विष्

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• वेष् (veṣ)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ৱিষ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬯᬶᬱ᭄ (Balinese script)
• বিষ্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰪𑰰𑰬𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀯𑀺𑀱𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ဝိၑ် (Burmese script)
• વિષ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਵਿਸ਼੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌵𑌿𑌷𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦮꦶꦰ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂫𑂱𑂭𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ವಿಷ್ (Kannada script)
• វិឞ៑ (Khmer script)
• ວິຩ຺ (Lao script)
• വിഷ് (Malayalam script)
• ᠸᡳᢢ (Manchu script)
• 𑘪𑘱𑘬𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠸᠢᢔ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧊𑧒𑧌𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐰𑐶𑐲𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଵିଷ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢮꢶꢰ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆮𑆴𑆰𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖪𑖰𑖬𑖿 (Siddham script)
• විෂ් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩾𑩑𑪀 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚦𑚮𑚶 (Takri script)
• விஷ் (Tamil script)
• విష్ (Telugu script)
• วิษฺ (Thai script)
• ཝི་ཥ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒫𑒱𑒭𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨭𑨁𑨯𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁- (“to chase, pursue”). Other theories derive the root from Proto-Indo-European *weys- (“to spread, increase, produce”).

Pronunciation

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

Root

विष् • (viṣ)

1. to be active, act, work, do, perform
2. to be quick, speed, run, flow (as water)
3. to work as a servant, serve
4. to have done with, i.e. overcome, subdue, rule
5. to be contained in
6. to clothe
7. to consume, eat

Derived terms

• अविक्षत् (avikṣat)
• अविवेषीः (aviveṣīḥ)
• अविषत् (aviṣat)
• विड्ढि (viḍḍhi)
• विविषुः (viviṣuḥ)
• विवेः (viveḥ)
• विवेष (viveṣa)
• विवेषः (viveṣaḥ)
• विवेष्टि (viveṣṭi)
• विष्ट्वी (viṣṭvī)
• वेक्ष्यति (vekṣyati)
• वेक्ष्यते (vekṣyate)
• वेविषत् (veviṣat)
• वेविषाण (veviṣāṇa)
• वेविष्टे (veviṣṭe)
• वेवेष्टि (veveṣṭi)
• वेषति (veṣati)
• वेषति (veṣati)
• वेषयति (veṣayati)
• वेष्टा (veṣṭā)
• वेष्टुम् (veṣṭum)

 

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “विष्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 995/2.
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 161
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 563; 585-6
• Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 416