प्लुष्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *prews- (to fry, burn, radiate, sprinkle). Cognate with some or all of Latin pruina (rime, hoarfrost), pruna (burning coal), pruriō (to itch) whence English prurient; English freeze, frost.

Pronunciation

See also

Root

प्लुष् • (pluṣ)

  1. to burn, scorch, singe
  2. to sprinkle, anoint, fill

Derived terms

  • प्लुष्ट (pluṣṭá, burnt, scorched; frozen)

References

  • Monier Williams (1899) “प्लुष्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0715.
  • Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “प्लुष्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
  • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 104
  • Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “प्लुष्”, 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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