पुष्यति

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *(H)pušyáti, from Proto-Indo-European *(h₃)pus-yé-ti, from *(h₃)pews-.^[1] Cognate with Old Church Slavonic пухати (puxati, “to blow”), Latin pustula (“bubble”).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /púʂ.jɐ.t̪i/
(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpuʂ.jɐ.t̪i/

Verb

पुष्यति • (púṣyati) (root पुष्, class 4 P)^[2]

to thrive, prosper
to augment, make prosper

References

↑ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001) Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 303
↑ 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 638

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