दुस्-

Sanskrit

prefix
Definitions
  • a prefix to nouns and rarely to verbs or adverbs (Pāṇ. 2-1, 6 , 2, 18 Vārtt. 2 Pat. , iii, 3, 126, etc.) implying evil, bad, difficult, hard
  • badly, hardly; slight, inferior, etc., often = or un- (un-).

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *duš- inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *duš- (bad, wrong) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *dus- (bad, difficult, ill, wrong).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*dus-

Gloss

bad, difficult, ill, wrong

Concept
Semantic Field

Emotions and values

Ontological Category

Property

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