चूष्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

চূষ্ (Assamese script)
ᬘᬹᬱ᭄ (Balinese script)
চূষ্ (Bengali script)
𑰓𑰳𑰬𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀘𑀽𑀱𑁆 (Brahmi script)
စူၑ် (Burmese script)
ચૂષ્ (Gujarati script)
ਚੂਸ਼੍ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌚𑍂𑌷𑍍 (Grantha script)
ꦕꦹꦰ꧀ (Javanese script)
𑂒𑂴𑂭𑂹 (Kaithi script)
ಚೂಷ್ (Kannada script)
ចូឞ៑ (Khmer script)
ຈູຩ຺ (Lao script)
ചൂഷ് (Malayalam script)
ᢜᡠᡠᢢ (Manchu script)
𑘓𑘴𑘬𑘿 (Modi script)
ᢋᠤᠤᢔ (Mongolian script)
𑦳𑧕𑧌𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
𑐔𑐹𑐲𑑂 (Newa script)
ଚୂଷ୍ (Odia script)
ꢗꢹꢰ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
𑆖𑆷𑆰𑇀 (Sharada script)
𑖓𑖳𑖬𑖿 (Siddham script)
චූෂ් (Sinhalese script)
𑩡𑩒𑩛𑪀 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
𑚏𑚱𑚶 (Takri script)
சூஷ் (Tamil script)
చూష్ (Telugu script)
จูษฺ (Thai script)
ཙཱུ་ཥ྄ (Tibetan script)
𑒔𑒴𑒭𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
𑨣𑨃𑨊𑨯𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Probably an onomatopoeic root imitative of sucking sounds; compare चुचि (cuci, “the female breast”) and चुम्ब् (cumb, “to kiss”).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕuːʂ/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕuːʂ/

Root

चूष् • (cūṣ)

to suck, suck out
to be sucked up or dried up (by internal inflammation)

Derived terms

चूषति (cūṣati)
चूषयति (cūṣayati)
चूष्यते (cūṣyate)

References

Monier Williams (1899) “चूष्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 401/2.
William Dwight Whitney (1885) The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 48

Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 197