पिष्

From Proto-Indo-European *peys- (“to grind, crush”). Cognate with Proto-Slavic *pьxati (“push, shove”), Lithuanian pìsti (“to fuck”); Latin pinsō (“beat, pound”) whence ultimately English pestle (via a French borrowing), pesto.

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /piʂ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /piʂ/

पिष् • (piṣ)

1. to crush, grind, pound
2. to bruise, hurt, destroy, injure

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