हेष्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• হেষ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬳᬾᬱ᭄ (Balinese script)
• হেষ্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰮𑰸𑰬𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀳𑁂𑀱𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ဟေၑ် (Burmese script)
• હેષ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਹੇਸ਼੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌹𑍇𑌷𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦲꦺꦰ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂯𑂵𑂭𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಹೇಷ್ (Kannada script)
• ហេឞ៑ (Khmer script)
• ເຫຩ຺ (Lao script)
• ഹേഷ് (Malayalam script)
• ᡥᡝᢢ (Manchu script)
• 𑘮𑘹𑘬𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠾᠧᢔ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧎𑧚𑧌𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐴𑐾𑐲𑑂 (Newa script)
• ହେଷ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢲꢾꢰ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆲𑆼𑆰𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖮𑖸𑖬𑖿 (Siddham script)
• හෙෂ් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑪂𑩔𑪀 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚩𑚲𑚶 (Takri script)
• ஹேஷ் (Tamil script)
• హేష్ (Telugu script)
• เหษฺ (Thai script)
• ཧེ་ཥ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒯𑒹𑒭𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨱𑨄𑨯𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɦɐjʂ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɦeːʂ/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *źʰáyṣ-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰáyš-, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰey- (“to drive, throw, wound”). Cognate with हिंस् (hiṃs, “to injure, harm”), Ancient Greek χαῖος (khaîos, “shepherd's staff”), Old Irish gae (“spear”), Old English gār (“spear”).

Root

हेष् • (heṣ)

1. to be quick or strong or fiery

Derived terms

• हेष (heṣa)
• हेषस् (heṣas)

 

Etymology 2

Probably onomatopoeic. See also ह्रेष् (hreṣ, “to neigh”).

Root

हेष् • (heṣ)

1. to neigh, whinny

Derived terms

• जिहेषिरे (jiheṣire)
• हेषति (heṣati)
• हेषते (heṣate)
• हेषत् (heṣat)
• हेषमाण (heṣamāṇa)
• हेषिता (heṣitā)

 

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “हेष्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1305/2.