# पिश्
## Sanskrit
### Alternative forms

* पेश् (peś), पिंश् (piṃś)

### Alternative scripts

* পিশ্ (Assamese script)
* ᬧᬶᬰ᭄ (Balinese script)
* পিশ্ (Bengali script)
* 𑰢𑰰𑰫𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀧𑀺𑀰𑁆 (Brahmi script)
* ပိၐ် (Burmese script)
* પિશ્ (Gujarati script)
* ਪਿਸ਼੍ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌪𑌿𑌶𑍍 (Grantha script)
* ꦥꦶꦯ꧀ (Javanese script)
* 𑂣𑂱𑂬𑂹 (Kaithi script)
* ಪಿಶ್ (Kannada script)
* បិឝ៑ (Khmer script)
* ປິຨ຺ (Lao script)
* പിശ് (Malayalam script)
* ᢒᡳᡧ (Manchu script)
* 𑘢𑘱𑘫𑘿 (Modi script)
* ᢒᠢᠱ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧂𑧒𑧋𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐥𑐶𑐱𑑂 (Newa script)
* ପିଶ୍ (Odia script)
* ꢦꢶꢯ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆥𑆴𑆯𑇀 (Sharada script)
* 𑖢𑖰𑖫𑖿 (Siddham script)
* පිශ් (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩰𑩑𑩿 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚞𑚮𑚧𑚶 (Takri script)
* பிஶ் (Tamil script)
* పిశ్ (Telugu script)
* ปิศฺ (Thai script)
* པི་ཤ྄ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒣𑒱𑒬𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨞𑨁𑨮𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *peyḱ- (“to hew, cut out; adorn; paint”). Cognate with Proto-Slavic *pьsati (“to write”); Latin pingō (“paint”) whence pigment, picture, paint.

### Pronunciation

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

### Root

पिश् • (piś)
* to hew out, carve, prepare, especially meat
* to make ready, adorn
* to form, fashion, mould

#### Derived terms
##### Primary Verbal Forms

* पिंशति (piṃśáti, Present)
* पेशिष्यति (peśiṣyáti, Future)
* पेशिता (peśitā́, Periphrastic Future)
* अपेशीत् (ápeśīt, Aorist)
* पिशान (piśāná, Root-aorist mediopassive participle)
* पिपेश (pipéśa, Perfect)

##### Secondary Forms

* पिश्यते (piśyáte, Passive)
* पेशयति (peśáyati, Causative)
* अपीपिशत् (ápīpiśat, Causative Aorist)
* पिपिशिषति (pipiśiṣati, Desiderative)
* पिपेशिषति (pipeśiṣati, Desiderative)
* पेपिशीति (pépiśīti, Intensive)

##### Non-Finite Forms

* पिष्ट (piṣṭá, Past Participle)
* पिशित (piśitá, Past Participle)

##### Derived Nominal Forms

* पिश् (píś)
* पिश (piśá)
* पिशङ्ग (piśáṅga)
* पेश (peśa)
* पेशन (péśana)
* पेशल (peśalá)
* पेशस् (péśas)
* पेशितृ (peśitṛ́)
* पेशी (peśī)

##### Prefixed Root Forms

* अभिपिश् (abhipiś)

### Noun

पिश् • (píś) stem, f
* ornament, decoration

#### Declension

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### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “पिश्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 628/1-2.
* Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “पिश्”, 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 97
* Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “पिश्”, 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
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* 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 331
* Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 465
* Pokorny, Julius (1959) “794”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 794