तृष्णा

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit तृष्णा (tṛṣṇā).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /t̪ɾɪʂ.ɳɑː/, [t̪ɾɪʃ.ɳäː]

Noun

तृष्णा • (tŕṣṇā) f

  1. (poetic) thirst, desire, want
    Synonym: प्यास (pyās)
    • 2008, Asha Bhosle, Aise Jalta Hai Jiya :
      तृष्णा पुकारे मेरी
      सुन बहरिया...
      ऐसे जलता हैं जिया
      जैसे दिया
      tŕṣṇā pukāre merī
      sun bahriyā...
      aise jaltā ha͠i jiyā
      jaise diyā
      My thirst is calling out to you
      Listen o deaf one
      My heart burns
      Like a lamp

Declension

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *tŕ̥šnaH (thirst), from Proto-Indo-European *tr̥s-nó-s, from *ters- (dry). Cognate with Avestan 𐬙𐬀𐬭𐬱𐬥𐬀 (taršna), Persian تشنه (tešne), Ancient Greek τέρσομαι (térsomai), Latin terra, Old Armenian թառամիմ (tʻaṙamim, I wither), Old English þurst (whence English thirst). Related to तृष्यति (tṛ́ṣyati).

Pronunciation

Noun

तृष्णा • (tṛ́ṣṇā) stem, f

  1. thirst
    • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 9.79.3:
      धन्वन्न तृष्णा समरीत ताँ अभि सोम जहि पवमान दुराध्यः ॥
      dhanvanna tṛṣṇā samarīta tām̐ abhi soma jahi pavamāna durādhyaḥ.
      As thirst subdueth in the desert, conquer thou, O Soma, men of evil thoughts.
    • c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda
  2. desire
    Synonym: तृषा (tṛṣā)

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of तृष्णा (tṛ́ṣṇā)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative तृष्णा
tṛ́ṣṇā
तृष्णे
tṛ́ṣṇe
तृष्णाः
tṛ́ṣṇāḥ
Vocative तृष्णे
tṛ́ṣṇe
तृष्णे
tṛ́ṣṇe
तृष्णाः
tṛ́ṣṇāḥ
Accusative तृष्णाम्
tṛ́ṣṇām
तृष्णे
tṛ́ṣṇe
तृष्णाः
tṛ́ṣṇāḥ
Instrumental तृष्णया / तृष्णा¹
tṛ́ṣṇayā / tṛ́ṣṇā¹
तृष्णाभ्याम्
tṛ́ṣṇābhyām
तृष्णाभिः
tṛ́ṣṇābhiḥ
Dative तृष्णायै
tṛ́ṣṇāyai
तृष्णाभ्याम्
tṛ́ṣṇābhyām
तृष्णाभ्यः
tṛ́ṣṇābhyaḥ
Ablative तृष्णायाः / तृष्णायै²
tṛ́ṣṇāyāḥ / tṛ́ṣṇāyai²
तृष्णाभ्याम्
tṛ́ṣṇābhyām
तृष्णाभ्यः
tṛ́ṣṇābhyaḥ
Genitive तृष्णायाः / तृष्णायै²
tṛ́ṣṇāyāḥ / tṛ́ṣṇāyai²
तृष्णयोः
tṛ́ṣṇayoḥ
तृष्णानाम्
tṛ́ṣṇānām
Locative तृष्णायाम्
tṛ́ṣṇāyām
तृष्णयोः
tṛ́ṣṇayoḥ
तृष्णासु
tṛ́ṣṇāsu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic
  • ²Brāhmaṇas

Derived terms

  • तृष्णार्त (tṛṣṇārta, adj.)
  • तृष्णज् (tṛṣṇaj, adj.)

Descendants

References

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