# पिष्
## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* পিষ্ (Assamese script)
* ᬧᬶᬱ᭄ (Balinese script)
* পিষ্ (Bengali script)
* 𑰢𑰰𑰬𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀧𑀺𑀱𑁆 (Brahmi script)
* ပိၑ် (Burmese script)
* પિષ્ (Gujarati script)
* ਪਿਸ਼੍ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌪𑌿𑌷𑍍 (Grantha script)
* ꦥꦶꦰ꧀ (Javanese script)
* 𑂣𑂱𑂭𑂹 (Kaithi script)
* ಪಿಷ್ (Kannada script)
* បិឞ៑ (Khmer script)
* ປິຩ຺ (Lao script)
* പിഷ് (Malayalam script)
* ᢒᡳᢢ (Manchu script)
* 𑘢𑘱𑘬𑘿 (Modi script)
* ᢒᠢᢔ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧂𑧒𑧌𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐥𑐶𑐲𑑂 (Newa script)
* ପିଷ୍ (Odia script)
* ꢦꢶꢰ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆥𑆴𑆰𑇀 (Sharada script)
* 𑖢𑖰𑖬𑖿 (Siddham script)
* පිෂ් (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩰𑩑𑪀 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚞𑚮𑚶 (Takri script)
* பிஷ் (Tamil script)
* పిష్ (Telugu script)
* ปิษฺ (Thai script)
* པི་ཥ྄ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒣𑒱𑒭𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨞𑨁𑨯𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *peys- (“to grind, crush”). Cognate with Proto-Slavic *pьxati (“push, shove”), Lithuanian pìsti (“to fuck”); Latin pinsō (“beat, pound”) whence ultimately English pestle (via a French borrowing), pesto.

### Pronunciation

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

### Root

पिष् • (piṣ)
* to crush, grind, pound
* to bruise, hurt, destroy, injure

#### Derived terms

* पिनष्टि (pináṣṭi, Present)
* पिंषति (piṃṣáti, Present)
* पिषति (piṣati, Present)
* पेक्ष्यति (pekṣyáti, Future)
* पेष्टा (peṣṭā́, Periphrastic Future)
* अपिक्षत् (ápikṣat, Aorist)
* पिपेष (pipéṣa, Perfect)
* पिष्यते (piṣyáte, Passive)
* पेषयति (peṣáyati, Causative)
* अपीपिषत् (ápīpiṣat, Causative Aorist)
* पिपिक्षति (pipikṣati, Desiderative)
* पेपिषति (pepiṣati, Intensive)
* पिष्ट (piṣṭá, “kneaded; a cake, pastry; flour, meal”)
* पेष्टुम् (péṣṭum, Infinitive)
* पेष्टवै (peṣṭavaí, Infinitive)
* पिष्ट्वा (piṣṭvā, Gerund)
* पिष्य (piṣya, Gerund)
* पेष्य (peṣya, Gerundive)
* पेष (peṣa)
* पेषक (peṣaka)
* पेषण (peṣaṇa)
* पेषी (péṣī)
* पेष्टृ (peṣṭṛ)
* आपिष् (āpiṣ)
* निष्पिष् (niṣpiṣ)
* प्रतिपिष् (pratipiṣ)
* प्रपिष् (prapiṣ)
* सम्पिष् (sampiṣ)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “पिष्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 628, column 3.
* Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “पिष्”, 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 097
* Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “पिष्”, 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 167
* Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 466
* Pokorny, Julius (1959) “0796”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 0796