मिष्

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• मेष् (meṣ)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• মিষ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬫᬶᬱ᭄ (Balinese script)
• মিষ্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰦𑰰𑰬𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀫𑀺𑀱𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• မိၑ် (Burmese script)
• મિષ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਮਿਸ਼੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌮𑌿𑌷𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦩꦶꦰ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂧𑂱𑂭𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಮಿಷ್ (Kannada script)
• មិឞ៑ (Khmer script)
• ມິຩ຺ (Lao script)
• മിഷ് (Malayalam script)
• ᠮᡳᢢ (Manchu script)
• 𑘦𑘱𑘬𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠮᠢᢔ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧆𑧒𑧌𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐩𑐶𑐲𑑂 (Newa script)
• ମିଷ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢪꢶꢰ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆩𑆴𑆰𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖦𑖰𑖬𑖿 (Siddham script)
• මිෂ් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩴𑩑𑪀 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚢𑚮𑚶 (Takri script)
• மிஷ் (Tamil script)
• మిష్ (Telugu script)
• มิษฺ (Thai script)
• མི་ཥ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒧𑒱𑒭𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨢𑨁𑨯𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *mayš- (“to blink, wink”), from Proto-Indo-European *meyg⁽ʷ⁾ʰ- (“to blink, cover (the eyes)”). Cognate with Persian مژه (može, “eyelash”), Lithuanian miẽgas (“sleep”), Proto-Slavic *měžiti (“to close one's eyes”).

Pronunciation

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

Root

मिष् • (miṣ)

1. to open the eyes, wink, blink
2. to rival, emulate

Derived terms

• अमेषीत् (ameṣīt)
• मिमेष (mimeṣa)
• मिषति (miṣati)
• मिषत् (miṣat)
• मेषिता (meṣitā)
• मेषिष्यति (meṣiṣyati)

 

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “मिष्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 818/1.
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 121
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 357; 379-80
• Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 258