झष

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ঝষ (Assamese script)
• ᬛᬱ (Balinese script)
• ঝষ (Bengali script)
• 𑰖𑰬 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀛𑀱 (Brahmi script)
• ဈၑ (Burmese script)
• ઝષ (Gujarati script)
• ਝਸ਼ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌝𑌷 (Grantha script)
• ꦙꦰ (Javanese script)
• 𑂕𑂭 (Kaithi script)
• ಝಷ (Kannada script)
• ឈឞ (Khmer script)
• ຌຩ (Lao script)
• ഝഷ (Malayalam script)
• ᢝᠠᢢᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘖𑘬 (Modi script)
• ᠽᠾᠠᢔᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦶𑧌 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐗𑐲 (Newa script)
• ଝଷ (Odia script)
• ꢚꢰ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆙𑆰 (Sharada script)
• 𑖖𑖬 (Siddham script)
• ඣෂ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩤𑪀 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚒 (Takri script)
• ஜ²ஷ (Tamil script)
• ఝష (Telugu script)
• ฌษ (Thai script)
• ཛྷ་ཥ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒗𑒭 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨦𑨯 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Unknown; possibly a loanword. Likely related to चष (caṣa) and जष (jaṣa). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /d͡ʑʱɐ.ʂɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʑʱɐ.ʂɐ/

Noun

झष • (jhaṣá) stem, m

1. fish

   Synonyms: मत्स्य (matsya), मीन (mīna)

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of झष (jhaṣa)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	झषः jhaṣaḥ	झषौ / झषा¹ jhaṣau / jhaṣā¹	झषाः / झषासः¹ jhaṣāḥ / jhaṣāsaḥ¹
Vocative	झष jhaṣa	झषौ / झषा¹ jhaṣau / jhaṣā¹	झषाः / झषासः¹ jhaṣāḥ / jhaṣāsaḥ¹
Accusative	झषम् jhaṣam	झषौ / झषा¹ jhaṣau / jhaṣā¹	झषान् jhaṣān
Instrumental	झषेण jhaṣeṇa	झषाभ्याम् jhaṣābhyām	झषैः / झषेभिः¹ jhaṣaiḥ / jhaṣebhiḥ¹
Dative	झषाय jhaṣāya	झषाभ्याम् jhaṣābhyām	झषेभ्यः jhaṣebhyaḥ
Ablative	झषात् jhaṣāt	झषाभ्याम् jhaṣābhyām	झषेभ्यः jhaṣebhyaḥ
Genitive	झषस्य jhaṣasya	झषयोः jhaṣayoḥ	झषाणाम् jhaṣāṇām
Locative	झषे jhaṣe	झषयोः jhaṣayoḥ	झषेषु jhaṣeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• → Malayalam: ഝഷം (jhaṣaṁ) (learned)
• → Telugu: ఝషము (jhaṣamu) (learned)