Sanskrit edit

Sanskrit verb forms
Presentजुषते (juṣate)
जुजोषति (jujoṣati)
Causativeजोषयति (joṣayati)
Desiderativeजुजोषयिषति (jujoṣayiṣati)

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Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *ǵews- (to taste, try).

Cognates include Latin gustus, Persian دوست (dust, friend) and English choose.

Pronunciation edit

Root edit

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 edit

  • Monier Williams (1899) “जुष्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0424/1.
  • 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 054
  • 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