आकाङ्क्षा

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

আকাঙ্ক্ষা (Assamese script)
ᬆᬓᬵᬗ᭄ᬓ᭄ᬱᬵ (Balinese script)
আকাঙ্ক্ষা (Bengali script)
𑰁𑰎𑰯𑰒𑰿𑰎𑰿𑰬𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀆𑀓𑀸𑀗𑁆𑀓𑁆𑀱𑀸 (Brahmi script)
အာကာင်္က္ၑာ (Burmese script)
આકાઙ્ક્ષા (Gujarati script)
ਆਕਾਙ੍ਕ੍ਸ਼ਾ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌆𑌕𑌾𑌙𑍍𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌾 (Grantha script)
ꦄꦴꦏꦴꦔ꧀ꦏ꧀ꦰꦴ (Javanese script)
𑂄𑂍𑂰𑂑𑂹𑂍𑂹𑂭𑂰 (Kaithi script)
ಆಕಾಙ್ಕ್ಷಾ (Kannada script)
អាកាង្ក្ឞា (Khmer script)
ອາກາງ຺ກ຺ຩາ (Lao script)
ആകാങ്ക്ഷാ (Malayalam script)
ᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡬᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᢛᡬᢢᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
𑘁𑘎𑘰𑘒𑘿𑘎𑘿𑘬𑘰 (Modi script)
ᠠᢗᢉᠠᢗᢊᢉᢔᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
𑦡𑦮𑧑𑦲𑧠𑦮𑧠𑧌𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
𑐁𑐎𑐵𑐒𑑂𑐎𑑂𑐲𑐵 (Newa script)
ଆକାଙ୍କ୍ଷା (Odia script)
ꢃꢒꢵꢖ꣄ꢒ꣄ꢰꢵ (Saurashtra script)
𑆄𑆑𑆳𑆕𑇀𑆑𑇀𑆰𑆳 (Sharada script)
𑖁𑖎𑖯𑖒𑖿𑖎𑖿𑖬𑖯 (Siddham script)
ආකාඞ‍්ක්‍ෂා (Sinhalese script)
𑩐𑩛𑩜𑩛𑩠 𑪙𑩜 𑪙𑪀𑩛 (Soyombo script)
𑚁𑚊𑚭𑚎𑚶𑚊𑚶𑚭 (Takri script)
ஆகாங்க்ஷா (Tamil script)
ఆకాఙ్క్షా (Telugu script)
อากางฺกฺษา (Thai script)
ཨཱ་ཀཱ་ངྐྵཱ (Tibetan script)
𑒂𑒏𑒰𑒓𑓂𑒏𑓂𑒭𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
𑨀𑨊𑨋𑨊𑨏𑩇𑨋𑩇𑨯𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd

Proto-Indo-Iranian *HáH

Sanskrit आ (ā)

Sanskrit आ- (ā-)

Proto-Indo-European *kenk-der.

Sanskrit काङ्क्ष् (kāṅkṣ)

Sanskrit काङ्क्षा (kāṅkṣā)

Sanskrit आकाङ्क्षा

From आ- (ā-) + काङ्क्षा (kāṅkṣā).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɑː.kɑːŋk.ʂɑː/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɑː.kɑːŋk.ʂɑː/

Noun

आकाङ्क्षा • (ākāṅkṣā) stem, f (root आकाङ्क्ष्)

desire, wish
(grammar) need of supplying a word or period for the completion of the sense

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of आकाङ्क्षा
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	आकाङ्क्षा (ākāṅkṣā)	आकाङ्क्षे (ākāṅkṣe)	आकाङ्क्षाः (ākāṅkṣāḥ)
accusative	आकाङ्क्षाम् (ākāṅkṣām)	आकाङ्क्षे (ākāṅkṣe)	आकाङ्क्षाः (ākāṅkṣāḥ)
instrumental	आकाङ्क्षया (ākāṅkṣayā) आकाङ्क्षा¹ (ākāṅkṣā¹)	आकाङ्क्षाभ्याम् (ākāṅkṣābhyām)	आकाङ्क्षाभिः (ākāṅkṣābhiḥ)
dative	आकाङ्क्षायै (ākāṅkṣāyai)	आकाङ्क्षाभ्याम् (ākāṅkṣābhyām)	आकाङ्क्षाभ्यः (ākāṅkṣābhyaḥ)
ablative	आकाङ्क्षायाः (ākāṅkṣāyāḥ) आकाङ्क्षायै² (ākāṅkṣāyai²)	आकाङ्क्षाभ्याम् (ākāṅkṣābhyām)	आकाङ्क्षाभ्यः (ākāṅkṣābhyaḥ)
genitive	आकाङ्क्षायाः (ākāṅkṣāyāḥ) आकाङ्क्षायै² (ākāṅkṣāyai²)	आकाङ्क्षयोः (ākāṅkṣayoḥ)	आकाङ्क्षाणाम् (ākāṅkṣāṇām)
locative	आकाङ्क्षायाम् (ākāṅkṣāyām)	आकाङ्क्षयोः (ākāṅkṣayoḥ)	आकाङ्क्षासु (ākāṅkṣāsu)
vocative	आकाङ्क्षे (ākāṅkṣe)	आकाङ्क्षे (ākāṅkṣe)	आकाङ्क्षाः (ākāṅkṣāḥ)

¹Vedic
²Brāhmaṇas

Derived terms

निराकाङ्क्ष (nirākāṅkṣa, “free of desire”)

Descendants

→ English: Akanksha, Akansha
→ Hindi: आकांक्षा (ākāṅkṣā)
→ Kannada: ಆಕಾಂಕ್ಷೆ (ākāṅkṣe)
→ Marathi: आकांक्षा (ākāṅkṣā)

References

Monier Williams (1899), “आकाङ्क्षा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0126.