श्लिष्

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

  • श्रेष् (śreṣ), श्रिष् (śriṣ)

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćRayš (to adhere, attach); cognate with Persian سِریشُم (serišom, glue). Further origin is uncertain; perhaps related to Proto-Indo-European *ḱley- (to lean, incline).

Pronunciation

Root

श्लिष् • (śliṣ)

  1. to adhere, attach, cling to
  2. to clasp, embrace
  3. to unite, join
  4. to result, be the consequence of anything
  5. to be joined or connected
  6. to be implied or intimated

Derived terms

References

  • Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “श्लिष्”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 670-1; 673
  • Cheung, Johnny (2007) “355”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN