तृष्णा

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit तृष्णा (tṛṣṇā).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /t̪ɾɪʂ.ɳɑː/, [t̪ɾɪʃ.ɳäː]

Noun

तृष्णा • (tŕṣṇā) f

1. (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 दिया

     tŕṣṇā pukāre merī
     sun bahriyā...
     aise jaltā ha͠i jiyā
     jaise diyā

     My thirst is calling out to you
     Listen o deaf one
     My heart burns
     Like a lamp

Declension

Declension of तृष्णा (fem ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	तृष्णा tŕṣṇā	तृष्णाएँ tŕṣṇāẽ
oblique	तृष्णा tŕṣṇā	तृष्णाओं tŕṣṇāõ
vocative	तृष्णा tŕṣṇā	तृष्णाओ tŕṣṇāo

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 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^(key): /tŕ̩ʂ.ɳɑː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /t̪r̩ʂ.ɳɑː/

Noun

तृष्णा • (tṛ́ṣṇā) stem, f

1. thirst, desire

   Synonyms: पिपासा (pipāsā), तृषा (tṛṣā)

   • c. 1500 BCE – 1000 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

Feminine ā-stem declension of तृष्णा

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	तृष्णा (tṛ́ṣṇā)	तृष्णे (tṛ́ṣṇe)	तृष्णाः (tṛ́ṣṇāḥ)
accusative	तृष्णाम् (tṛ́ṣṇām)	तृष्णे (tṛ́ṣṇe)	तृष्णाः (tṛ́ṣṇāḥ)
instrumental	तृष्णया (tṛ́ṣṇayā) तृष्णा¹ (tṛ́ṣṇā¹)	तृष्णाभ्याम् (tṛ́ṣṇābhyām)	तृष्णाभिः (tṛ́ṣṇābhiḥ)
dative	तृष्णायै (tṛ́ṣṇāyai)	तृष्णाभ्याम् (tṛ́ṣṇābhyām)	तृष्णाभ्यः (tṛ́ṣṇābhyaḥ)
ablative	तृष्णायाः (tṛ́ṣṇāyāḥ) तृष्णायै² (tṛ́ṣṇāyai²)	तृष्णाभ्याम् (tṛ́ṣṇābhyām)	तृष्णाभ्यः (tṛ́ṣṇābhyaḥ)
genitive	तृष्णायाः (tṛ́ṣṇāyāḥ) तृष्णायै² (tṛ́ṣṇāyai²)	तृष्णयोः (tṛ́ṣṇayoḥ)	तृष्णानाम् (tṛ́ṣṇānām)
locative	तृष्णायाम् (tṛ́ṣṇāyām)	तृष्णयोः (tṛ́ṣṇayoḥ)	तृष्णासु (tṛ́ṣṇāsu)
vocative	तृष्णे (tṛ́ṣṇe)	तृष्णे (tṛ́ṣṇe)	तृष्णाः (tṛ́ṣṇāḥ)

• 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: tresna (“love”)
  • → Balinese: 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.