इष्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts
  • ইষ্ (Assamese script)
  • ᬇᬱ᭄ (Balinese script)
  • ইষ্ (Bengali script)
  • 𑰂𑰬𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀇𑀱𑁆 (Brahmi script)
  • ဣၑ် (Burmese script)
  • ઇષ્ (Gujarati script)
  • ਇਸ਼੍ (Gurmukhi script)
  • 𑌇𑌷𑍍 (Grantha script)
  • ꦆꦰ꧀ (Javanese script)
  • 𑂅𑂭𑂹 (Kaithi script)
  • ಇಷ್ (Kannada script)
  • ឥឞ៑ (Khmer script)
  • ອິຩ຺ (Lao script)
  • ഇഷ് (Malayalam script)
  • ᡳᢢ (Manchu script)
  • 𑘂𑘬𑘿 (Modi script)
  • ᠢᢔ (Mongolian script)
  • 𑦢𑧌𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐂𑐲𑑂 (Newa script)
  • ଇଷ୍ (Odia script)
  • ꢄꢰ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆅𑆰𑇀 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖂𑖬𑖿 (Siddham script)
  • ඉෂ් (Sinhalese script)
  • 𑩐𑩑𑪀 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
  • 𑚂𑚶 (Takri script)
  • இஷ் (Tamil script)
  • ఇష్ (Telugu script)
  • อิษฺ (Thai script)
  • ཨི་ཥ྄ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒃𑒭𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
  • 𑨀𑨁𑨯𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

    From Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hiṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hiś, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eys-.[1][2] Cognate with Proto-Slavic *jьskati (“to seek”), Latin aestimō (“to value, estimate”) and English ask.

    Root

    इष् • (iṣ)

    1. to desire, wish, long for, request, particularly:
      1. to intend or be about to do
      2. to strive to obtain
      3. to ask for
      4. to assent, be favourable, concede
      5. to choose
    2. to acknowledge, maintain, regard, think
    3. (passive voice) to be wanted, particularly:
      1. to be liked
      2. to be asked for or requested
      3. to be prescribed or ordered
      4. to be approved or acknowledged
      5. to be accepted or regarded as
      6. to be worth
      7. to be wanted as a desideratum
    Derived terms
    Primary verbal forms
    Secondary forms
    • इष्यते (iṣyate, passive)
    • एषयति (eṣayati, causative)
    • ऐषि॑षत् (áiṣiṣat, causative aorist)
    • एषिषिषति (eṣiṣiṣati, desiderative)
    Non-finite forms
    • इ॒ष्ट (iṣṭá, past participle)
    • एष्टु॑म् (éṣṭum, infinitive)
    • ए॒ष्ट॒वै (eṣṭavái, infinitive)
    • एषितुम् (eṣitum, infinitive)
    • इ॒ष्टये॑ (iṣṭáye, infinitive)
    • इ॒षणि॑ (iṣáṇi, infinitive)
    • इष्ट्वा (iṣṭvā, gerund)
    • इषित्वा (iṣitvā, gerund)
    • ए॒ष्य॑ (eṣyà, gerundive)
    • ए॒ष॒णीय॑ (eṣaṇī́ya, gerundive)
    • ए॒ष्ट॒व्य॑ (eṣṭavyà, gerundive)
    • एषितव्य (eṣitavya, gerundive)
    • एषित (eṣita, causative past participle)
    Derived nominal forms
    Prefixed root forms
    • अधीष् (adhīṣ)
    • अन्विष् (anviṣ)
    • अभीष् (abhīṣ)
    • उपेष् (upeṣ)
    • एष् (eṣ)
    • परीष् (parīṣ)
    • प्रतीष् (pratīṣ)
    • वीष् (vīṣ)
    • समिष् (samiṣ)
    Sanskrit terms belonging to the root इष् (1 c, 10 e)
    Terms derived from the Sanskrit root इष् (6 c, 0 e)

    Etymology 2

      From Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hiṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hiṣ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eysh₂- (“to power, drive”).[3][4][5]

      Root

      इष् • (iṣ)

      1. to cause to move quickly, let fly, throw, cast, swing
      2. to send out or off, stream out, pour out, discharge
      3. to deliver (a speech), announce, proclaim
      4. to impel, incite, animate, promote
      5. to endeavour to make favourable
      Derived terms
      Primary verbal forms
      • इ॒ष्णाति॑ (iṣṇā́ti, present)
      • इष्य॑ति (íṣyati, present)
      • इ॒षय॑ति (iṣáyati, present)
      Non-finite forms
      • इ॒षि॒त (iṣitá, past participle)
      • इ॒षध्यै॑ (iṣádhyai, infinitive)
      Derived nominal forms
      • इष् (íṣ)
      • इषण्या (iṣaṇyā́, “instigation”)
      • इ॒षि॒र (iṣirá)
      • इष्टि (iṣṭí, “despatch, urging on”)
      • इ॒ष्मिन् (iṣmín)
      • एष m (éṣa, “hurrying”)
      • एष (eṣá, “quick”)
      Prefixed root forms
      Sanskrit terms belonging to the root इष् (1 c, 10 e)
      Terms derived from the Sanskrit root इष् (6 c, 0 e)

      References

      1. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992), “ẸS1”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 270-71
      2. ^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011), “eṣ [1]”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, pages 199-200
      3. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992), “ẸS2”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[2] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 271-72
      4. ^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011), “eṣ [2]”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, page 200
      5. ^ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 234

      Further reading

      • Otto Böhtlingk; Richard Schmidt (1879-1928), “इष्”, 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
      • Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2026), “iṣ”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
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