ख्या

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

क्शा (kśā)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

খ্যা (Assamese script)
ᬔ᭄ᬬᬵ (Balinese script)
খ্যা (Bengali script)
𑰏𑰿𑰧𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀔𑁆𑀬𑀸 (Brahmi script)
ချာ (Burmese script)
ખ્યા (Gujarati script)
ਖ੍ਯਾ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌖𑍍𑌯𑌾 (Grantha script)
ꦑꦾꦴ (Javanese script)
𑂎𑂹𑂨𑂰 (Kaithi script)
ಖ್ಯಾ (Kannada script)
ខ្យា (Khmer script)
ຂ຺ຍາ (Lao script)
ഖ്യാ (Malayalam script)
ᡘᠶᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
𑘏𑘿𑘧𑘰 (Modi script)
ᠻᠶ᠎ᠠ᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
𑦯𑧠𑧇𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
𑐏𑑂𑐫𑐵 (Newa script)
ଖ୍ଯା (Odia script)
ꢓ꣄ꢫꢵ (Saurashtra script)
𑆒𑇀𑆪𑆳 (Sharada script)
𑖏𑖿𑖧𑖯 (Siddham script)
ඛ්‍යා (Sinhalese script)
𑩝 𑪙𑩻𑩛 (Soyombo script)
𑚋𑚶𑚣𑚭 (Takri script)
க்²யா (Tamil script)
ఖ్యా (Telugu script)
ขฺยา (Thai script)
ཁྱཱ (Tibetan script)
𑒐𑓂𑒨𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
𑨌𑩇𑨪𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Phonetic variant of क्शा (kśā), related to काश् (kāś), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷeḱ-.

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /kʰjɑː/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /kʰjɑː/

Root

ख्या • (khyā)

to look (at), seem
(passive voice) to be named, be known, be announced to

Derived terms

Primary verbal forms

ख्याति (khyāti, present)
ख्या॒स्यति॑ (khyāsyáti, future)
अख्य॑त् (ákhyat, aorist)
चख्यौ (cakhyau, perfect)

Secondary forms

ख्यायते (khyāyate, passive)
अख्यायि (akhyāyi, passive aorist)
ख्यापयति (khyāpayati, causative)
ख्याप्यते (khyāpyate, passive of causative)

Non-finite forms

ख्या॒त (khyātá, past participle)
ख्यातु॑म् (khyā́tum, infinitive)
ख्येय (khyeya, gerundive)
ख्यातव्य (khyātavya, gerundive)
ख्यापित (khyāpita, causative past participle)

Derived nominal forms

ख्या॒तृ (khyātṛ́)
ख्यान (khyāna)

Prefixed root forms

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root ख्या (0 c, 1 e)

Terms derived from the Sanskrit root ख्या (6 c, 0 e)

References

Monier Williams (1899), “ख्या”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 341, column 1.
William Dwight Whitney (1885), The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 33

Otto Böhtlingk; Richard Schmidt (1879-1928), “ख्या”, 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
Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2026), “khyā”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992), Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 420-1; 456-7
Lubotsky, Alexander (2011), “khyā”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, page 278