Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

θ	thin	ð	this	ʃ	she	ʒ	measure
tʃ	church	dʒ	judge	ŋ	sing	j	yes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

-s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
-ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
-ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

“discussions” is a form of

discussion

/dɪˈskʌʃ.ən/ noun

Forms discussions

noun Conversation or debate concerning a particular topic. “There was then a long discussion of whether to capitalize words like "east".”
noun Text giving further detail on a subject. “Under each heading, you will find a discussion.”
noun (medicine, obsolete) The dispersion of a tumour.

Synonyms

From Old French discussion, from Late Latin discussiō, from Latin discutiō. By surface analysis, discuss + -ion.

Etymology [L. discussio a shaking, examination, discussion: cf. F. discussion.]

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “discussion”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details

Sanskrit dictionary entries whose meaning includes “discussion” (best matches first).

प्रातिज्ञ prātijña the subject under discussion.
विप्रलप्त vi-pralapta discussion, debate, disquisition.
प्रतर्कण pra-tarkaṇa judging, reasoning, discussing, discussion; doubt; logic.
प्रास्तुत्य prāstutya the being propounded or discussed, the being under discussion.
अभ्यूह abhy-ūha discussion, reasoning, deduction, inference; supplying an ellipsis; understanding.
प्राकरणिक prākaraṇika appertaining to the subject of discussion, belonging to a chapter, belonging to a class or genus.
वितर्कण vi-tarkaṇa reasoning, conjecturing, inferring, drawing an inference, argument, discussion, reflection; doubt.
सांवादिक sāṃvādika colloquial, controversial, causing discussion; ( as ), m. a disputant, controversialist, logician.