ऋश
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
- ঋশ (Assamese script)
- ᬋᬰ (Balinese script)
- ঋশ (Bengali script)
- 𑰆𑰫 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀋𑀰 (Brahmi script)
- ၒၐ (Burmese script)
- ઋશ (Gujarati script)
- ਰਸ਼ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌋𑌶 (Grantha script)
- ꦉꦯ (Javanese script)
- 𑂩𑂱𑂬 (Kaithi script)
- ಋಶ (Kannada script)
- ឫឝ (Khmer script)
- ຣິຨ (Lao script)
- ഋശ (Malayalam script)
- ᡵᡳᡧᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘆𑘫 (Modi script)
- ᠷᠢᠱᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦦𑧋 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐆𑐱 (Newa script)
- ଋଶ (Odia script)
- ꢈꢯ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆉𑆯 (Sharada script)
- 𑖆𑖫 (Siddham script)
- ඍශ (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩐𑩙𑩿 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚧 (Takri script)
- ரிஶ (Tamil script)
- ఋశ (Telugu script)
- ฤศ (Thai script)
- རྀ་ཤ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒇𑒬 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨫𑨉𑨮 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *h₁ĺ̥-ḱo-s, from *h₁el- (“deer, horned wild animal”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ἔλαφος (élaphos, “red deer”), English elk. Also related to ऋश्य (ṛśya).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ŕ̩.ɕɐ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /r̩.ɕɐ/
Noun
ऋश • (ṛ́śa) stem, m (Vedic)
- a stag; the male of a species of antelope
- c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda 6.101.3:
- आहं तनोमि ते पसो अधि ज्यामिव धन्वनि ।
क्रमस्वर्श इव रोहितमनवग्लायता सदा ॥- āhaṃ tanomi te paso adhi jyāmiva dhanvani.
kramasvarśa iva rohitamanavaglāyatā sadā. - I stretch your penis like a bowstring on a bow
Approach [a woman] tirelessly always, like a stag approaches a doe.
- āhaṃ tanomi te paso adhi jyāmiva dhanvani.
- आहं तनोमि ते पसो अधि ज्यामिव धन्वनि ।
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | ऋशः (ṛ́śaḥ) | ऋशौ (ṛ́śau) ऋशा¹ (ṛ́śā¹) |
ऋशाः (ṛ́śāḥ) ऋशासः¹ (ṛ́śāsaḥ¹) |
| accusative | ऋशम् (ṛ́śam) | ऋशौ (ṛ́śau) ऋशा¹ (ṛ́śā¹) |
ऋशान् (ṛ́śān) |
| instrumental | ऋशेन (ṛ́śena) | ऋशाभ्याम् (ṛ́śābhyām) | ऋशैः (ṛ́śaiḥ) ऋशेभिः¹ (ṛ́śebhiḥ¹) |
| dative | ऋशाय (ṛ́śāya) | ऋशाभ्याम् (ṛ́śābhyām) | ऋशेभ्यः (ṛ́śebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | ऋशात् (ṛ́śāt) | ऋशाभ्याम् (ṛ́śābhyām) | ऋशेभ्यः (ṛ́śebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | ऋशस्य (ṛ́śasya) | ऋशयोः (ṛ́śayoḥ) | ऋशानाम् (ṛ́śānām) |
| locative | ऋशे (ṛ́śe) | ऋशयोः (ṛ́śayoḥ) | ऋशेषु (ṛ́śeṣu) |
| vocative | ऋश (ṛ́śa) | ऋशौ (ṛ́śau) ऋशा¹ (ṛ́śā¹) |
ऋशाः (ṛ́śāḥ) ऋशासः¹ (ṛ́śāsaḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “ऋश”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 226.