वृष्

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Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁wers- (to rain). Cognate with Ancient Greek ἕρση (hérsē).

Pronunciation[edit]

Root[edit]

वृष् (vṛṣ)

  1. to rain, shower
  2. to pour forth, effuse, shed

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References[edit]

  • Monier Williams (1899) “वृष्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0926.
  • Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “वृष्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
  • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 165
  • Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “वृष्”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016