तूष्णीम्

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Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *tuHṣṇíHm, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *tuHšníHm, from Proto-Indo-European *tuh₂s-n-, from *teh₂ws- (to be quiet, be still), itself perhaps from *tews- (to be happy).[1][2] Cognate with Avestan 𐬙𐬎𐬱𐬥𐬌̣𐬱𐬀𐬛- (tušnịšad-), Danish tyst (quiet),[3] Old Prussian tusnan (still), Luwian 𒌅𒄷𒅆𒀀𒄿 (tuḫušiya-, to await, to wait and see),[1] and Proto-Celtic *tausos (deaf).[2]

Pronunciation[edit]

Adverb[edit]

तूष्णीम् (tūṣṇī́m)

  1. silently, quietly (RV. II, 43, 3, TS. etc.)
    • तूष्णीम् बभूव
      tūṣṇīm babhūva
      became silent
      (DivyA7v.)

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume I, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 663
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*tawso-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 373
  3. ^ tyst” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog