ईश्

See also: ईश

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• ঈশ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬈᬰ᭄ (Balinese script)
• ঈশ্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰃𑰫𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀈𑀰𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ဤၐ် (Burmese script)
• ઈશ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਈਸ਼੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌈𑌶𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦇꦯ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂆𑂬𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಈಶ್ (Kannada script)
• ឦឝ៑ (Khmer script)
• ອີຨ຺ (Lao script)
• ഈശ് (Malayalam script)
• ᡳᡳᡧ (Manchu script)
• 𑘃𑘫𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠢᠢᠱ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦣𑧋𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐃𑐱𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଈଶ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢅꢯ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆆𑆯𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖃𑖫𑖿 (Siddham script)
• ඊශ් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩑𑩛𑩿 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚃𑚧𑚶 (Takri script)
• ஈஶ் (Tamil script)
• ఈశ్ (Telugu script)
• อีศฺ (Thai script)
• ཨཱི་ཤ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒄𑒬𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨁𑨊𑨮𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyḱ- (“ability, possession”). Compare Avestan 𐬀𐬉𐬱𐬁- (aēšā-, “ability, possessions”), Tocharian B aik- (“to know”) and Proto-Germanic *aiganą (English own), also owe and ought.

Root

ईश् • (īś)

1. to own, possess
2. to rule, be master of, govern, command

Derived terms

• ईश (īśá, “owning, possessing; lord, master, ruler”)
• ईशा (īśā)
• ईशान (īśāná, “owning, possessing; rich, wealthy”)
• ईश्वर (īśvará)
• ईष्टे (īṣṭe)

 

Noun

ईश् • (īś) stem, m

1. master, lord, the supreme spirit
2. name of Shiva

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899) “ईश्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 171.
• Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “īś”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “ईश्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “ईश्”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan