मिष्
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
- मेष् (meṣ)
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- মিষ্ (Assamese script)
- ᬫᬶᬱ᭄ (Balinese script)
- মিষ্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰦𑰰𑰬𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀫𑀺𑀱𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- မိၑ် (Burmese script)
- મિષ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਮਿਸ਼੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌮𑌿𑌷𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦩꦶꦰ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂧𑂱𑂭𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ಮಿಷ್ (Kannada script)
- មិឞ៑ (Khmer script)
- ມິຩ຺ (Lao script)
- മിഷ് (Malayalam script)
- ᠮᡳᢢ (Manchu script)
- 𑘦𑘱𑘬𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠮᠢᢔ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧆𑧒𑧌𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐩𑐶𑐲𑑂 (Newa script)
- ମିଷ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢪꢶꢰ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆩𑆴𑆰𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖦𑖰𑖬𑖿 (Siddham script)
- මිෂ් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩴𑩑𑪀 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚢𑚮𑚶 (Takri script)
- மிஷ் (Tamil script)
- మిష్ (Telugu script)
- มิษฺ (Thai script)
- མི་ཥ྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒧𑒱𑒭𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨢𑨁𑨯𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *mayš- (“to blink, wink”), from Proto-Indo-European *meyg⁽ʷ⁾ʰ- (“to blink, cover (the eyes)”). Cognate with Persian مژه (može, “eyelash”), Lithuanian miẽgas (“sleep”), Proto-Slavic *měžiti (“to close one's eyes”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /miʂ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /miʂ/
Root
मिष् • (miṣ)
Derived terms
- अमेषीत् (ameṣīt)
- मिमेष (mimeṣa)
- मिषति (miṣati)
- मिषत् (miṣat)
- मेषिता (meṣitā)
- मेषिष्यति (meṣiṣyati)
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “मिष्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 818/1.
- William Dwight Whitney (1885) The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 121
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 357; 379-80
- Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 258