इष्

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Sanskrit

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hiṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hiś, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eys-.[1] Cognate with Proto-Slavic *jьskati (“to seek”), Latin aestimō (“to value, estimate”) and English ask.

Root

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इष् • (iṣ)

  1. to desire, wish, long for, request, particularly:
    1. to intend or be about to do
    2. to strive to obtain
    3. to ask for
    4. to assent, be favourable, concede
    5. to choose
  2. to acknowledge, maintain, regard, think
  3. (passive voice) to be wanted, particularly:
    1. to be liked
    2. to be asked for or requested
    3. to be prescribed or ordered
    4. to be approved or acknowledged
    5. to be accepted or regarded as
    6. to be worth
    7. to be wanted as a desideratum
Derived terms
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Sanskrit terms belonging to the root इष् (0 c, 7 e)
Terms derived from the Sanskrit root इष् (6 c, 0 e)
Primary Verbal Forms
Secondary Forms
Non-Finite Forms
Derived Nominal Forms

Further reading

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  • Monier Williams (1899) “इष्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 169/1.
  • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 9
  • Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “इष्”, 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

Etymology 2

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From Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hiṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hiṣ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eysh₂- (“to power, drive”).[2][3]

Root

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इष् • (iṣ)

  1. to cause to move quickly, let fly, throw, cast, swing
  2. to send out or off, stream out, pour out, discharge
  3. to deliver (a speech), announce, proclaim
  4. to impel, incite, animate, promote
  5. to endeavour to make favourable
Derived terms
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Sanskrit terms belonging to the root इष् (0 c, 7 e)
Terms derived from the Sanskrit root इष् (6 c, 0 e)
Primary Verbal Forms

Further reading

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  • Monier Williams (1899) “इष्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 168/3.
  • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 9
  • Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “इष्”, 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

References

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  1. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) “ẸS1”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 270-71
  2. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) “ẸS2”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[2] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 271-72
  3. ^ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 234
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