काङ्क्ष्

Sanskrit

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Etymology

    Probably from a desiderative or s-extension from Proto-Indo-European *kenk- (to hunger), perhaps from or influenced by काङ्क्षा f (kāṅkṣā, wish, desire) < Proto-Indo-European *kónk-s-eh₂. This would also explain the lack of palatalization of the initial *k-. For desiderative substantives of this type, compare जिज्ञासा (jijñāsā, wanting to know). Cognate with Lithuanian keñkti (to do harm), keñkras (emaciated) and Old English hungor, whence English hunger.

    Alternatively, somehow from an irregular desiderative (with intrusive -k-) from कम् (kam, to want), though there is no formal parallels for this.

    Pronunciation

    Root

    काङ्क्ष् • (kāṅkṣ)

    1. to desire

    Derived terms

    Primary verbal forms
    Secondary forms
    • काङ्क्षयति (kāṅkṣayati, causative)
    • अचकाङ्क्षत् (acakāṅkṣat, causative aorist)
    • चिकाङ्क्षिषति (cikāṅkṣiṣati, desiderative)
    • चाकाङ्क्ष्यते (cākāṅkṣyate, intensive)
    • चाकांष्टि (cākāṃṣṭi, intensive)
    Non-finite forms
    • काङ्क्षित (kāṅkṣita, past participle)
    • काङ्क्ष्य (kāṅkṣya, gerund)
    • काङ्क्षणीय (kāṅkṣaṇīya, gerundive)
    • काङ्क्षितव्य (kāṅkṣitavya, gerundive)
    Derived nominal forms
    Prefixed root forms
    • अनुकाङ्क्ष् (anukāṅkṣ)
    • अभिकाङ्क्ष् (abhikāṅkṣ)
    • अवकाङ्क्ष् (avakāṅkṣ)
    • आकाङ्क्ष् (ākāṅkṣ)
    • प्रकाङ्क्ष् (prakāṅkṣ)
    • प्रतिकाङ्क्ष् (pratikāṅkṣ)
    • विकाङ्क्ष् (vikāṅkṣ)
    Sanskrit terms belonging to the root काङ्क्ष् (0 c, 10 e)
    Terms derived from the Sanskrit root काङ्क्ष् (9 c, 0 e)

    References

    • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1956), Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 194
    • Monier Williams (1899), “काङ्क्ष्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0268.
    • William Dwight Whitney (1885), The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 18