पुष्

Sanskrit

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *(h₃)pews- (“to blow”). Cognate with Lithuanian pũsti (“to blow”), pūslė̃ (“blister, bladder”), Norwegian føysa (“to swell”), Proto-Slavic *puxàti (“to blow”) and Latin pustula (“bubble”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /puʂ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /puʂ/

Root

पुष् • (puṣ)

1. to be nourished, to thrive, flourish, prosper

Derived terms

• पुष्यति (puṣyati)
• पुष्कल (puṣkala, “much, many, numerous, copious, abundant”)
• पुष्कर (puṣkara)
• पुष्करिन् (puṣkarin)
• पुष्ट (puṣṭa)
• पुष्टि (puṣṭi)
• पुष्प (puṣpa, “flower, blossom”)
• पुष्पक (puṣpaka)
• पुष्पित (puṣpita)
• पुष्य (puṣya)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “पुष्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0638.
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) “0847-0848”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 0847-0848
• Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “?*h₃peu̯s-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 303