# तृष्णा
## Hindi
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit तृष्णा (tṛṣṇā).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /t̪ɾɪʂ.ɳɑː/, [t̪ɾɪʃ.ɳäː]

### Noun

तृष्णा • (tŕṣṇā) f
* (poetic, literary or formal) thirst, desire, want
    Synonym: प्यास (pyās)
** 2008, Asha Bhosle, Aise Jalta Hai Jiya :तृष्णा पुकारे मेरी सुन बहरिया... ऐसे जलता हैं जिया जैसे दियाtŕṣṇā pukāre merī sun bahriyā... aise jaltā ha͠i jiyā jaise diyāMy thirst is calling out to you Listen o deaf one My heart burns Like a lamp

#### Declension
## Sanskrit
### Alternative forms

* তৃষ্ণা (Assamese script)
* ᬢᬺᬱ᭄ᬡᬵ (Balinese script)
* তৃষ্ণা (Bengali script)
* 𑰝𑰴𑰬𑰿𑰜𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀢𑀾𑀱𑁆𑀡𑀸 (Brahmi script)
* တၖၑ္ဏာ (Burmese script)
* તૃષ્ણા (Gujarati script)
* ਤ੍ਰਸ਼੍ਣਾ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌤𑍃𑌷𑍍𑌣𑌾 (Grantha script)
* ꦠꦽꦰ꧀ꦟꦴ (Javanese script)
* 𑂞𑃂𑂭𑂹𑂝𑂰 (Kaithi script)
* ತೃಷ್ಣಾ (Kannada script)
* ត្ឫឞ្ណា (Khmer script)
* ຕ຺ຣິຩ຺ຓາ (Lao script)
* തൃഷ്ണാ (Malayalam script)
* ᢠᡵᡳᢢᢏᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
* 𑘝𑘵𑘬𑘿𑘜𑘰 (Modi script)
* ᢐᠷᠢᢔᢏᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
* 𑦽𑧖𑧌𑧠𑦼𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐟𑐺𑐲𑑂𑐞𑐵 (Newa script)
* ତୃଷ୍ଣା (Odia script)
* ꢡꢺꢰ꣄ꢠꢵ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆠𑆸𑆰𑇀𑆟𑆳 (Sharada script)
* 𑖝𑖴𑖬𑖿𑖜𑖯 (Siddham script)
* තෘෂ‍්ණා (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩫𑩙𑪀 𑪙𑩪𑩛 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚙𑚶𑚘𑚭 (Takri script)
* த்ரிஷ்ணா (Tamil script)
* తృష్ణా (Telugu script)
* ตฺฤษฺณา (Thai script)
* ཏྲྀ་ཥྞཱ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒞𑒵𑒭𑓂𑒝𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨙𑨼𑨉𑨯𑩇𑨘𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *tŕ̥šnaH (“thirst”), from Proto-Indo-European *tr̥s-nó-s, from *ters- (“dry”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬙𐬀𐬭𐬱𐬥𐬀 (taršna), Persian تشنه (tešne), Ancient Greek τέρσομαι (térsomai), Latin terra, Old Armenian թառամիմ (tʻaṙamim, “I wither”), Old English þurst (whence English thirst). Related to तृष्यति (tṛ́ṣyati).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /tŕ̩ʂ.ɳɑː/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /t̪r̩ʂ.ɳɑː/

### Noun

तृष्णा • (tṛ́ṣṇā) stem, f
* thirst, desire
    Synonyms: पिपासा (pipāsā), तृषा (tṛṣā)
** c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 9.79.3:धन्वन्न तृष्णा समरीत ताँ अभि सोम जहि पवमान दुराध्यः ॥dhanvanna tṛṣṇā samarīta tām̐ abhi soma jahi pavamāna durādhyaḥ.As thirst subdueth in the desert, conquer thou, O Soma, men of evil thoughts.
** c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda
** c. 700 BCE, Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa

#### Declension

* ¹Vedic
* ²Brāhmaṇas

#### Derived terms

* तृष्णार्त (tṛṣṇārta)

#### Related terms

* तृष्णज् (tṛṣṇaj, “thirsty”)

#### Descendants

* Dardic:
** Kashmiri: ترٛیش (trēś, “drinking-water”)
** Khowar: تھروݰنی (thruṣní)
* Pali: taṇhā (“thirst, desire, want”)
** → English: tanha
** → Burmese: တဏှာ (ta.hna)
** → Old Khmer: taṇhā
*** Khmer: តណ្ហា (tɑnhaa)
** → Thai: ตัณหา (dtan-hǎa)
* Prakrit: 𑀢𑀺𑀡𑁆𑀳𑀸 (tiṇhā)
** Northwestern:
*** Punjabi: ਤ੍ਰੇਹ (treh), ਤੇਹ (teh), ਤਿਹਾ (tihā)
** Southern:
*** Old Marathi: तान्ह (tānha)
**** Marathi: तहान (tahān)
*** Konkani: तान (tān)
* → Bengali: তৃষ্ণা (triśna), তিষ্ণা (tiśna), তিষ্টা (tiśṭa)
* → Hindi: तृष्णा (tŕṣṇā), तिसना (tisnā)
* → Old Javanese: tṛṣṇa (“desire; love”)
** Javanese: ꦠꦽꦰ꧀ꦟ → ꦠꦽꦱ꧀ꦤ (tresna, “love”)
*** → Indonesian: tresna (“love”)
** → Balinese: ᬢᬺᬱ᭄ᬡ (tresna, “love”)
* → Kannada: ತೃಷ್ಣೆ (tṛṣṇe)
* → Tamil: திருஷ்ணை (tiruṣṇai)
* → Thai: ตฤษณา
* → Sinhalese: තෘෂ්ණා (tr̥ṣṇā)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “तृष्णा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 454/1.