चूष्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• চূষ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬘᬹᬱ᭄ (Balinese script)
• চূষ্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰓𑰳𑰬𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀘𑀽𑀱𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• စူၑ် (Burmese script)
• ચૂષ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਚੂਸ਼੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌚𑍂𑌷𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦕꦹꦰ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂒𑂴𑂭𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಚೂಷ್ (Kannada script)
• ចូឞ៑ (Khmer script)
• ຈູຩ຺ (Lao script)
• ചൂഷ് (Malayalam script)
• ᢜᡠᡠᢢ (Manchu script)
• 𑘓𑘴𑘬𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᢋᠤᠤᢔ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦳𑧕𑧌𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐔𑐹𑐲𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଚୂଷ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢗꢹꢰ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆖𑆷𑆰𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖓𑖳𑖬𑖿 (Siddham script)
• චූෂ් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩡𑩒𑩛𑪀 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚏𑚱𑚶 (Takri script)
• சூஷ் (Tamil script)
• చూష్ (Telugu script)
• จูษฺ (Thai script)
• ཙཱུ་ཥ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒔𑒴𑒭𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨣𑨃𑨊𑨯𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Probably an onomatopoeic root imitative of sucking sounds; compare चुचि (cuci, “the female breast”) and चुम्ब् (cumb, “to kiss”).

Pronunciation

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

Root

चूष् • (cūṣ)

1. to suck, suck out
2. to be sucked up or dried up (by internal inflammation)

Derived terms

• चूषति (cūṣati)
• चूषयति (cūṣayati)
• चूष्यते (cūṣyate)

 

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “चूष्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 401/2.
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 48
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 197