ईश्
See also: ईश
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
- ঈশ্ (Assamese script)
- ᬈᬰ᭄ (Balinese script)
- ঈশ্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰃𑰫𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀈𑀰𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- ဤၐ် (Burmese script)
- ઈશ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਈਸ਼੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌈𑌶𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦇꦯ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂆𑂬𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ಈಶ್ (Kannada script)
- ឦឝ៑ (Khmer script)
- ອີຨ຺ (Lao script)
- ഈശ് (Malayalam script)
- ᡳᡳᡧ (Manchu script)
- 𑘃𑘫𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠢᠢᠱ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦣𑧋𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐃𑐱𑑂 (Newa script)
- ଈଶ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢅꢯ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆆𑆯𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖃𑖫𑖿 (Siddham script)
- ඊශ් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩐𑩑𑩛𑩿 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚃𑚧𑚶 (Takri script)
- ஈஶ் (Tamil script)
- ఈశ్ (Telugu script)
- อีศฺ (Thai script)
- ཨཱི་ཤ྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒄𑒬𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨀𑨁𑨊𑨮𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *HiHś-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *HiHć-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyḱ-. Compare Avestan 𐬀𐬉𐬱𐬁- (aēšā-, “ability, possessions”), Tocharian B aik- (“to know”) and Proto-Germanic *aiganą (English own), also owe and ought.
Root
ईश् • (īś)
Derived terms
Sanskrit terms belonging to the root ईश् (0 c, 4 e)
Terms derived from the Sanskrit root ईश् (1 c, 0 e)
- Primary Verbal Forms
- ईष्टे (ī́ṣṭe) (Present)
- ईशते (īśate) (Present)
- ईशिष्यति (īśiṣyáti) (Future)
- ईशिता (īśitā́) (Periphrastic Future)
- ऐशिष्ट (áiśiṣṭa) (Aorist)
- ईशांचक्रे (īśāṃcakre) (Periphrastic Perfect)
- Secondary Forms
- ईश्यते (īśyate) (Passive)
- Non-Finite Forms
- ईशित (īśita) (Past Participle)
- ईशितुम् (īśitum) (Infinitive)
- ईशितव्य (īśitavya) (Gerundive)
- Derived Nominal Forms
Noun
ईश् • (īś) stem, m
Declension
The only attested form is the instrumental singular ईशा (īśā́). Whether the nominative singular (if used at all) would have been ईट् (ī́ṭ) or ईक् (ī́k) is unclear.
Further reading
- Monier Williams (1899) “ईश्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 171.
- Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “īś”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
- Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “ईश्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
- Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “ईश्”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan