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इष्

Sanskrit edit

Sanskrit verb forms
Presentइच्छति (icchati)
Causativeएषयति (eṣayati)
Desiderativeएषिषिषति (eṣiṣiṣati)

Alternative scripts edit

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Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂eys-.[1] Cognate with Proto-Slavic *jьskati (“to seek”), Latin aestimō (“to value, estimate”) and English ask.

Root edit

इष् • (iṣ)

  1. to desire, wish, long for, request, particularly:
    1. to intend or be about to do
    2. to strive to obtain
    3. to ask for
    4. to assent, be favourable, concede
    5. to choose
  2. to acknowledge, maintain, regard, think
  3. (passive voice) to be wanted, particularly:
    1. to be liked
    2. to be asked for or requested
    3. to be prescribed or ordered
    4. to be approved or acknowledged
    5. to be accepted or regarded as
    6. to be worth
    7. to be wanted as a desideratum
Derived terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) “ẸS1”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 270-71

Further reading edit

  • Monier Williams (1899) “इष्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 169/1.
  • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 9
  • Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “इष्”, 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

Etymology 2 edit

Sanskrit verb forms
Presentएषति (eṣati)
इष्यति (iṣyati)
इष्णाति (iṣṇāti)
Causativeएषयति (eṣayati)
Desiderativeएषिषिषति (eṣiṣiṣati)

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁eysh₂- (“to power, drive”).[1][2]

Root edit

इष् • (iṣ)

  1. to cause to move quickly, let fly, throw, cast, swing
  2. to send out or off, stream out, pour out, discharge
  3. to deliver (a speech), announce, proclaim
  4. to impel, incite, animate, promote
  5. to endeavour to make favourable
Derived terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) “ẸS2”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[2] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 271-72
  2. ^ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 234

Further reading edit

  • Monier Williams (1899) “इष्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 168/3.
  • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 9
  • Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “इष्”, 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
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