तिश्ना

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian تشنه (tišna), from Middle Persian tyšnk' (tišnag), from Old Persian, from Proto-Iranian *tŕ̥šnakah, from Proto-Iranian *tŕ̥šnah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *tŕ̥šnas, from Proto-Indo-European *tr̥s-nó-s, from *ters- (“dry”). Doublet of तृष्णा (tŕṣṇā), a tatsama.
Compare Avestan 𐬙𐬀𐬭𐬱𐬥𐬀 (taršna), Ancient Greek τέρσομαι (térsomai), Latin terra, Old Armenian թառամիմ (tʻaṙamim, “I wither”) and English thirst.

Pronunciation
  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /t̪ɪʃ.nɑː/, [t̪ɪʃ.näː]

Adjective

तिश्ना • (tiśnā) (Urdu spelling تشنہ)

  1. thirsty
  2. insatiable
  3. eager, desirous
  4. longing

Derived terms
  • तिश्ना-ए-ख़ून (tiśnā-e-xūn)
  • तिश्ना-काम (tiśnā-kām)
  • तिश्ना-लब (tiśnā-lab)
  • तिश्ना-लबी (tiśnā-labī)
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