शुष्

• शोष् (śoṣ)

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hsaws-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂sews- (“dry”). Cognate with Proto-Slavic *sȗxъ (“dry”), Lithuanian sausas (“dry”), Proto-Germanic *sauzaz (“dry”) whence English sear.

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɕuʂ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɕuʂ/

शुष् • (śuṣ)

1. to dry, fade, wither, parch
2. to afflict, injure, extinguish, destroy

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