# पुष्
## Sanskrit
### Alternative forms

* पोष् (poṣ)

### Alternative scripts

* পুষ্ (Assamese script)
* ᬧᬸᬱ᭄ (Balinese script)
* পুষ্ (Bengali script)
* 𑰢𑰲𑰬𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀧𑀼𑀱𑁆 (Brahmi script)
* ပုၑ် (Burmese script)
* પુષ્ (Gujarati script)
* ਪੁਸ਼੍ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌪𑍁𑌷𑍍 (Grantha script)
* ꦥꦸꦰ꧀ (Javanese script)
* 𑂣𑂳𑂭𑂹 (Kaithi script)
* ಪುಷ್ (Kannada script)
* បុឞ៑ (Khmer script)
* ປຸຩ຺ (Lao script)
* പുഷ് (Malayalam script)
* ᢒᡠᢢ (Manchu script)
* 𑘢𑘳𑘬𑘿 (Modi script)
* ᢒᠤᢔ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧂𑧔𑧌𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐥𑐸𑐲𑑂 (Newa script)
* ପୁଷ୍ (Odia script)
* ꢦꢸꢰ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆥𑆶𑆰𑇀 (Sharada script)
* 𑖢𑖲𑖬𑖿 (Siddham script)
* පුෂ් (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩰𑩒𑪀 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚞𑚰𑚶 (Takri script)
* புஷ் (Tamil script)
* పుష్ (Telugu script)
* ปุษฺ (Thai script)
* པུ་ཥ྄ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒣𑒳𑒭𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨞𑨃𑨯𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

Traditionally derived from a Proto-Indo-European *(h₃)pews- (“to blow”), and compared with Lithuanian pũsti (“to blow”), pūslė̃ (“blister, bladder”), Norwegian føysa (“to swell”), Proto-Slavic *puxàti (“to blow”), and Latin pustula (“bubble”), though Mayrhofer and Rix express reservations on the existence of such a root. It is also likely that all these languages innovated their own forms of this seemingly-onomatopoeic root.

### Pronunciation

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

### Root

पुष् • (puṣ)
* to be nourished, to thrive, flourish, prosper

#### Derived terms

* पुष्यति (púṣyati, Present)
* पुष्नाति (puṣnāti, Present)
* पोषति (poṣati, Present)
* पोषिष्यति (poṣiṣyati, Future)
* पोक्ष्यति (pokṣyati, Future)
* पोषिता (poṣitā, Periphrastic Future)
* पोष्टा (poṣṭā, Periphrastic Future)
* अपुषत् (apuṣat, Aorist)
* अपोषीत् (apoṣīt, Aorist)
* पुष्यात् (puṣyāt, Benedictive)
* पुपोष (pupóṣa, Perfect)
* पुष्यते (puṣyate, Passive)
* अपोषि (apoṣi, Passive Aorist)
* पोषयति (poṣáyati, Causative)
* अपूपुषत् (apūpuṣat, Causative Aorist)
* पुपोषिषति (pupoṣiṣati, Desiderative)
* पुपुषिषति (pupuṣiṣati, Desiderative)
* पुपुक्षति (pupukṣati, Desiderative)
* पोपुष्यते (popuṣyate, Intensive)
* पोपोष्टि (popoṣṭi, Intensive)
* पुष्ट (puṣṭá, Past Participle)
* पोष्टुम् (poṣṭum, Infinitive)
* पोष्टोस् (poṣṭos, Infinitive)
* पुष्यसे (puṣyáse, Infinitive)
* पोष्य (póṣya, Gerundive)
* पोषितव्य (poṣitavya, Gerundive)
* पोषणीय (poṣaṇīya, Gerundive)
* पोषित (poṣita, Causative Past Participle)
* पुष् (puṣ)
* पुष्कर (puṣkara)
* पुष्करिन् (puṣkarin)
* पुष्कल (puṣkalá, “much, many, numerous, copious, abundant”)
* पुष्टि (puṣṭi)
* पुष्प (púṣpa, “flower, blossom”)
* पुष्पक (puṣpaka)
* पुष्पित (puṣpita)
* पुष्य (puṣya)
* पोष (póṣa)
* पोषक (poṣaka)
* पोषण (poṣaṇa)
* पोषयित्नु (poṣayitnú)
* पोषयिष्णु (poṣayiṣṇú)
* पोषस् (poṣas)
* पोषितृ (poṣitṛ)
* पोषिन् (poṣin)
* पोषुक (poṣuka)
* पोष्टृ (poṣṭṛ)
* अनुपुष् (anupuṣ)
* प्रपुष् (prapuṣ)

### References

* ↑ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “?*h₃peu̯s-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 303
* ↑ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “PUṢ”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 152
* ↑ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “POṢ”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 171-2

### Further reading

* Monier Williams (1899) “पुष्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0638/2.
* William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 98-99
* Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “puṣ”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
* Pokorny, Julius (1959) “0847-0848”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 0847-0848