तूष्णीम्

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *tuHṣṇíHm, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *tuHšníHm. Cognate with Avestan 𐬙𐬎𐬱𐬥𐬌̣𐬱𐬀𐬛- (tušnịšad-). Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *tuh₂s-n-, with cognates such as Danish tyst (“quiet”), Old Prussian tusnan (“still”) and Luwian 𒌅𒄷𒅆𒀀𒄿 (tuḫušiya-, “to await, to wait and see”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /tuːʂ.ɳíːm/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪uːʂ.ɳiːm/

Adverb

तूष्णीम् • (tūṣṇī́m)

1. silently, quietly (RV. II, 43, 3, TS. etc.)

   tūṣṇīṃ babhūva — became silent (DivyA7v.)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “तूष्णीम्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0453.
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