झष

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ঝষ (Assamese script)
• ᬛᬱ (Balinese script)
• ঝষ (Bengali script)
• 𑰖𑰬 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀛𑀱 (Brahmi script)
• ဈၑ (Burmese script)
• ઝષ (Gujarati script)
• ਝਸ਼ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌝𑌷 (Grantha script)
• ꦙꦰ (Javanese script)
• 𑂕𑂭 (Kaithi script)
• ಝಷ (Kannada script)
• ឈឞ (Khmer script)
• ຌຩ (Lao script)
• ഝഷ (Malayalam script)
• ᢝᠠᢢᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘖𑘬 (Modi script)
• ᠽᠾᠠᢔᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦶𑧌 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐗𑐲 (Newa script)
• ଝଷ (Odia script)
• ꢚꢰ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆙𑆰 (Sharada script)
• 𑖖𑖬 (Siddham script)
• ඣෂ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩤𑪀 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚒 (Takri script)
• ஜ²ஷ (Tamil script)
• ఝష (Telugu script)
• ฌษ (Thai script)
• ཛྷ་ཥ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒗𑒭 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨦𑨯 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Unknown; possibly a loanword. Likely related to चष (caṣa) and जष (jaṣa). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /d͡ʑʱɐ.ʂɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /d͡ʑʱɐ.ʂɐ/

Noun

झ॒ष • (jhaṣá) stem, m

1. fish

   Synonyms: मत्स्य (matsya), मीन (mīna)

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of झष

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	झषः (jhaṣaḥ)	झषौ (jhaṣau) झषा¹ (jhaṣā¹)	झषाः (jhaṣāḥ) झषासः¹ (jhaṣāsaḥ¹)
accusative	झषम् (jhaṣam)	झषौ (jhaṣau) झषा¹ (jhaṣā¹)	झषान् (jhaṣān)
instrumental	झषेण (jhaṣeṇa)	झषाभ्याम् (jhaṣābhyām)	झषैः (jhaṣaiḥ) झषेभिः¹ (jhaṣebhiḥ¹)
dative	झषाय (jhaṣāya)	झषाभ्याम् (jhaṣābhyām)	झषेभ्यः (jhaṣebhyaḥ)
ablative	झषात् (jhaṣāt)	झषाभ्याम् (jhaṣābhyām)	झषेभ्यः (jhaṣebhyaḥ)
genitive	झषस्य (jhaṣasya)	झषयोः (jhaṣayoḥ)	झषाणाम् (jhaṣāṇām)
locative	झषे (jhaṣe)	झषयोः (jhaṣayoḥ)	झषेषु (jhaṣeṣu)
vocative	झष (jhaṣa)	झषौ (jhaṣau) झषा¹ (jhaṣā¹)	झषाः (jhaṣāḥ) झषासः¹ (jhaṣāsaḥ¹)

• ¹Vedic

Descendants

• → Malayalam: ഝഷം (jhaṣaṁ) (learned)
• → Telugu: ఝషము (jhaṣamu) (learned)