शुष्

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• शोष् (śoṣ)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• শুষ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬰᬸᬱ᭄ (Balinese script)
• শুষ্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰫𑰲𑰬𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀰𑀼𑀱𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ၐုၑ် (Burmese script)
• શુષ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਸ਼ੁਸ਼੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌶𑍁𑌷𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦯꦸꦰ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂬𑂳𑂭𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಶುಷ್ (Kannada script)
• ឝុឞ៑ (Khmer script)
• ຨຸຩ຺ (Lao script)
• ശുഷ് (Malayalam script)
• ᡧᡠᢢ (Manchu script)
• 𑘫𑘳𑘬𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠱᠤᢔ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧋𑧔𑧌𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐱𑐸𑐲𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଶୁଷ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢯꢸꢰ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆯𑆶𑆰𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖫𑖲𑖬𑖿 (Siddham script)
• ශුෂ් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩿𑩒𑪀 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚧𑚰𑚶 (Takri script)
• ஶுஷ் (Tamil script)
• శుష్ (Telugu script)
• ศุษฺ (Thai script)
• ཤུ་ཥ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒬𑒳𑒭𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨮𑨃𑨯𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂sews-

Sanskrit शुष्

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hsaws-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂sews- (“dry”). Cognate with Proto-Slavic *sȗxъ (“dry”), Lithuanian sausas (“dry”), Proto-Germanic *sauzaz (“dry”) whence English sear.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɕuʂ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɕuʂ/

Root

शुष् • (śuṣ)

1. to dry, fade, wither, parch
2. to afflict, injure, extinguish, destroy

Derived terms

• शुष्यति (śúṣyati)
• शुष्क (śúṣka, “dry, dried up, useless”)

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “शुष्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1084, column 3.
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893), “शुष्”, 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 175

• Otto Böhtlingk; Richard Schmidt (1879-1928), “शुष्”, 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
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 648; 658

• Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006), The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 346
• Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 285
• Pokorny, Julius (1959), Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume III, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 880