Sanskrit

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *ǵews- (to taste, try). Cognates include Latin gustus, Persian دوست (dust, friend), Old English ċēosan (whence English choose).

Pronunciation

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Root

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जुष् (juṣ)

  1. to be pleased or satisfied or favorable
  2. to like, be fond of, enjoy
  3. to have pleasure, give pleasure
  4. to choose (for)
  5. to afflict

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References

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  • Monier Williams (1899) “जुष्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 424, column 1.
  • Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “जुष्”, 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 54
  • Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “जुष्”, 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
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 599