Sanskrit edit

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Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *źʰáyṣ-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰáyš-, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰey- (to drive, throw, wound). Cognate with हिंस् (hiṃs, to injure, harm), Ancient Greek χαῖος (khaîos, shepherd's staff), Old Irish gae (spear), Old English gār (spear).[1]

Root edit

हेष् (heṣ)

  1. to be quick or strong or fiery
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Etymology 2 edit

Probably onomatopoeic. See also ह्रेष् (hreṣ, to neigh).[2]

Root edit

हेष् (heṣ)[3]

  1. to neigh, whinny
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References edit

  1. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 820-1
  2. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[2] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 821
  3. ^ William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 208