ईक्ष्
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ঈক্ষ্ (Assamese script)
- ᬈᬓ᭄ᬱ᭄ (Balinese script)
- ঈক্ষ্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰃𑰎𑰿𑰬𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀈𑀓𑁆𑀱𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- ဤက္ၑ် (Burmese script)
- ઈક્ષ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਈਕ੍ਸ਼੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌈𑌕𑍍𑌷𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦇꦏ꧀ꦰ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂆𑂍𑂹𑂭𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ಈಕ್ಷ್ (Kannada script)
- ឦក្ឞ៑ (Khmer script)
- ອີກ຺ຩ຺ (Lao script)
- ഈക്ഷ് (Malayalam script)
- ᡳᡳᡬᢢ (Manchu script)
- 𑘃𑘎𑘿𑘬𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠢᠢᢉᢔ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦣𑦮𑧠𑧌𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐃𑐎𑑂𑐲𑑂 (Newa script)
- ଈକ୍ଷ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢅꢒ꣄ꢰ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆆𑆑𑇀𑆰𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖃𑖎𑖿𑖬𑖿 (Siddham script)
- ඊක්ෂ් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩐𑩑𑩛𑩜 𑪙𑪀 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚃𑚊𑚶𑚶 (Takri script)
- ஈக்ஷ் (Tamil script)
- ఈక్ష్ (Telugu script)
- อีกฺษฺ (Thai script)
- ཨཱི་ཀྵ྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒄𑒏𑓂𑒭𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨀𑨁𑨊𑨋𑩇𑨯𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Etymology tree
Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *h₃i-h₃kʷs, a secondary present formation of *h₃ókʷs (“eye”), the latter whence अक्षि (ákṣi, “eye”).[1]
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /iːkʂ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /iːkʂ/
Root
ईक्ष् • (īkṣ)
Derived terms
References
- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992), “ĪKṢ”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 203
Further reading
- Monier Williams (1899), “ईक्ष्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0170, column 1.
- William Dwight Whitney (1885), The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 09
- Otto Böhtlingk; Richard Schmidt (1879-1928), “ईक्ष्”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016