झष

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

Unknown; possibly a loanword. Likely related to चष (caṣa) and जष (jaṣa).[1] (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Noun

झष • (jhaṣá) stemm

  1. fish
    Synonyms: मत्स्य (matsya), मीन (mīna)

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of झष
singular dual plural
nominative झषः (jhaṣaḥ) झषौ (jhaṣau)
झषा¹ (jhaṣā¹)
झषाः (jhaṣāḥ)
झषासः¹ (jhaṣāsaḥ¹)
accusative झषम् (jhaṣam) झषौ (jhaṣau)
झषा¹ (jhaṣā¹)
झषान् (jhaṣān)
instrumental झषेण (jhaṣeṇa) झषाभ्याम् (jhaṣābhyām) झषैः (jhaṣaiḥ)
झषेभिः¹ (jhaṣebhiḥ¹)
dative झषाय (jhaṣāya) झषाभ्याम् (jhaṣābhyām) झषेभ्यः (jhaṣebhyaḥ)
ablative झषात् (jhaṣāt) झषाभ्याम् (jhaṣābhyām) झषेभ्यः (jhaṣebhyaḥ)
genitive झषस्य (jhaṣasya) झषयोः (jhaṣayoḥ) झषाणाम् (jhaṣāṇām)
locative झषे (jhaṣe) झषयोः (jhaṣayoḥ) झषेषु (jhaṣeṣu)
vocative झष (jhaṣa) झषौ (jhaṣau)
झषा¹ (jhaṣā¹)
झषाः (jhaṣāḥ)
झषासः¹ (jhaṣāsaḥ¹)
  • ¹Vedic

Descendants

  • Malayalam: ഝഷം (jhaṣaṁ) (learned)
  • Telugu: ఝషము (jhaṣamu) (learned)

References

  1. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) “jhaṣá”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 608