तृष्यति

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ters- (“dry”). Cognates include Persian تشنه (tešne), Ancient Greek τέρσομαι (tersomai), Latin terra, Old Armenian թառամիմ (tʿaṙamim, “I wither”) and Old English þurst (English thirst).

Verb

तृष्यति (tṛṣyati) (cl. 4. root √tṛṣ)

1. to be thirsty, thirst, thirst for
2. (causative) to cause to thirst