विश्

See also: वंश

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *wíṭṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wíćš, from Proto-Indo-European *wiḱs (village, household).

Cognate with Latin vīcus, Ancient Greek οἶκος (oîkos, house), Gothic 𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌷𐍃 (weihs, village, place), Avestan 𐬬𐬍𐬯 (vīs), Albanian vis (place, land, country).

Noun

विश् • (víś) stem, f

  1. settlement, house
  2. community, people, tribe
  3. wealth
Declension

Etymology 2

Denominalized root derived from Etymology 1.

Alternative forms

  • वेश् (veś)

Root

विश् • (viś)

  1. to enter, enter in or settle down on, go into, pervade
  2. to be absorbed into
  3. (astronomy) to come into conjunction with
  4. (with अग्निम्, ज्वलनम् etc.) to enter the fire (i.e. ascend the funeral pyre)
  5. (with अपस्) to sink or be immersed in the water
  6. to enter (a house etc.)
  7. to appear (on the stage)
  8. to go home or to rest
  9. to sit down upon
  10. to resort or betake one's self to
  11. (of rivers and armies etc.) to flow into (and join with)
  12. to flow or redound to, fall to the share of
  13. to occur to (as a thought)
  14. to befall, come to (as death)
  15. to belong to, exist for
  16. to fall or get into any state or condition
  17. to enter upon, undertake, begin
  18. to mind (any business), attend to
Derived terms
  • अविक्षत (avikṣata)
  • अविक्षत् (avikṣat)
  • अविक्ष्महि (avikṣmahi)
  • अविवेशीस् (aviveśīs)
  • अविश्रन् (aviśran)
  • अवीविशत् (avīviśat)
  • वह्निम् (vahnim)
  • विविक्षति (vivikṣati)
  • विविशिवस् (viviśivas)
  • विविशे (viviśe)
  • विविश्यास् (viviśyās)
  • विविश्वस् (viviśvas)
  • विवेश (viveśa)
  • विवेशिथ (viveśitha)
  • विवेशुः (viveśuḥ)
  • विशति (viśati)
  • विशते (viśate)
  • विशम् (viśam)
  • -विशिवस् (-viśivas)
  • -विश्य (-viśya)
  • विश्यात् (viśyāt)
  • वेक्ष्यति (vekṣyati)
  • वेक्ष्यते (vekṣyate)
  • वेविश्यते (veviśyate)
  • वेवेष्टि (veveṣṭi)
  • वेशयति (veśayati)
  • वेशयते (veśayate)
  • वेशीत् (veśīt)
  • वेश्यते (veśyate)
  • वेष्टवै (veṣṭavai)
  • वेष्टा (veṣṭā)
  • वेष्टुम् (veṣṭum)

References

  • Monier Williams (1899) “विश्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 0989/1-2.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 560-1; 584
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