त्वेषति

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *twáyṣati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *twáyšati, from Proto-Indo-European *twéys-e-ti, from *tweys- (“to shake”). Cognate with Ancient Greek σείω (seíō).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /tʋɐ́j.ʂɐ.ti/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ʋeː.ʂɐ.t̪i/

Verb

त्वेषति • (tvéṣati) third-singular indicative (class 1, type UP, root त्विष्)

1. to be agitated, moved, excited, troubled
2. to glitter, shine

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “त्वेषति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0464.