पश्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• পশ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬧᬰ᭄ (Balinese script)
• পশ্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰢𑰫𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀧𑀰𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ပၐ် (Burmese script)
• પશ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਪਸ਼੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌪𑌶𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦥꦯ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂣𑂬𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಪಶ್ (Kannada script)
• បឝ៑ (Khmer script)
• ປຨ຺ (Lao script)
• പശ് (Malayalam script)
• ᢒᠠᡧ (Manchu script)
• 𑘢𑘫𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᢒᠠᠱ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧂𑧋𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐥𑐱𑑂 (Newa script)
• ପଶ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢦꢯ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆥𑆯𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖢𑖫𑖿 (Siddham script)
• පශ් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩰𑩿 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚞𑚧𑚶 (Takri script)
• பஶ் (Tamil script)
• పశ్ (Telugu script)
• ปศฺ (Thai script)
• པ་ཤ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒣𑒬𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨞𑨮𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /pɐɕ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /pɐɕ/

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *(s)pać-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *spać-, from Proto-Indo-European *speḱ-. Some derivatives maintain the original sibilant and others don't (see Indo-European s-mobile).

Alternative forms

• स्पश् (spaś)

Root

पश् • (paś)

1. to see

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root पश् (0 c, 3 e)

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

Primary Verbal Forms

• पश्यति (páśyati, Present)
• अस्पष्ट (áspaṣṭa, Aorist)
• पस्पशे (paspaśé, Perfect)

Secondary Forms

• स्पाशयति (spāśáyati, Causative)
• अपस्पशत् (ápaspaśat, Causative Aorist)

Non-Finite Forms

• स्पष्ट (spaṣṭá, Past Participle)

Derived Nominal Forms

• पश्य (paśya)
• पश्यिन् (paśyin)
• पश्यत (paśyata)
• पश्यन (paśyana)
• स्पश् (spáś)
• स्पश (spaśa)
• स्पाशन (spā́śana)
• पस्पशा (paspaśā)

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *paHć-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *paHć-, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ḱ- (“to bind”).

Alternative forms

• स्पश् (spaś)

Root

पश् • (paś)

1. to bind, fasten

Usage notes

This root is mentioned in the Dhātupāṭha, but the verbal forms are unattested.

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root पश् (0 c, 3 e)

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

Primary Verbal Forms

• स्पशति (spaśati, Present)
• स्पशिता (spaśitā́, Periphrastic Future)
• पस्पाश (paspāśa, Perfect)

Secondary Forms

• स्पाशयति (spāśáyati, Causative)
• पाशयति (pāśáyati, Causative)
• अपस्पशत् (ápaspaśat, Causative Aorist)
• पिस्पशिषति (pispaśiṣati, Desiderative)
• पास्पश्यते (pāspaśyate, Intensive)

Derived Nominal Forms

• पाश (pā́śa)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “पश्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 611, column 2.