ईषत्

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit ईषत् (īṣát).

Adjective

ईषत् • (īṣat) (indeclinable)

1. very little, less, minuscule

   Synonyms: थोड़ा (thoṛā), कम (kam), अल्प (alp)

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• ঈষত্ (Assamese script)
• ᬈᬱᬢ᭄ (Balinese script)
• ঈষত্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰃𑰬𑰝𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀈𑀱𑀢𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ဤၑတ် (Burmese script)
• ઈષત્ (Gujarati script)
• ਈਸ਼ਤ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌈𑌷𑌤𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦇꦰꦠ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂆𑂭𑂞𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಈಷತ್ (Kannada script)
• ឦឞត៑ (Khmer script)
• ອີຩຕ຺ (Lao script)
• ഈഷത് (Malayalam script)
• ᡳᡳᢢᠠᢠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘃𑘬𑘝𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠢᠢᢔᠠᢐ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦣𑧌𑦽𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐃𑐲𑐟𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଈଷତ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢅꢰꢡ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆆𑆰𑆠𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖃𑖬𑖝𑖿 (Siddham script)
• ඊෂත් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩑𑩛𑪀𑩫 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚃𑚙𑚶 (Takri script)
• ஈஷத் (Tamil script)
• ఈషత్ (Telugu script)
• อีษตฺ (Thai script)
• ཨཱི་ཥ་ཏ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒄𑒭𑒞𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨁𑨊𑨯𑨙𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *īṣát, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *īšát, from Proto-Indo-European *isn̥t, from *is (“a little”). Cognate with Albanian imtë (“tiny, small”), Latvian īss (“short”), Lithuanian įsas and Old Prussian insan.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /iː.ʂɐ́t/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈiː.ʂɐt̪/

Adjective

ईषत् • (īṣát) stem

1. few, little

   Synonym: स्वल्प (svalpa)

Adverb

ईषत् • (īṣát)

1. slightly