चेष्ट्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

চেষ্ট্ (Assamese script)
ᬘᬾᬱ᭄ᬝ᭄ (Balinese script)
চেষ্ট্ (Bengali script)
𑰓𑰸𑰬𑰿𑰘𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀘𑁂𑀱𑁆𑀝𑁆 (Brahmi script)
စေၑ္ဋ် (Burmese script)
ચેષ્ટ્ (Gujarati script)
ਚੇਸ਼੍ਟ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌚𑍇𑌷𑍍𑌟𑍍 (Grantha script)
ꦕꦺꦰ꧀ꦛ꧀ (Javanese script)
𑂒𑂵𑂭𑂹𑂗𑂹 (Kaithi script)
ಚೇಷ್ಟ್ (Kannada script)
ចេឞ្ដ៑ (Khmer script)
ເຈຩ຺ຏ຺ (Lao script)
ചേഷ്ട് (Malayalam script)
ᢜᡝᢢᢞ (Manchu script)
𑘓𑘹𑘬𑘿𑘘𑘿 (Modi script)
ᢋᠧᢔᢌ (Mongolian script)
𑦳𑧚𑧌𑧠𑦸𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
𑐔𑐾𑐲𑑂𑐚𑑂 (Newa script)
ଚେଷ୍ଟ୍ (Odia script)
ꢗꢾꢰ꣄ꢜ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
𑆖𑆼𑆰𑇀𑆛𑇀 (Sharada script)
𑖓𑖸𑖬𑖿𑖘𑖿 (Siddham script)
චෙෂ‍්ට් (Sinhalese script)
𑩡𑩔𑪀 𑪙𑩦 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
𑚏𑚲𑚶𑚔𑚶 (Takri script)
சேஷ்ட் (Tamil script)
చేష్ట్ (Telugu script)
เจษฺฏฺ (Thai script)
ཙེ་ཥྚ྄ (Tibetan script)
𑒔𑒹𑒭𑓂𑒙𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
𑨣𑨄𑨯𑩇𑨔𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Probably from an extension of Proto-Indo-European *keyh₂- (“to move”). Cognate with Latin cieō (“move, stir”) and citus (“fast”).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕɐjʂʈ/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕeːʂʈ/

Root

चेष्ट् • (ceṣṭ)

to move, stir, move the limbs
to make an effort, strive, struggle
to active, busy or occupied with
to act, do, perform, care for
to prepare

Derived terms

आचेष्टते (āceṣṭate, “perform”)
आचेष्टित (āceṣṭita, “undertaken”)
चेष्ट (ceṣṭa)
चेष्टति (ceṣṭati)
चेष्टा (ceṣṭā, “action, activity, effort, exertion”)
विचेष्टति (viceṣṭati, “exert oneself, struggle”)

References

Monier Williams (1899), “चेष्ट्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0402.
Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893), “चेष्ट्”, 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 049

Uhlenbeck, C. C. (1898–1899), “céṣṭati”, in Kurzgefasstes etymologisches Wörterbuch der altindischen Sprache (in German), Amsterdam: Johannes Müller, page 93
Otto Böhtlingk; Richard Schmidt (1879-1928), “चेष्ट्”, 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