चूष्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

চূষ্ (Assamese script)
ᬘᬹᬱ᭄ (Balinese script)
চূষ্ (Bengali script)
𑰓𑰳𑰬𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀘𑀽𑀱𑁆 (Brahmi script)
စူၑ် (Burmese script)
ચૂષ્ (Gujarati script)
ਚੂਸ਼੍ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌚𑍂𑌷𑍍 (Grantha script)
ꦕꦹꦰ꧀ (Javanese script)
𑂒𑂴𑂭𑂹 (Kaithi script)
ಚೂಷ್ (Kannada script)
ចូឞ៑ (Khmer script)
ຈູຩ຺ (Lao script)
ചൂഷ് (Malayalam script)
ᢜᡠᡠᢢ (Manchu script)
𑘓𑘴𑘬𑘿 (Modi script)
ᢋᠤᠤᢔ (Mongolian script)
𑦳𑧕𑧌𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
𑐔𑐹𑐲𑑂 (Newa script)
ଚୂଷ୍ (Odia script)
ꢗꢹꢰ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
𑆖𑆷𑆰𑇀 (Sharada script)
𑖓𑖳𑖬𑖿 (Siddham script)
චූෂ් (Sinhalese script)
𑩡𑩒𑩛𑪀 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
𑚏𑚱𑚶 (Takri script)
சூஷ் (Tamil script)
చూష్ (Telugu script)
จูษฺ (Thai script)
ཙཱུ་ཥ྄ (Tibetan script)
𑒔𑒴𑒭𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
𑨣𑨃𑨊𑨯𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Probably an onomatopoeic root imitative of sucking sounds; compare चुचि (cuci, “the female breast”) and चुम्ब् (cumb, “to kiss”).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕuːʂ/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕuːʂ/

Root

चूष् • (cūṣ)

to suck, suck out
to be sucked up or dried up (by internal inflammation)

Derived terms

Primary verbal forms

चूष॑ति (cū́ṣati, present)

Secondary forms

चूष्यते (cūṣyate, passive)
चूषयति (cūṣayati, causative)

Derived nominal forms

चूषण (cūṣaṇa)
चूषणीय (cūṣaṇīya)
चूषा (cūṣā)
चूषिणी (cūṣiṇī)
चूषित (cūṣita)
चोष (coṣa)
चोषण (coṣaṇa)
चोष्य (coṣya)

Prefixed root forms

संचूष् (saṃcūṣ)

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root चूष् (0 c, 2 e)

Terms derived from the Sanskrit root चूष् (6 c, 0 e)

References

Monier Williams (1899), “चूष्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 401/2.
William Dwight Whitney (1885), The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 48

Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001), Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 197