जुष्

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

  • जोष् (joṣ)

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ǵews- (to taste, try). Cognates include Latin gustus, Persian دوست (dust, friend), Old English ċēosan (whence English choose).[1]

Pronunciation

Root

जुष् • (juṣ)

  1. to be pleased or satisfied or favorable
  2. to like, be fond of, enjoy
  3. to have pleasure, give pleasure
  4. to choose (for)
  5. to afflict

Derived terms

Primary verbal forms
Secondary forms
  • जोषयति (joṣayati, causative)
  • अजूजुषत् (ajūjuṣat, causative aorist)
Non-finite forms
  • जुष्ट (juṣṭá or júṣṭa)
  • जुष्य (juṣya, gerundive)
  • जोषयितव्य (joṣayitavya, causative gerundive)
Derived nominal forms
Sanskrit terms belonging to the root जुष् (0 c, 6 e)
Terms derived from the Sanskrit root जुष् (3 c, 0 e)

References

  1. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992), “JOṢ”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 599

Further reading

  • Otto Böhtlingk; Richard Schmidt (1879-1928), “जुष्”, 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