೃಷ್ (Kannada script)
• ວ຺ຣິຩ຺ (Lao script)
• വൃഷ് (Malayalam script)
• 𑘪𑘵𑘬𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠸᠷᢈᢔ (Mongolian script)
• ᠸᡵᡳᢢ (Manchu script)
• ဝၖၑ် (Burmese script)
• 𑧊𑧖𑧌𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐰𑐺𑐲𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଵୃଷ୍ (Oriya script)
• ꢮꢺꢰ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆮𑆸𑆰𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖪𑖴𑖬𑖿 (Siddham script)
• වෘෂ් (Sinhalese script)
• వృష్ (Telugu script)
• วฺฤษฺ (Thai script)
• ཝྲྀ་ཥ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒫𑒵𑒭𑓂 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁wers- (“to rain”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ἕρση (hérsē).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋr̩ʂ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ʋr̩ʂ/

Root

वृष् • (vṛṣ)

1. to rain, shower
2. to pour forth, effuse, shed

Derived terms

• वर्षति (várṣati)
• वर्षा (varṣā́)

 

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “वृष्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 0926.
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893), “वृष्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 165
• Otto Böhtlingk; Richard Schmidt (1879-1928), “वृष्”, 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

• Mallory, J. P.; Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 125
• Rix, Helmut, editor (2001) Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 291
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 0080