पिष्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• পিষ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬧᬶᬱ᭄ (Balinese script)
• পিষ্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰢𑰰𑰬𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀧𑀺𑀱𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ပိၑ် (Burmese script)
• પિષ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਪਿਸ਼੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌪𑌿𑌷𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦥꦶꦰ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂣𑂱𑂭𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಪಿಷ್ (Kannada script)
• បិឞ៑ (Khmer script)
• ປິຩ຺ (Lao script)
• പിഷ് (Malayalam script)
• ᢒᡳᢢ (Manchu script)
• 𑘢𑘱𑘬𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᢒᠢᢔ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧂𑧒𑧌𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐥𑐶𑐲𑑂 (Newa script)
• ପିଷ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢦꢶꢰ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆥𑆴𑆰𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖢𑖰𑖬𑖿 (Siddham script)
• පිෂ් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩰𑩑𑪀 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚞𑚮𑚶 (Takri script)
• பிஷ் (Tamil script)
• పిష్ (Telugu script)
• ปิษฺ (Thai script)
• པི་ཥ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒣𑒱𑒭𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨞𑨁𑨯𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *peys- (“to grind, crush”). Cognate with Proto-Slavic *pьxati (“push, shove”), Lithuanian pìsti (“to fuck”); Latin pinsō (“beat, pound”) whence ultimately English pestle (via a French borrowing), pesto.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /piʂ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /piʂ/

Root

पिष् • (piṣ)

1. to crush, grind, pound
2. to bruise, hurt, destroy, injure

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root पिष्‎ (0 c, 1 e)

Primary Verbal Forms

• पिनष्टि (pináṣṭi, Present)
• पिंषति (piṃṣáti, Present)
• पिषति (piṣati, Present)
• पेक्ष्यति (pekṣyáti, Future)
• पेष्टा (peṣṭā́, Periphrastic Future)
• अपिक्षत् (ápikṣat, Aorist)
• पिपेष (pipéṣa, Perfect)

Secondary Forms

• पिष्यते (piṣyáte, Passive)
• पेषयति (peṣáyati, Causative)
• अपीपिषत् (ápīpiṣat, Causative Aorist)
• पिपिक्षति (pipikṣati, Desiderative)
• पेपिषति (pepiṣati, Intensive)

Non-Finite Forms

• पेष्टुम् (péṣṭum, Infinitive)
• पेष्टवै (peṣṭavaí, Infinitive)
• पिष्ट्वा (piṣṭvā, Gerund)
• पिष्य (piṣya, Gerund)
• पेष्य (peṣya, Gerundive)
• पिष्ट (piṣṭá, “kneaded; a cake, pastry; flour, meal”)

Derived Nominal Forms

• पेष (peṣa)
• पेषक (peṣaka)
• पेषण (peṣaṇa)
• पेषी (péṣī)
• पेष्टृ (peṣṭṛ)

Prefixed Root Forms

• आपिष् (āpiṣ)
• निष्पिष् (niṣpiṣ)
• प्रतिपिष् (pratipiṣ)
• प्रपिष् (prapiṣ)
• सम्पिष् (sampiṣ)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “पिष्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 628, column 3.
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “पिष्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 097
• Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “पिष्”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016

• Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 167
• Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 466
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 0796, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 0796