दुष्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• দুষ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬤᬸᬱ᭄ (Balinese script)
• দুষ্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰟𑰲𑰬𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀤𑀼𑀱𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ဒုၑ် (Burmese script)
• દુષ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਦੁਸ਼੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌦𑍁𑌷𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦢꦸꦰ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂠𑂳𑂭𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ದುಷ್ (Kannada script)
• ទុឞ៑ (Khmer script)
• ທຸຩ຺ (Lao script)
• ദുഷ് (Malayalam script)
• ᡩᡠᢢ (Manchu script)
• 𑘟𑘳𑘬𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᢑᠤᢔ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦿𑧔𑧌𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐡𑐸𑐲𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଦୁଷ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢣꢸꢰ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆢𑆶𑆰𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖟𑖲𑖬𑖿 (Siddham script)
• දුෂ් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩭𑩒𑪀 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚛𑚰𑚶 (Takri script)
• து³ஷ் (Tamil script)
• దుష్ (Telugu script)
• ทุษฺ (Thai script)
• དུ་ཥ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒠𑒳𑒭𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨛𑨃𑨯𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dus- (“bad”). Cognate with Ancient Greek δυσ- (dus-) whence English dys-.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /duʂ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /d̪uʂ/

Root

दुष् • (duṣ)

1. to become bad, corrupted
2. to be defiled, impure
3. to be ruined, perish
4. to sin

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root दुष् (0 c, 4 e)

Terms derived from the Sanskrit root दुष् (2 c, 0 e)

Primary Verbal Forms

• दुष्यति (duṣyati, Present)
• दूष्यति (dūṣyati, Present)
• दोक्ष्यति (dokṣyati, Future)
• दोष्टा (doṣṭā, Periphrastic Future)
• अदुषत् (aduṣat, Aorist)
• दुदोष (dudoṣa, Perfect)

Secondary Forms

• दूषयति (dūṣáyati, Causative)
• दोषयति (doṣayati, Causative)
• अदूदुषत् (ádūduṣat, Causative Aorist)
• दूष्यते (dūṣyate, Passive of Causative)

Non-Finite Forms

• दुष्ट (duṣṭá, Past Participle)
• दोष्य (doṣya, Gerundive)
• दूषित (dūṣita, Causative Past Participle)
• दूष्य (dūṣya, Causative Gerundive)

Derived Nominal Forms

• दूष (dūṣa)
• दूषक (dūṣaka)
• दूषण (dū́ṣaṇa, “corrupting, spoiling”)
• दूषयितृ (dūṣayitṛ)
• दूषि (dū́ṣi)
• दूषिन् (dūṣin)
• दुष्टि (dúṣṭi)
• दोष (doṣa)

Prefixed Root Forms

• अनुदुष् (anuduṣ)
• प्रदुष् (praduṣ)
• विदुष् (viduṣ)
• संदुष् (saṃduṣ)

See also

• दुस्- (dus-)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “दुष्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0488.
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “दुष्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 076
• Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “दुष्”, 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
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 735-736

• Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 338
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) “0227”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 0227