त्विष्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ত্বিষ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬢ᭄ᬯᬶᬱ᭄ (Balinese script)
• ত্বিষ্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰝𑰿𑰪𑰰𑰬𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀢𑁆𑀯𑀺𑀱𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• တွိၑ် (Burmese script)
• ત્વિષ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਤ੍ਵਿਸ਼੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌤𑍍𑌵𑌿𑌷𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦠ꧀ꦮꦶꦰ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂞𑂹𑂫𑂱𑂭𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ತ್ವಿಷ್ (Kannada script)
• ត្វិឞ៑ (Khmer script)
• ຕ຺ວິຩ຺ (Lao script)
• ത്വിഷ് (Malayalam script)
• ᢠᠣᠸᡳᢢ (Manchu script)
• 𑘝𑘿𑘪𑘱𑘬𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᢐᠸᠢᢔ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦽𑧠𑧊𑧒𑧌𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐟𑑂𑐰𑐶𑐲𑑂 (Newa script)
• ତ୍ଵିଷ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢡ꣄ꢮꢶꢰ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆠𑇀𑆮𑆴𑆰𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖝𑖿𑖪𑖰𑖬𑖿 (Siddham script)
• ත්‍විෂ් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩫 𑪙𑩾𑩑𑪀 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚙𑚶𑚦𑚮𑚶 (Takri script)
• த்விஷ் (Tamil script)
• త్విష్ (Telugu script)
• ตฺวิษฺ (Thai script)
• ཏྭི་ཥ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒞𑓂𑒫𑒱𑒭𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨙𑩇𑨭𑨁𑨯𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *twayṣ-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *twayš-, from Proto-Indo-European *tweys- (“to shake”). Compare Avestan 𐬚𐬡𐬌𐬯𐬭𐬀 (θβisra, “glitter”), Ancient Greek σείω (seíō, “to shake”) (and maybe Σείριος (Seírios)).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /tʋíʂ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /t̪ʋiʂ/

Noun

त्विष् • (tvíṣ) stem, f

1. violent agitation, vehemence, violence, fury, perplexity
2. light, brilliance, glitter, splendour, beauty, authority

Declension

Feminine root-stem declension of त्विष्

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	त्विट् (tvíṭ)	त्विषौ॑ (tvíṣau) त्विषा॑¹ (tvíṣā¹)	त्विषः॑ (tvíṣaḥ)
accusative	त्विष॑म् (tvíṣam)	त्विषौ॑ (tvíṣau) त्विषा॑¹ (tvíṣā¹)	त्विषः॑ (tvíṣaḥ)
instrumental	त्वि॒षा (tviṣā́)	त्वि॒ड्भ्याम् (tviḍbhyā́m)	त्वि॒ड्भिः (tviḍbhíḥ)
dative	त्वि॒षे (tviṣé)	त्वि॒ड्भ्याम् (tviḍbhyā́m)	त्वि॒ड्भ्यः (tviḍbhyáḥ)
ablative	त्वि॒षः (tviṣáḥ)	त्वि॒ड्भ्याम् (tviḍbhyā́m)	त्वि॒ड्भ्यः (tviḍbhyáḥ)
genitive	त्वि॒षः (tviṣáḥ)	त्वि॒षोः (tviṣóḥ)	त्वि॒षाम् (tviṣā́m)
locative	त्वि॒षि (tviṣí)	त्वि॒षोः (tviṣóḥ)	त्वि॒ट्सु (tviṭsú)
vocative	त्विट् (tvíṭ)	त्विषौ॑ (tvíṣau) त्विषा॑¹ (tvíṣā¹)	त्विषः॑ (tvíṣaḥ)

• ¹Vedic

Root

त्विष् • (tviṣ)

1. to be violently agitated
2. to shine

Alternative forms

• त्वेष् (tveṣ)

Derived terms

Primary verbal forms

• त्वेष॑ति (tvéṣati, present)
• ति॒त्वि॒षे (titviṣé, perfect)

Non-finite forms

• त्वि॒षि॒त (tviṣitá, past passive participle)

Derived nominal forms

• त्विष् (tvíṣ)
• त्विषा (tviṣā)
• त्विषि॑ (tvíṣi)
• त्वे॒ष (tveṣá)
• त्वे॒षथ॑ (tveṣátha)
• त्वे॒षस् (tveṣás)
• त्वे॒षिन् (tveṣín)
• त्वे॒ष्य॑ (tveṣyà)

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root त्विष् (0 c, 4 e)

Category Terms derived from the Sanskrit root त्विष् not found

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “त्विष्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 464, column 2.
• William Dwight Whitney (1885), The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 68

• Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2026), “tviṣ”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992), “TVEṢ”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 686
• Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*tu̯ei̯s-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 654