हृष्

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• हर्ष् (harṣ)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• হৃষ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬳᬺᬱ᭄ (Balinese script)
• হৃষ্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰮𑰴𑰬𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀳𑀾𑀱𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ဟၖၑ် (Burmese script)
• હૃષ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਹ੍ਰਸ਼੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌹𑍃𑌷𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦲꦽꦰ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂯𑃂𑂭𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಹೃಷ್ (Kannada script)
• ហ្ឫឞ៑ (Khmer script)
• ຫ຺ຣິຩ຺ (Lao script)
• ഹൃഷ് (Malayalam script)
• ᡥᡵᡳᢢ (Manchu script)
• 𑘮𑘵𑘬𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠾᠷᠢᢔ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧎𑧖𑧌𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐴𑐺𑐲𑑂 (Newa script)
• ହୃଷ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢲꢺꢰ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆲𑆸𑆰𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖮𑖴𑖬𑖿 (Siddham script)
• හෘෂ් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑪂𑩙𑪀 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚩𑚶 (Takri script)
• ஹ்ரிஷ் (Tamil script)
• హృష్ (Telugu script)
• หฺฤษฺ (Thai script)
• ཧྲྀ་ཥ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒯𑒵𑒭𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨱𑨼𑨉𑨯𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰers- (“rigid, stiff; surprised”). Cognate with Latin horreō, horror, Ancient Greek χέρσος (khérsos, “dry land”).

Pronunciation

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

Root

हृष् • (hṛṣ)

1. to be excited or impatient or anxious, rejoice in the prospect of
2. to speak or affirm falsely, lie
3. to thrill with rapture, exult, be glad or pleased
4. to become sexually excited, aroused
5. to become erect or stiff or rigid, bristle (said of the hairs of the body etc.)
6. to become on edge

Derived terms

Primary verbal forms

• हृ॒ष्यति॑ (hṛṣyáti, present)
• हर्ष॑ति (hárṣati, present)
• ह॒र्षि॒ष्यति॑ (harṣiṣyáti, future)
• ह॒र्षि॒ता (harṣitā́, periphrastic future)
• अहृ॑षत् (áhṛṣat, aorist)
• ज॒हर्ष॑ (jahárṣa, perfect)

Secondary forms

• हृ॒ष्यते॑ (hṛṣyáte, passive)
• अह॑र्षि (áharṣi, passive aorist)
• ह॒र्षय॑ति (harṣáyati, causative)
• अजी॑हृषत् (ájīhṛṣat, causative aorist)
• अज॑हर्षत् (ájaharṣat, causative aorist)
• जिहर्षिषति (jiharṣiṣati, desiderative)
• जरीहृष्यते (jarīhṛṣyate, intensive)
• जरीहृषीति (jarīhṛṣīti, intensive)
• जर्हर्ष्टि (jarharṣṭi, intensive)

Non-finite forms

• हृ॒ष्ट (hṛṣṭá, past participle)
• ह॒र्षि॒त (harṣitá, past participle)
• हर्षि॑तुम् (hárṣitum, infinitive)
• ह॒र्षि॒त्वा (harṣitvā́, gerund)
• हृष्य (hṛṣya, gerundive)
• हर्षणीय (harṣaṇīya, gerundive)
• हर्षितव्य (harṣitavya, gerundive)

Derived nominal forms

• हर्ष (harṣa)
• हर्षक (harṣaka)
• हर्षिन् (harṣin)
• हर्ष॑ण (hárṣaṇa)
• हृषी॑ (hṛ́ṣī)
• हर्षि॑ (hárṣi)
• ह॒र्षु (harṣú)
• हृष्टि (hṛṣṭi)
• घृषु (ghṛ́ṣu, Vedic)
• घृष्वि (ghṛ́ṣvi, Vedic)

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root हृष् (0 c, 5 e)

Terms derived from the Sanskrit root हृष् (2 c, 0 e)

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “हृष्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1303/2.
• William Dwight Whitney (1885), The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 208

• Otto Böhtlingk; Richard Schmidt (1879-1928), “हृष्”, 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
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893), “हृष्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
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