तूष्णीम्

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *tuHṣṇíHm, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *tuHšníHm. Cognate with Avestan 𐬙𐬎𐬱𐬥𐬌̣𐬱𐬀𐬛-‎ (tušnịšad-). Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *tuh₂s-n-, with cognates such as Danish tyst (“quiet”)[1], Old Prussian tusnan (“still”) and Luwian 𒌅𒄷𒅆𒀀𒄿 (tuḫušiya-, “to await, to wait and see”)[2].

Pronunciation

Adverb

तूष्णीम् • (tūṣṇī́m)

  1. silently, quietly (RV. II, 43, 3, TS. etc.)
    tūṣṇīṃ babhūva — became silent (DivyA7v.)

References

  • Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1898) A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 0453
  • Notes:
  1. ↑ tyst in Ordbog over det danske Sprog
  2. ↑ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume I, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 663
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