ईश्

See also: ईश

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

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)

  1. to own, possess
  2. to rule, be master of, govern, command

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) stemm

  1. master, lord, the supreme spirit
  2. an epithet of Shiva

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