मिष्

Sanskrit

Alternative forms
  • मेष् (meṣ)

Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
  • মিষ্ (Assamese script)
  • ᬫᬶᬱ᭄ (Balinese script)
  • মিষ্ (Bengali script)
  • 𑰦𑰰𑰬𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀫𑀺𑀱𑁆 (Brahmi script)
  • မိၑ် (Burmese script)
  • મિષ્ (Gujarati script)
  • ਮਿਸ਼੍ (Gurmukhi script)
  • 𑌮𑌿𑌷𑍍 (Grantha script)
  • ꦩꦶꦰ꧀ (Javanese script)
  • 𑂧𑂱𑂭𑂹 (Kaithi script)
  • ಮಿಷ್ (Kannada script)
  • មិឞ៑ (Khmer script)
  • ມິຩ຺ (Lao script)
  • മിഷ് (Malayalam script)
  • ᠮᡳᢢ (Manchu script)
  • 𑘦𑘱𑘬𑘿 (Modi script)
  • ᠮᠢᢔ (Mongolian script)
  • 𑧆𑧒𑧌𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐩𑐶𑐲𑑂 (Newa script)
  • ମିଷ୍ (Odia script)
  • ꢪꢶꢰ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆩𑆴𑆰𑇀 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖦𑖰𑖬𑖿 (Siddham script)
  • මිෂ් (Sinhalese script)
  • 𑩴𑩑𑪀 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
  • 𑚢𑚮𑚶 (Takri script)
  • மிஷ் (Tamil script)
  • మిష్ (Telugu script)
  • มิษฺ (Thai script)
  • མི་ཥ྄ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒧𑒱𑒭𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
  • 𑨢𑨁𑨯𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *mayš- (“to blink, wink”), from Proto-Indo-European *meyg⁽ʷ⁾ʰ- (“to blink, cover (the eyes)”). Cognate with Persian مژه (može, “eyelash”), Lithuanian miẽgas (“sleep”), Proto-Slavic *měžiti (“to close one's eyes”).

Pronunciation

Root

मिष् • (miṣ)

  1. to open the eyes, wink, blink
  2. to rival, emulate

Derived terms
  • अमेषीत् (ameṣīt)
  • मिमेष (mimeṣa)
  • मिषति (miṣati)
  • मिषत् (miṣat)
  • मेषिता (meṣitā)
  • मेषिष्यति (meṣiṣyati)

References
  • Monier Williams (1899) “मिष्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 818/1.
  • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 121
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 357; 379-80
  • Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 258
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