जष

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• জষ (Assamese script)
• ᬚᬱ (Balinese script)
• জষ (Bengali script)
• 𑰕𑰬 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀚𑀱 (Brahmi script)
• ဇၑ (Burmese script)
• જષ (Gujarati script)
• ਜਸ਼ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌜𑌷 (Grantha script)
• ꦗꦰ (Javanese script)
• 𑂔𑂭 (Kaithi script)
• ಜಷ (Kannada script)
• ជឞ (Khmer script)
• ຊຩ (Lao script)
• ജഷ (Malayalam script)
• ᡯᠠᢢᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘕𑘬 (Modi script)
• ᠽᠠᢔᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦵𑧌 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐖𑐲 (Newa script)
• ଜଷ (Odia script)
• ꢙꢰ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆘𑆰 (Sharada script)
• 𑖕𑖬 (Siddham script)
• ජෂ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩣𑪀 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚑 (Takri script)
• ஜஷ (Tamil script)
• జష (Telugu script)
• ชษ (Thai script)
• ཛ་ཥ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒖𑒭 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨥𑨯 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Unknown; likely related to चष (caṣa) and झष (jhaṣa). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /d͡ʑɐ.ʂɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʑɐ.ʂɐ/

Noun

जष • (jaṣa) stem, ?

1. The name of some aquatic animal or fish in the Atharvaveda. The word also occurs in the Gopatha Brāhmaṇa.