जष

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
  • জষ (Assamese script)
  • ᬚᬱ (Balinese script)
  • জষ (Bengali script)
  • 𑰕𑰬 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀚𑀱 (Brahmi script)
  • ဇၑ (Burmese script)
  • જષ (Gujarati script)
  • ਜਸ਼ (Gurmukhi script)
  • 𑌜𑌷 (Grantha script)
  • ꦗꦰ (Javanese script)
  • 𑂔𑂭 (Kaithi script)
  • ಜಷ (Kannada script)
  • ជឞ (Khmer script)
  • ຊຩ (Lao script)
  • ജഷ (Malayalam script)
  • ᡯᠠᢢᠠ (Manchu script)
  • 𑘕𑘬 (Modi script)
  • ᠽᠠᢔᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
  • 𑦵𑧌 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐖𑐲 (Newa script)
  • ଜଷ (Odia script)
  • ꢙꢰ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆘𑆰 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖕𑖬 (Siddham script)
  • ජෂ (Sinhalese script)
  • 𑩣𑪀 (Soyombo script)
  • 𑚑 (Takri script)
  • ஜஷ (Tamil script)
  • జష (Telugu script)
  • ชษ (Thai script)
  • ཛ་ཥ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒖𑒭 (Tirhuta script)
  • 𑨥𑨯 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Unknown; likely related to चष (caṣa) and झष (jhaṣa).[1] (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Noun

जष • (jaṣa) stem, ?

  1. The name of some aquatic animal or fish in the Atharvaveda. The word also occurs in the Gopatha Brāhmaṇa.

References
  1. Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) “jhaṣá”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 608
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