प्रुष्

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• प्रोष् (proṣ)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• প্ৰুষ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬧ᭄ᬭᬸᬱ᭄ (Balinese script)
• প্রুষ্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰢𑰿𑰨𑰲𑰬𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀧𑁆𑀭𑀼𑀱𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ပြုၑ် (Burmese script)
• પ્રુષ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਪ੍ਰੁਸ਼੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑍁𑌷𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦥꦿꦸꦰ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂣𑂹𑂩𑂳𑂭𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಪ್ರುಷ್ (Kannada script)
• ប្រុឞ៑ (Khmer script)
• ປ຺ຣຸຩ຺ (Lao script)
• പ്രുഷ് (Malayalam script)
• ᢒᡵᡠᢢ (Manchu script)
• 𑘢𑘿𑘨𑘳𑘬𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᢒᠷᠤᢔ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧂𑧠𑧈𑧔𑧌𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐥𑑂𑐬𑐸𑐲𑑂 (Newa script)
• ପ୍ରୁଷ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢦ꣄ꢬꢸꢰ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆥𑇀𑆫𑆶𑆰𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖢𑖿𑖨𑗜𑖬𑖿 (Siddham script)
• ප්‍රුෂ් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩰 𑪙𑩼𑩒𑪀 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚞𑚶𑚤𑚰𑚶 (Takri script)
• ப்ருஷ் (Tamil script)
• ప్రుష్ (Telugu script)
• ปฺรุษฺ (Thai script)
• པྲུ་ཥ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒣𑓂𑒩𑒳𑒭𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨞𑩇𑨫𑨃𑨯𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *prews- (“to sprinkle, radiate, freeze”). Cognate with Latin pruina (“rime, hoarfrost”), pruna (“burning coal”), pruriō (“to itch”) whence English prurient; English freeze, frost.

Pronunciation

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

Root

प्रुष् • (pruṣ)

1. to sprinkle, shower, wet, moisten
2. to become wet, fill

Derived terms

• प्रुष्वा (pruṣvā́, “hoarfrost, rime, ice”)
• प्रुष्णोति (pruṣṇoti)
• प्रुष्णुते (pruṣṇute)
• प्रोषिष्यते (proṣiṣyate)
• पुप्रोष (puproṣa)
• अप्रोषीत् (aproṣīt)
• प्रुषायति (pruṣāyati)
• प्रुषायते (pruṣāyate)
• प्रुष्णाति (pruṣṇāti)
• प्रुष्णत् (pruṣṇat)
• प्रुष्यति (pruṣyati)

 

References

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• Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “प्रुष्”, 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
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