तुष्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *tus-, zero-grade of *tews- (“to be happy”).

Pronunciation

Root

तुष् • (tuṣ)

  1. to like (with inst.), become calm, be satisfied or pleased with anyone or anything
  2. to satisfy, please, appease, gratify
    अपि मम काव्येन तुष्यसि ― api mama kāvyena tuṣyasi ― I too am pleased by wisdom

Derived terms

  • अतुषत् (atuṣat)
  • तुतुक्षति (tutukṣati)
  • तुतोष (tutoṣa)
  • तुषयन्ती (tuṣayantī)
  • तुष्यति (tuṣyati)
  • तुष्यते (tuṣyate)
  • तोक्ष्यति (tokṣyati)
  • तोतुष्यते (totuṣyate)
  • तोतोष्टि (totoṣṭi)
  • तोष (toṣa)
  • तोषयति (toṣayati)
  • तोषयते (toṣayate)
  • तोष्टा (toṣṭā)
  • तोष्टुम् (toṣṭum)

Descendants

  • Punjabi: ਤੁਸ (tus, “sate”)

References

  • Monier Williams (1899) “तुष्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 452/1.
  • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 64
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 659; 672
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