तृष्यति

Sanskrit

Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-Aryan *tŕ̥ṣyati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *tŕ̥šyati, from Proto-Indo-European *tr̥s-yé-ti (“to be dry”), from *ters- (“dry”). Cognate with Persian تشنه (tešne), Ancient Greek τέρσομαι (térsomai), Latin terra, Old Armenian թառամիմ (tʻaṙamim, “I wither”), Old English þurst (whence English thirst).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /tŕ̩ʂ.jɐ.ti/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪r̩ʂ.jɐ.t̪i/

Verb

1. to be thirsty, thirst, thirst for
2. (causative) to cause to thirst

Descendants

• Hindi: तरसना (tarasnā)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “तृष्यति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 454/1.