चूष्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
  • চূষ্ (Assamese script)
  • ᬘᬹᬱ᭄ (Balinese script)
  • চূষ্ (Bengali script)
  • 𑰓𑰳𑰬𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀘𑀽𑀱𑁆 (Brahmi script)
  • စူၑ် (Burmese script)
  • ચૂષ્ (Gujarati script)
  • ਚੂਸ਼੍ (Gurmukhi script)
  • 𑌚𑍂𑌷𑍍 (Grantha script)
  • ꦕꦹꦰ꧀ (Javanese script)
  • 𑂒𑂴𑂭𑂹 (Kaithi script)
  • ಚೂಷ್ (Kannada script)
  • ចូឞ៑ (Khmer script)
  • ຈູຩ຺ (Lao script)
  • ചൂഷ് (Malayalam script)
  • ᢜᡠᡠᢢ (Manchu script)
  • 𑘓𑘴𑘬𑘿 (Modi script)
  • ᢋᠤᠤᢔ (Mongolian script)
  • 𑦳𑧕𑧌𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐔𑐹𑐲𑑂 (Newa script)
  • ଚୂଷ୍ (Odia script)
  • ꢗꢹꢰ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆖𑆷𑆰𑇀 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖓𑖳𑖬𑖿 (Siddham script)
  • චූෂ් (Sinhalese script)
  • 𑩡𑩒𑩛𑪀 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
  • 𑚏𑚱𑚶 (Takri script)
  • சூஷ் (Tamil script)
  • చూష్ (Telugu script)
  • จูษฺ (Thai script)
  • ཙཱུ་ཥ྄ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒔𑒴𑒭𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
  • 𑨣𑨃𑨊𑨯𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Probably an onomatopoeic root imitative of sucking sounds; compare चुचि (cuci, “the female breast”) and चुम्ब् (cumb, “to kiss”).

Pronunciation

Root

चूष् • (cūṣ)

  1. to suck, suck out
  2. to be sucked up or dried up (by internal inflammation)

Derived terms
  • चूषति (cūṣati)
  • चूषयति (cūṣayati)
  • चूष्यते (cūṣyate)

References
  • Monier Williams (1899) “चूष्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 401/2.
  • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 48
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 197
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