तुष्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• তুষ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬢᬸᬱ᭄ (Balinese script)
• তুষ্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰝𑰲𑰬𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀢𑀼𑀱𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• တုၑ် (Burmese script)
• તુષ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਤੁਸ਼੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌤𑍁𑌷𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦠꦸꦰ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂞𑂳𑂭𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ತುಷ್ (Kannada script)
• តុឞ៑ (Khmer script)
• ຕຸຩ຺ (Lao script)
• തുഷ് (Malayalam script)
• ᢠᡠᢢ (Manchu script)
• 𑘝𑘳𑘬𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᢐᠤᢔ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦽𑧔𑧌𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐟𑐸𑐲𑑂 (Newa script)
• ତୁଷ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢡꢸꢰ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆠𑆶𑆰𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖝𑖲𑖬𑖿 (Siddham script)
• තුෂ් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩫𑩒𑪀 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚙𑚰𑚶 (Takri script)
• துஷ் (Tamil script)
• తుష్ (Telugu script)
• ตุษฺ (Thai script)
• ཏུ་ཥ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒞𑒳𑒭𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨙𑨃𑨯𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *tus-, zero-grade of *tews- (“to be happy”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /tuʂ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /t̪uʂ/

Root

तुष् • (tuṣ)

1. to like (with inst.), become calm, be satisfied or pleased with anyone or anything
2. to satisfy, please, appease, gratify

   अपि मम काव्येन तुष्यसि ― api mama kāvyena tuṣyasi ― I too am pleased by wisdom

Derived terms

• अतुषत् (atuṣat)
• तुतुक्षति (tutukṣati)
• तुतोष (tutoṣa)
• तुषयन्ती (tuṣayantī)
• तुष्यति (tuṣyati)
• तुष्यते (tuṣyate)
• तोक्ष्यति (tokṣyati)
• तोतुष्यते (totuṣyate)
• तोतोष्टि (totoṣṭi)
• तोष (toṣa)
• तोषयति (toṣayati)
• तोषयते (toṣayate)
• तोष्टा (toṣṭā)
• तोष्टुम् (toṣṭum)

 

Descendants

• Punjabi: ਤੁਸ (tus, “sate”)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “तुष्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 452/1.
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 64
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 659; 672