तृष्यति

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *tr̥syéti (“to be dry”), from *ters- (“dry”). Cognates include Persian تشنه‎ (tešne), Ancient Greek τέρσομαι (térsomai), Latin terra, Old Armenian թառամիմ (tʿaṙamim, “I wither”) and Old English þurst (English thirst).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /t̪ŕ̩ʂ.jɐ.t̪i/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪r̩ʂ.jɐ.t̪i/

Verb

तृष्यति • (tṛ́ṣyati) (root तृष्, class 4 P)

1. to be thirsty, thirst, thirst for
2. (causative) to cause to thirst

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 454/1