नेक्षण
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- নেক্ষণ (Assamese script)
- ᬦᬾᬓ᭄ᬱᬡ (Balinese script)
- নেক্ষণ (Bengali script)
- 𑰡𑰸𑰎𑰿𑰬𑰜 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀦𑁂𑀓𑁆𑀱𑀡 (Brahmi script)
- နေက္ၑဏ (Burmese script)
- નેક્ષણ (Gujarati script)
- ਨੇਕ੍ਸ਼ਣ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌨𑍇𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌣 (Grantha script)
- ꦤꦺꦏ꧀ꦰꦟ (Javanese script)
- 𑂢𑂵𑂍𑂹𑂭𑂝 (Kaithi script)
- ನೇಕ್ಷಣ (Kannada script)
- នេក្ឞណ (Khmer script)
- ເນກ຺ຩຓ (Lao script)
- നേക്ഷണ (Malayalam script)
- ᠨᡝᡬᢢᠠᢏᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘡𑘹𑘎𑘿𑘬𑘜 (Modi script)
- ᠨᠧᢉᢔᠠᢏᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧁𑧚𑦮𑧠𑧌𑦼 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐣𑐾𑐎𑑂𑐲𑐞 (Newa script)
- ନେକ୍ଷଣ (Odia script)
- ꢥꢾꢒ꣄ꢰꢠ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆤𑆼𑆑𑇀𑆰𑆟 (Sharada script)
- 𑖡𑖸𑖎𑖿𑖬𑖜 (Siddham script)
- නෙක්ෂණ (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩯𑩔𑩜 𑪙𑪀𑩪 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚝𑚲𑚊𑚶𑚘 (Takri script)
- நேக்ஷண (Tamil script)
- నేక్షణ (Telugu script)
- เนกฺษณ (Thai script)
- ནེ་ཀྵ་ཎ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒢𑒹𑒏𑓂𑒭𑒝 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨝𑨄𑨋𑩇𑨯𑨘 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From the root निक्ष् (nikṣ, “to pierce”) + -अन (-ana) (with guṇation), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *nayȷ́žʰ- (“to pierce”). Related to Rigvedic नीक्षण (nīkṣaṇa) and cognate to Avestan 𐬥𐬀𐬉𐬰𐬀 (naēza, “tip of a needle”). Also compare Persian نیش (niš, “lance”), نیزه (“spear”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /nɐ́jk.ʂɐ.ɳɐ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /n̪eːk.ʂɐ.ɳɐ/
Noun
नेक्ष॑ण • (nékṣaṇa) stem, n
- a sharp stick or a fork used for cooking
- c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda 9.6.17:
- स्रुग्दर्विर्नेक्षणम्आयवनं द्रोणकलशाः कुम्भ्यो वायव्यानि
पात्राणीयमेव कृष्णाजिनम् ॥- srugdarvirnekṣaṇamāyavanaṃ droṇakalaśāḥ kumbhyo vāyavyāni
pātrāṇīyameva kṛṣṇājinam. - The spoon, ladle, fork, stirring-prong are [equivalent to] the wooden Soma tubs; the earthen cooking-pots are [equivalent to] the mortar-shaped Soma vessels;
this earth is just [equivalent to] the black-antelope's skin.
- srugdarvirnekṣaṇamāyavanaṃ droṇakalaśāḥ kumbhyo vāyavyāni
- स्रुग्दर्विर्नेक्षणम्आयवनं द्रोणकलशाः कुम्भ्यो वायव्यानि
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | नेक्ष॑णम् (nékṣaṇam) | नेक्ष॑णे (nékṣaṇe) | नेक्ष॑णानि (nékṣaṇāni) नेक्ष॑णा¹ (nékṣaṇā¹) |
| accusative | नेक्ष॑णम् (nékṣaṇam) | नेक्ष॑णे (nékṣaṇe) | नेक्ष॑णानि (nékṣaṇāni) नेक्ष॑णा¹ (nékṣaṇā¹) |
| instrumental | नेक्ष॑णेन (nékṣaṇena) | नेक्ष॑णाभ्याम् (nékṣaṇābhyām) | नेक्ष॑णैः (nékṣaṇaiḥ) नेक्ष॑णेभिः¹ (nékṣaṇebhiḥ¹) |
| dative | नेक्ष॑णाय (nékṣaṇāya) | नेक्ष॑णाभ्याम् (nékṣaṇābhyām) | नेक्ष॑णेभ्यः (nékṣaṇebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | नेक्ष॑णात् (nékṣaṇāt) | नेक्ष॑णाभ्याम् (nékṣaṇābhyām) | नेक्ष॑णेभ्यः (nékṣaṇebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | नेक्ष॑णस्य (nékṣaṇasya) | नेक्ष॑णयोः (nékṣaṇayoḥ) | नेक्ष॑णानाम् (nékṣaṇānām) |
| locative | नेक्ष॑णे (nékṣaṇe) | नेक्ष॑णयोः (nékṣaṇayoḥ) | नेक्ष॑णेषु (nékṣaṇeṣu) |
| vocative | नेक्ष॑ण (nékṣaṇa) | नेक्ष॑णे (nékṣaṇe) | नेक्ष॑णानि (nékṣaṇāni) नेक्ष॑णा¹ (nékṣaṇā¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Further reading
- Monier Williams (1899), “नेक्षण”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 568, column 3.
- Arthur Berriedale Keith, Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1912), “nekṣaṇa”, in Vedic index of names and subjects, volume 1, London: John Murray, Albemarle Street, W. [Published for the Government of India], →OCLC, page 458