क्षल्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

ক্ষল্ (Assamese script)
ᬓ᭄ᬱᬮ᭄ (Balinese script)
ক্ষল্ (Bengali script)
𑰎𑰿𑰬𑰩𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀓𑁆𑀱𑀮𑁆 (Brahmi script)
က္ၑလ် (Burmese script)
ક્ષલ્ (Gujarati script)
ਕ੍ਸ਼ਲ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌲𑍍 (Grantha script)
ꦏ꧀ꦰꦭ꧀ (Javanese script)
𑂍𑂹𑂭𑂪𑂹 (Kaithi script)
ಕ್ಷಲ್ (Kannada script)
ក្ឞល៑ (Khmer script)
ກ຺ຩລ຺ (Lao script)
ക്ഷല് (Malayalam script)
ᡬᢢᠠᠯ (Manchu script)
𑘎𑘿𑘬𑘩𑘿 (Modi script)
ᢉᢔᠠᠯ (Mongolian script)
𑦮𑧠𑧌𑧉𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
𑐎𑑂𑐲𑐮𑑂 (Newa script)
କ୍ଷଲ୍ (Odia script)
ꢒ꣄ꢰꢭ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
𑆑𑇀𑆰𑆬𑇀 (Sharada script)
𑖎𑖿𑖬𑖩𑖿 (Siddham script)
ක්‍ෂල් (Sinhalese script)
𑩜 𑪙𑪀𑩽 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
𑚊𑚶𑚥𑚶 (Takri script)
க்ஷல் (Tamil script)
క్షల్ (Telugu script)
กฺษลฺ (Thai script)
ཀྵ་ལ྄ (Tibetan script)
𑒏𑓂𑒭𑒪𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
𑨋𑩇𑨯𑨬𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Probably a variant of (or at least influenced by) क्षर् (kṣar), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *gẓʰar-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gžʰar-, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰgʷʰer-. If not that, then from Proto-Indo-European *kʷsel-, whence Old Norse skola (“to wash”).

Root

क्षल् • (kṣal)

to wash, wash off
to purify, cleanse, clean
synonym of क्षर् (kṣar)

Derived terms

Primary verbal forms

क्षा॒लय॑ति (kṣāláyati, present)

Non-finite forms

क्षा॒लि॒त (kṣālitá, past participle)
क्षालनीय (kṣālanīya, gerundive)
क्षा॒लि॒त॒व्य (kṣālitavyá, gerundive)

Derived nominal forms

क्षाल॑ (kṣā́la)
क्षाल॑न (kṣā́lana)

Prefixed root forms

प्रक्षल् (prakṣal)

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root क्षल् (0 c, 5 e)

Terms derived from the Sanskrit root क्षल् (1 c, 0 e)

References

Monier Williams (1899), “क्षल्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 327.
William Dwight Whitney (1885), The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 28