# दुष्
## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* দুষ্ (Assamese script)
* ᬤᬸᬱ᭄ (Balinese script)
* দুষ্ (Bengali script)
* 𑰟𑰲𑰬𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀤𑀼𑀱𑁆 (Brahmi script)
* ဒုၑ် (Burmese script)
* દુષ્ (Gujarati script)
* ਦੁਸ਼੍ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌦𑍁𑌷𑍍 (Grantha script)
* ꦢꦸꦰ꧀ (Javanese script)
* 𑂠𑂳𑂭𑂹 (Kaithi script)
* ದುಷ್ (Kannada script)
* ទុឞ៑ (Khmer script)
* ທຸຩ຺ (Lao script)
* ദുഷ് (Malayalam script)
* ᡩᡠᢢ (Manchu script)
* 𑘟𑘳𑘬𑘿 (Modi script)
* ᢑᠤᢔ (Mongolian script)
* 𑦿𑧔𑧌𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐡𑐸𑐲𑑂 (Newa script)
* ଦୁଷ୍ (Odia script)
* ꢣꢸꢰ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆢𑆶𑆰𑇀 (Sharada script)
* 𑖟𑖲𑖬𑖿 (Siddham script)
* දුෂ් (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩭𑩒𑪀 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚛𑚰𑚶 (Takri script)
* து³ஷ் (Tamil script)
* దుష్ (Telugu script)
* ทุษฺ (Thai script)
* དུ་ཥ྄ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒠𑒳𑒭𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨛𑨃𑨯𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dus- (“bad”). Cognate with Ancient Greek δυσ- (dus-) whence English dys-.

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /duʂ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /d̪uʂ/

### Root

दुष् • (duṣ)
* to become bad, corrupted
* to be defiled, impure
* to be ruined, perish
* to sin

#### Derived terms

* दुष्यति (duṣyati, Present)
* दूष्यति (dūṣyati, Present)
* दोक्ष्यति (dokṣyati, Future)
* दोष्टा (doṣṭā, Periphrastic Future)
* अदुषत् (aduṣat, Aorist)
* दुदोष (dudoṣa, Perfect)
* दूषयति (dūṣáyati, Causative)
* दोषयति (doṣayati, Causative)
* अदूदुषत् (ádūduṣat, Causative Aorist)
* दूष्यते (dūṣyate, Passive of Causative)
* दुष्ट (duṣṭá, Past Participle)
* दोष्य (doṣya, Gerundive)
* दूषित (dūṣita, Causative Past Participle)
* दूष्य (dūṣya, Causative Gerundive)
* दूष (dūṣa)
* दूषक (dūṣaka)
* दूषण (dū́ṣaṇa, “corrupting, spoiling”)
* दूषयितृ (dūṣayitṛ)
* दूषि (dū́ṣi)
* दूषिन् (dūṣin)
* दुष्टि (dúṣṭi)
* दोष (doṣa)
* अनुदुष् (anuduṣ)
* प्रदुष् (praduṣ)
* विदुष् (viduṣ)
* संदुष् (saṃduṣ)

#### See also

* दुस्- (dus-)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “दुष्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0488.
* Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “दुष्”, 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 076
* Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “दुष्”, 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
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 735-736
* 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 338
* Pokorny, Julius (1959) “0227”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 0227