वृषभ
Sanskrit
alt
Definitions
- a bull (used as an epithet of various gods in the Vedas)
- the chief, most excellent or eminent, lord or best among (in later language mostly at the end of a compound, or with genitive)
- (astrology) the zodiacal sign Taurus
- a particular drug (described as a root brought from the Himalaya mountains, resembling the horn of a bull, of cooling and tonic properties, and serviceable in catarrh and consumption)
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *(w)r̥šabʰás inherited from Proto-Indo-European *wr̥sn̥-bʰó-s.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*wr̥sn̥-bʰó-s
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *verrōne(m) Latin
- verrēs Latin
- berrinche Spanish, Castilian
- verraco Spanish, Castilian
- ἄρσην Ancient Greek
- Ἀρσένιος Ancient Greek
- *wr̥s- Proto-Indo-European
- *wr̥sn̥-bʰó-s Proto-Indo-European
- ऋषभ Sanskrit
- ver Old French
- vier Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- พฤษภ Thai
- αρσενικό Greek (modern)
- వృషభరాశి Telugu
- *(w)r̥šabʰás Proto-Indo-Iranian
- 𑀯𑀲𑀳 Maharastri Prakrit
- ಬಸವ Kannada
- vṛṣabha Old Khmer