काङ्क्ष्
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- কাঙ্ক্ষ্ (Assamese script)
- ᬓᬵᬗ᭄ᬓ᭄ᬱ᭄ (Balinese script)
- কাঙ্ক্ষ্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰎𑰯𑰒𑰿𑰎𑰿𑰬𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀓𑀸𑀗𑁆𑀓𑁆𑀱𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- ကာင်္က္ၑ် (Burmese script)
- કાઙ્ક્ષ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਕਾਙ੍ਕ੍ਸ਼੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌕𑌾𑌙𑍍𑌕𑍍𑌷𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦏꦴꦔ꧀ꦏ꧀ꦰ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂍𑂰𑂑𑂹𑂍𑂹𑂭𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ಕಾಙ್ಕ್ಷ್ (Kannada script)
- កាង្ក្ឞ៑ (Khmer script)
- ກາງ຺ກ຺ຩ຺ (Lao script)
- കാങ്ക്ഷ് (Malayalam script)
- ᡬᠠ᠊ᠠᢛᡬᢢ (Manchu script)
- 𑘎𑘰𑘒𑘿𑘎𑘿𑘬𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᢉᠠᢗᢊᢉᢔ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦮𑧑𑦲𑧠𑦮𑧠𑧌𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐎𑐵𑐒𑑂𑐎𑑂𑐲𑑂 (Newa script)
- କାଙ୍କ୍ଷ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢒꢵꢖ꣄ꢒ꣄ꢰ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆑𑆳𑆕𑇀𑆑𑇀𑆰𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖎𑖯𑖒𑖿𑖎𑖿𑖬𑖿 (Siddham script)
- කාඞ්ක්ෂ් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩜𑩛𑩠 𑪙𑩜 𑪙𑪀 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚊𑚭𑚎𑚶𑚊𑚶𑚶 (Takri script)
- காங்க்ஷ் (Tamil script)
- కాఙ్క్ష్ (Telugu script)
- กางฺกฺษฺ (Thai script)
- ཀཱ་ངྐྵ྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒏𑒰𑒓𑓂𑒏𑓂𑒭𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨋𑨊𑨏𑩇𑨋𑩇𑨯𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
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
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /kɑːŋkʂ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /kɑːŋkʂ/
Root
काङ्क्ष् • (kāṅkṣ)
- to desire
Derived terms
Primary verbal forms
- काङ्क्षति (kāṅkṣati, present)
- काङ्क्षिष्यति (kāṅkṣiṣyati, future)
- काङ्क्षिता (kāṅkṣitā, periphrastic future)
- अकाङ्क्षीत् (akāṅkṣīt, aorist)
- चकाङ्क्ष (cakāṅkṣa, perfect)
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
- काङ्क्ष (kāṅkṣa)
- काङ्क्षा (kāṅkṣā)
- काङ्क्षिन् (kāṅkṣin)
- काङ्क्षण (kāṅkṣaṇa)
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