विष्

Sanskrit

Alternative forms
  • वेष् (veṣ)

Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
  • ৱিষ্ (Assamese script)
  • ᬯᬶᬱ᭄ (Balinese script)
  • বিষ্ (Bengali script)
  • 𑰪𑰰𑰬𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀯𑀺𑀱𑁆 (Brahmi script)
  • ဝိၑ် (Burmese script)
  • વિષ્ (Gujarati script)
  • ਵਿਸ਼੍ (Gurmukhi script)
  • 𑌵𑌿𑌷𑍍 (Grantha script)
  • ꦮꦶꦰ꧀ (Javanese script)
  • 𑂫𑂱𑂭𑂹 (Kaithi script)
  • ವಿಷ್ (Kannada script)
  • វិឞ៑ (Khmer script)
  • ວິຩ຺ (Lao script)
  • വിഷ് (Malayalam script)
  • ᠸᡳᢢ (Manchu script)
  • 𑘪𑘱𑘬𑘿 (Modi script)
  • ᠸᠢᢔ (Mongolian script)
  • 𑧊𑧒𑧌𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐰𑐶𑐲𑑂 (Newa script)
  • ଵିଷ୍ (Odia script)
  • ꢮꢶꢰ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆮𑆴𑆰𑇀 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖪𑖰𑖬𑖿 (Siddham script)
  • විෂ් (Sinhalese script)
  • 𑩾𑩑𑪀 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
  • 𑚦𑚮𑚶 (Takri script)
  • விஷ் (Tamil script)
  • విష్ (Telugu script)
  • วิษฺ (Thai script)
  • ཝི་ཥ྄ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒫𑒱𑒭𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
  • 𑨭𑨁𑨯𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁- (“to chase, pursue”). Other theories derive the root from Proto-Indo-European *weys- (“to spread, increase, produce”).

Pronunciation

Root

विष् • (viṣ)

  1. to be active, act, work, do, perform
  2. to be quick, speed, run, flow (as water)
  3. to work as a servant, serve
  4. to have done with, i.e. overcome, subdue, rule
  5. to be contained in
  6. to clothe
  7. to consume, eat

Derived terms
  • अविक्षत् (avikṣat)
  • अविवेषीः (aviveṣīḥ)
  • अविषत् (aviṣat)
  • विड्ढि (viḍḍhi)
  • विविषुः (viviṣuḥ)
  • विवेः (viveḥ)
  • विवेष (viveṣa)
  • विवेषः (viveṣaḥ)
  • विवेष्टि (viveṣṭi)
  • विष्ट्वी (viṣṭvī)
  • वेक्ष्यति (vekṣyati)
  • वेक्ष्यते (vekṣyate)
  • वेविषत् (veviṣat)
  • वेविषाण (veviṣāṇa)
  • वेविष्टे (veviṣṭe)
  • वेवेष्टि (veveṣṭi)
  • वेषति (veṣati)
  • वेषति (veṣati)
  • वेषयति (veṣayati)
  • वेष्टा (veṣṭā)
  • वेष्टुम् (veṣṭum)

References
  • Monier Williams (1899) “विष्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 995/2.
  • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 161
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 563; 585-6
  • Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 416
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