# वृष्
## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* ৱৃষ্ (Assamese script)
* ᬯᬺᬱ᭄ (Balinese script)
* বৃষ্ (Bengali script)
* 𑰪𑰴𑰬𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀯𑀾𑀱𑁆 (Brahmi script)
* ဝၖၑ် (Burmese script)
* વૃષ્ (Gujarati script)
* ਵ੍ਰਸ਼੍ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌵𑍃𑌷𑍍 (Grantha script)
* ꦮꦽꦰ꧀ (Javanese script)
* 𑂫𑃂𑂭𑂹 (Kaithi script)
* ವೃಷ್ (Kannada script)
* វ្ឫឞ៑ (Khmer script)
* ວ຺ຣິຩ຺ (Lao script)
* വൃഷ് (Malayalam script)
* ᠸᡵᡳᢢ (Manchu script)
* 𑘪𑘵𑘬𑘿 (Modi script)
* ᠸᠷᠢᢔ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧊𑧖𑧌𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐰𑐺𑐲𑑂 (Newa script)
* ଵୃଷ୍ (Odia script)
* ꢮꢺꢰ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆮𑆸𑆰𑇀 (Sharada script)
* 𑖪𑖴𑖬𑖿 (Siddham script)
* වෘෂ් (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩾𑩙𑪀 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚦𑚶 (Takri script)
* வ்ரிஷ் (Tamil script)
* వృష్ (Telugu script)
* วฺฤษฺ (Thai script)
* ཝྲྀ་ཥ྄ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒫𑒵𑒭𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨭𑨼𑨉𑨯𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *h₁wers- (“to rain”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ἕρση (hérsē).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /ʋr̩ʂ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ʋr̩ʂ/

### Root

वृष् • (vṛṣ)
* to rain, shower
* to pour forth, effuse, shed

#### Derived terms

* वर्षति (várṣati, Present)
* वृषते (vṛṣate, Vedic present)
* वर्षते (várṣate, Present)
* वर्षिष्यति (varṣiṣyati, Future)
* व्रष्टा (vraṣṭā́, Periphrastic Future)
* अवर्षीत् (ávarṣīt, Aorist)
* ववर्ष (vavarṣa, Perfect)
* वर्षयति (varṣáyati, Causative)
* अवीवृषत् (ávīvṛṣat, Causative Aorist)
* विवर्षिषति (vivarṣiṣati, Desiderative)
* वरीवृष्यते (varīvṛṣyate, Intensive)
* वृष्ट (vṛṣṭá, Past Participle)
* वर्षितुम् (varṣitum, Infinitive)
* वर्ष्टोस् (varṣṭos, Infinitive)
* वृष्य (vṛṣya, Infinitive)
* वर्षित्वा (varṣitvā́, Gerund)
* वृष्ट्वा (vṛṣṭvā́, Gerund)
* वृष् (vṛṣ)
* वृष (vṛṣa)
* वर्ष (varṣá)
* वर्षिन् (varṣin)
* वर्ष्य (varṣya)
* वर्षण (varṣaṇa)
* वषुक (váṣuka)
* वृष्टि (vṛṣṭí)
* वर्ष्टृ (várṣṭṛ)
* वर्षितृ (varṣitṛ)
* विवर्षिषु (vivarṣiṣu)
* वृषन् (vṛṣan)
* वृष्णि (vṛṣṇi)
* वृषभ (vṛṣabha)
* वर्षा (varṣā)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “वृष्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0926.
* Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “वृष्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
* William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 165
* Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “वृष्”, 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
* Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 125
* Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 291
* Pokorny, Julius (1959) “0080”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 0080