-इष्ठ

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts
  • -ᬇᬱ᭄ᬞ (Balinese script)
  • -ဣၑ္ဌ (Burmese script)
  • -इष्ठ (Devanagari script)
  • -ਇਸ਼੍ਠ (Gurmukhi script)
  • -𑌇𑌷𑍍𑌠 (Grantha script)
  • -ꦆꦰ꧀ꦜ (Javanese script)
  • -𑂅𑂭𑂹𑂘 (Kaithi script)
  • -ឥឞ្ឋ (Khmer script)
  • -ອິຩ຺ຐ (Lao script)
  • -ഇഷ്ഠ (Malayalam script)
  • -ᡳᢢᡱᠠ (Manchu script)
  • -𑘂𑘬𑘿𑘙 (Modi script)
  • -ᠢᢔᢍᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
  • -𑦢𑧌𑧠𑦹 (Nandinagari script)
  • -𑐂𑐲𑑂𑐛 (Newa script)
  • -ଇଷ୍ଠ (Odia script)
  • -ꢄꢰ꣄ꢝ (Saurashtra script)
  • -𑆅𑆰𑇀𑆜 (Sharada script)
  • -𑖂𑖬𑖿𑖙 (Siddham script)
  • -ඉෂ‍්ඨ (Sinhalese script)
  • -𑩐𑩑𑪀 𑪙𑩧 (Soyombo script)
  • -𑚂𑚶𑚕 (Takri script)
  • -இஷ்ட² (Tamil script)
  • -อิษฺฐ (Thai script)
  • -ཨི་ཥྛ (Tibetan script)
  • -𑨀𑨁𑨯𑩇𑨕 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *-ištʰas, from Proto-Indo-European *-istHos, from *-is- (intensive) +‎ *-tHós. Cognate with Ancient Greek -ιστος (-istos) and Proto-Germanic *-istaz (whence English -est).

Pronunciation

Suffix

-इष्ठ • (-iṣṭha)

  1. superlative adjectival suffix
    ‎गरु (gurú, “heavy”) + ‎-इष्ठ (-iṣṭha) → ‎गरिष्ठ (gariṣṭha, “heaviest”)
    ‎लघु (laghú, “light”) + ‎-इष्ठ (-iṣṭha) → ‎लघिष्ठ (laghiṣṭha, “lightest”)

Coordinate terms

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms suffixed with -इष्ठ
गरिष्ठ
लघिष्ठ
स्वादिष्ठ
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