दुष्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• দুষ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬤᬸᬱ᭄ (Balinese script)
• দুষ্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰟𑰲𑰬𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀤𑀼𑀱𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ဒုၑ် (Burmese script)
• દુષ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਦੁਸ਼੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌦𑍁𑌷𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦢꦸꦰ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂠𑂳𑂭𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ದುಷ್ (Kannada script)
• ទុឞ៑ (Khmer script)
• ທຸຩ຺ (Lao script)
• ദുഷ് (Malayalam script)
• ᡩᡠᢢ (Manchu script)
• 𑘟𑘳𑘬𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᢑᠤᢔ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦿𑧔𑧌𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐡𑐸𑐲𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଦୁଷ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢣꢸꢰ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆢𑆶𑆰𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖟𑖲𑖬𑖿 (Siddham script)
• දුෂ් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩭𑩒𑪀 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚛𑚰𑚶 (Takri script)
• து³ஷ் (Tamil script)
• దుష్ (Telugu script)
• ทุษฺ (Thai script)
• དུ་ཥ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒠𑒳𑒭𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨛𑨃𑨯𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dus- (“bad”). Cognate with Ancient Greek δυσ- (dus-) whence English dys-.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /duʂ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /d̪uʂ/

Root

दुष् • (duṣ)

1. to become bad, corrupted
2. to be defiled, impure
3. to be ruined, perish
4. to sin

Derived terms

• दुष्ट (duṣṭá, “spoilt, corrupted”)
• दूषण (dū́ṣaṇa, “corrupting, spoiling”)

 

See also

• दुस् (dus, “dus-”)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “दुष्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0488.
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “दुष्”, 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 076
• Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “दुष्”, 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, pages 735-736

• Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 338
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 0227, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 0227