ईश्

See also: ईश

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

ঈশ্ (Assamese script)
ᬈᬰ᭄ (Balinese script)
ঈশ্ (Bengali script)
𑰃𑰫𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀈𑀰𑁆 (Brahmi script)
ဤၐ် (Burmese script)
ઈશ્ (Gujarati script)
ਈਸ਼੍ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌈𑌶𑍍 (Grantha script)
ꦇꦯ꧀ (Javanese script)
𑂆𑂬𑂹 (Kaithi script)
ಈಶ್ (Kannada script)
ឦឝ៑ (Khmer script)
ອີຨ຺ (Lao script)
ഈശ് (Malayalam script)
ᡳᡳᡧ (Manchu script)
𑘃𑘫𑘿 (Modi script)
ᠢᠢᠱ (Mongolian script)
𑦣𑧋𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
𑐃𑐱𑑂 (Newa script)
ଈଶ୍ (Odia script)
ꢅꢯ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
𑆆𑆯𑇀 (Sharada script)
𑖃𑖫𑖿 (Siddham script)
ඊශ් (Sinhalese script)
𑩐𑩑𑩛𑩿 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
𑚃𑚧𑚶 (Takri script)
ஈஶ் (Tamil script)
ఈశ్ (Telugu script)
อีศฺ (Thai script)
ཨཱི་ཤ྄ (Tibetan script)
𑒄𑒬𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
𑨀𑨁𑨊𑨮𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *HiHś-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *HiHć-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyḱ-. Compare Avestan 𐬀𐬉𐬱𐬁- (aēšā-, “ability, possessions”), Tocharian B aik- (“to know”) and Proto-Germanic *aiganą (English own), also owe and ought.

Root

ईश् • (īś)

to own, possess
to rule, be master of, govern, command

Derived terms

Primary verbal forms

ईष्टे॑ (ī́ṣṭe, present)
ईशते (īśate, present)
ई॒शि॒ष्यति॑ (īśiṣyáti, future)
ई॒शि॒ता (īśitā́, periphrastic future)
ऐशि॑ष्ट (áiśiṣṭa, aorist)
ईशांचक्रे (īśāṃcakre, periphrastic perfect)

Secondary forms

ईश्यते (īśyate, passive)

Non-finite forms

ईशित (īśita, past participle)
ईशितुम् (īśitum, infinitive)
ईशितव्य (īśitavya, gerundive)

Derived nominal forms

ई॒श (īśá)
ईशन (īśana)
ई॒शा (īśā́)
ई॒शा॒न (īśāná)
ईशितृ (īśitṛ)
ईशिन् (īśin)
ई॒श्व॒र (īśvará)

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

Terms derived from the Sanskrit root ईश् (1 c, 0 e)

Noun

ईश् • (īś) stem, m

master, lord, the supreme spirit
an epithet of Shiva

Declension

The only attested form is the instrumental singular ईशा (īśā́). Whether the nominative singular (if used at all) would have been ईट् (ī́ṭ) or ईक् (ī́k) is unclear.