उक्षन्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts
  • উক্ষন্ (Assamese script)
  • ᬉᬓ᭄ᬱᬦ᭄ (Balinese script)
  • উক্ষন্ (Bengali script)
  • 𑰄𑰎𑰿𑰬𑰡𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀉𑀓𑁆𑀱𑀦𑁆 (Brahmi script)
  • ဥက္ၑန် (Burmese script)
  • ઉક્ષન્ (Gujarati script)
  • ਉਕ੍ਸ਼ਨ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
  • 𑌉𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌨𑍍 (Grantha script)
  • ꦈꦏ꧀ꦰꦤ꧀ (Javanese script)
  • 𑂇𑂍𑂹𑂭𑂢𑂹 (Kaithi script)
  • ಉಕ್ಷೝ (Kannada script)
  • ឧក្ឞន៑ (Khmer script)
  • ອຸກ຺ຩນ຺ (Lao script)
  • ഉക്ഷന് (Malayalam script)
  • ᡠᡬᢢᠠᠨ (Manchu script)
  • 𑘄𑘎𑘿𑘬𑘡𑘿 (Modi script)
  • ᠤᢉᢔᠠᠨ (Mongolian script)
  • 𑦤𑦮𑧠𑧌𑧁𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐄𑐎𑑂𑐲𑐣𑑂 (Newa script)
  • ଉକ୍ଷନ୍ (Odia script)
  • ꢆꢒ꣄ꢰꢥ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆇𑆑𑇀𑆰𑆤𑇀 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖄𑖎𑖿𑖬𑖡𑖿 (Siddham script)
  • උක්‍ෂන් (Sinhalese script)
  • 𑩐𑩒𑩜 𑪙𑪀𑩯 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
  • 𑚄𑚊𑚶𑚝𑚶 (Takri script)
  • உக்ஷந் (Tamil script)
  • ఉక్షౝ (Telugu script)
  • อุกฺษนฺ (Thai script)
  • ཨུ་ཀྵ་ན྄ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒅𑒏𑓂𑒭𑒢𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
  • 𑨀𑨃𑨋𑩇𑨯𑨝𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *(H)ukšā́ (“bull, ox”), from Proto-Indo-European *(h₂)uksḗn (“bull, ox”).

Cognate with Avestan 𐬎𐬑𐬱𐬁𐬥 (uxšān, “bull”), Gothic 𐌰𐌿𐌷𐍃𐌰 (auhsa), Welsh ych (“ox”), Breton oc'hen, Old English oxa (whence English ox).

Pronunciation

Noun

उ॒क्षन् • (ukṣán) stem, m

  1. a bull
    Synonym: ऋषभ (ṛṣabhá)
    • c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 9.69.4:
      उक्षा मिमाति प्रति यन्ति धेनवो देवस्य देवीरुप यन्ति निष्कृतम् ।
      ukṣā mimāti prati yanti dhenavo devasya devīrupa yanti niṣkṛtam.
      The Bull is bellowing; the Cows are coming nigh: the Goddesses approach the God's own resting-place.
  2. an ox

Declension

Masculine an-stem declension of उ॒क्षन्
singular dual plural
nominative उ॒क्षा (ukṣā́) उ॒क्षाणौ॑ (ukṣā́ṇau)
उ॒क्षाणा॑¹ (ukṣā́ṇā¹) 		उ॒क्षणः॑ (ukṣáṇaḥ)
accusative उ॒क्षाण॑म् (ukṣā́ṇam) उ॒क्षाणौ॑ (ukṣā́ṇau)
उ॒क्षाणा॑¹ (ukṣā́ṇā¹) 		उ॒क्ष्णः (ukṣṇáḥ)
instrumental उ॒क्ष्णा (ukṣṇā́) उ॒क्षभ्या॑म् (ukṣábhyām) उ॒क्षभिः॑ (ukṣábhiḥ)
dative उ॒क्ष्णे (ukṣṇé) उ॒क्षभ्या॑म् (ukṣábhyām) उ॒क्षभ्यः॑ (ukṣábhyaḥ)
ablative उ॒क्ष्णः (ukṣṇáḥ) उ॒क्षभ्या॑म् (ukṣábhyām) उ॒क्षभ्यः॑ (ukṣábhyaḥ)
genitive उ॒क्ष्णः (ukṣṇáḥ) उ॒क्ष्णोः (ukṣṇóḥ) उ॒क्ष्णाम् (ukṣṇā́m)
locative उ॒क्ष्णि (ukṣṇí)
उ॒क्षणि॑ (ukṣáṇi)
उ॒क्षन्¹ (ukṣán¹) 		उ॒क्ष्णोः (ukṣṇóḥ) उ॒क्षसु॑ (ukṣásu)
vocative उक्ष॑न् (úkṣan) उक्षा॑णौ (úkṣāṇau)
उक्षा॑णा¹ (úkṣāṇā¹) 		उक्ष॑णः (úkṣaṇaḥ)
  • ¹Vedic

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Telugu: ఉక్షము (ukṣamu)
  • → Malayalam: ഉക്ഷം (ukṣaṁ)
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