इष्

Sanskrit
Sanskrit verb forms
Presentइच्छति (icchati)
Causativeएषयति (eṣayati)
Desiderativeएषिषिषति (eṣiṣiṣati)

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-European *h₂eys-.[1] 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

References
  1. Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) “ẸS1”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 270-71

Further reading
  • Monier Williams (1899) “इष्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 169/1.
  • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 9
  • 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

Etymology 2
Sanskrit verb forms
Presentएषति (eṣati)
इष्यति (iṣyati)
इष्णाति (iṣṇāti)
Causativeएषयति (eṣayati)
Desiderativeएषिषिषति (eṣiṣiṣati)

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁eysh₂- (“to power, drive”).[1][2]

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

References
  1. Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) “ẸS2”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 271-72
  2. 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
  • Monier Williams (1899) “इष्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 168/3.
  • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 9
  • 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
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