# प्रुष्
## Sanskrit
### Alternative forms

* प्रोष् (proṣ)

### Alternative scripts

* প্ৰুষ্ (Assamese script)
* ᬧ᭄ᬭᬸᬱ᭄ (Balinese script)
* প্রুষ্ (Bengali script)
* 𑰢𑰿𑰨𑰲𑰬𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀧𑁆𑀭𑀼𑀱𑁆 (Brahmi script)
* ပြုၑ် (Burmese script)
* પ્રુષ્ (Gujarati script)
* ਪ੍ਰੁਸ਼੍ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑍁𑌷𑍍 (Grantha script)
* ꦥꦿꦸꦰ꧀ (Javanese script)
* 𑂣𑂹𑂩𑂳𑂭𑂹 (Kaithi script)
* ಪ್ರುಷ್ (Kannada script)
* ប្រុឞ៑ (Khmer script)
* ປ຺ຣຸຩ຺ (Lao script)
* പ്രുഷ് (Malayalam script)
* ᢒᡵᡠᢢ (Manchu script)
* 𑘢𑘿𑘨𑘳𑘬𑘿 (Modi script)
* ᢒᠷᠤᢔ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧂𑧠𑧈𑧔𑧌𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐥𑑂𑐬𑐸𑐲𑑂 (Newa script)
* ପ୍ରୁଷ୍ (Odia script)
* ꢦ꣄ꢬꢸꢰ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆥𑇀𑆫𑆶𑆰𑇀 (Sharada script)
* 𑖢𑖿𑖨𑖲𑖬𑖿 (Siddham script)
* ප්‍රුෂ් (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩰 𑪙𑩼𑩒𑪀 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚞𑚶𑚤𑚰𑚶 (Takri script)
* ப்ருஷ் (Tamil script)
* ప్రుష్ (Telugu script)
* ปฺรุษฺ (Thai script)
* པྲུ་ཥ྄ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒣𑓂𑒩𑒳𑒭𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨞𑩇𑨫𑨃𑨯𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *prews- (“to sprinkle, radiate, freeze”). Cognate with Latin pruina (“rime, hoarfrost”), pruna (“burning coal”), pruriō (“to itch”) whence English prurient; English freeze, frost.

### Pronunciation

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

### Root

प्रुष् • (pruṣ)
* to sprinkle, shower, wet, moisten
* to become wet, fill

#### Derived terms

* प्रुष्णोति (pruṣṇóti, Present)
* प्रुष्णाति (pruṣṇā́ti, Present)
* प्रुष्यति (pruṣyati, Present)
* प्रुषायति (pruṣāyáti, Present)
* प्रोषिष्यति (proṣiṣyáti, Future)
* प्रोषिता (proṣitā, Periphrastic Future)
* अप्रोषीत् (aproṣīt, Aorist)
* पुप्रोष (puproṣa, Perfect)
* प्रुषित (pruṣitá, Past Participle)
* अभ्रप्रुष् (abhraprúṣ)
* घृतप्रुष् (ghṛtaprúṣ)
* प्रुष्वा (pruṣvā́, “hoarfrost, rime, ice”)
* विप्रुष् (vipruṣ)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “प्रुष्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 711, column 3.
* Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “प्रुष्”, 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 103
* Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “प्रुष्”, 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 (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 191; 192-3
* 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, pages 123, 124, 127
* Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 493
* Pokorny, Julius (1959) “809, 856”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 809, 856