पक्ष्मन्
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- পক্ষ্মন্ (Assamese script)
- ᬧᬓ᭄ᬱ᭄ᬫᬦ᭄ (Balinese script)
- পক্ষ্মন্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰢𑰎𑰿𑰬𑰿𑰦𑰡𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀧𑀓𑁆𑀱𑁆𑀫𑀦𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- ပက္ၑ္မန် (Burmese script)
- પક્ષ્મન્ (Gujarati script)
- ਪਕ੍ਸ਼੍ਮਨ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌪𑌕𑍍𑌷𑍍𑌮𑌨𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦥꦏ꧀ꦰ꧀ꦩꦤ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂣𑂍𑂹𑂭𑂹𑂧𑂢𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ಪಕ್ಷ್ಮೝ (Kannada script)
- បក្ឞ្មន៑ (Khmer script)
- ປກ຺ຩ຺ມນ຺ (Lao script)
- പക്ഷ്മന് (Malayalam script)
- ᢒᠠᡬᢢᠮᠠᠨ (Manchu script)
- 𑘢𑘎𑘿𑘬𑘿𑘦𑘡𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᢒᠠᢉᢔᠮᠠᠨ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧂𑦮𑧠𑧌𑧠𑧆𑧁𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐥𑐎𑑂𑐲𑑂𑐩𑐣𑑂 (Newa script)
- ପକ୍ଷ୍ମନ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢦꢒ꣄ꢰ꣄ꢪꢥ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆥𑆑𑇀𑆰𑇀𑆩𑆤𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖢𑖎𑖿𑖬𑖿𑖦𑖡𑖿 (Siddham script)
- පක්ෂ්මන් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩰𑩜 𑪙𑪀 𑪙𑩴𑩯 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚞𑚊𑚶𑚶𑚢𑚝𑚶 (Takri script)
- பக்ஷ்மந் (Tamil script)
- పక్ష్మౝ (Telugu script)
- ปกฺษฺมนฺ (Thai script)
- པ་ཀྵྨ་ན྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒣𑒏𑓂𑒭𑓂𑒧𑒢𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨞𑨋𑩇𑨯𑩇𑨢𑨝𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *páćšma, from Proto-Indo-European *poḱ-s-mn̥ (“hair, whiskers”), from *peḱ- (“to shear, pluck”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬱𐬨𐬀𐬥 (pašman), Persian پشم (pašm, “wool”), Old English feax (“hair of the head”) (whence English fax).
This term underwent a great deal of alteration in the late Old Indo-Aryan and early Middle Indo-Aryan stage.
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /pɐ́kʂ.mɐn/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /pɐkʂ.mɐn̪/
Noun
पक्ष्म॑न् • (pákṣman) stem, n
- eyelash
- c. 1200 BCE – 800 BCE, Kṛṣṇa-Yajurveda (Taittirīya Saṃhitā) VI.2.1.5:
- ...प्रजापतेर् वा एतानि पक्ष्माणि यद् अश्ववाला ऐक्षवी तिरश्ची
- ...prajāpater vā etāni pakṣmāṇi yad aśvavālā aikṣavī tiraścī
- ...Now the Saccharum spontaneum shoots represent the eyelashes of Prajapati, and his eyelids are represented by pieces of sugar-cane.
- ...प्रजापतेर् वा एतानि पक्ष्माणि यद् अश्ववाला ऐक्षवी तिरश्ची
- hair of deer
- the filament of a flower
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | पक्ष्म॑ (pákṣma) | पक्ष्म॑णी (pákṣmaṇī) | पक्ष्मा॑णि (pákṣmāṇi) पक्ष्म॑¹ (pákṣma¹) पक्ष्मा॑¹ (pákṣmā¹) |
| accusative | पक्ष्म॑ (pákṣma) | पक्ष्म॑णी (pákṣmaṇī) | पक्ष्मा॑णि (pákṣmāṇi) पक्ष्म॑¹ (pákṣma¹) पक्ष्मा॑¹ (pákṣmā¹) |
| instrumental | पक्ष्म॑णा (pákṣmaṇā) | पक्ष्म॑भ्याम् (pákṣmabhyām) | पक्ष्म॑भिः (pákṣmabhiḥ) |
| dative | पक्ष्म॑णे (pákṣmaṇe) | पक्ष्म॑भ्याम् (pákṣmabhyām) | पक्ष्म॑भ्यः (pákṣmabhyaḥ) |
| ablative | पक्ष्म॑णः (pákṣmaṇaḥ) | पक्ष्म॑भ्याम् (pákṣmabhyām) | पक्ष्म॑भ्यः (pákṣmabhyaḥ) |
| genitive | पक्ष्म॑णः (pákṣmaṇaḥ) | पक्ष्म॑णोः (pákṣmaṇoḥ) | पक्ष्म॑णाम् (pákṣmaṇām) |
| locative | पक्ष्म॑णि (pákṣmaṇi) पक्ष्म॑न्¹ (pákṣman¹) |
पक्ष्म॑णोः (pákṣmaṇoḥ) | पक्ष्म॑सु (pákṣmasu) |
| vocative | पक्ष्म॑न् (pákṣman) पक्ष्म॑ (pákṣma) |
पक्ष्म॑णी (pákṣmaṇī) | पक्ष्मा॑णि (pákṣmāṇi) पक्ष्म॑¹ (pákṣma¹) पक्ष्मा॑¹ (pákṣmā¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Descendants
- Dardic:
- Pali: pamha, pakhuma
- Prakrit: 𑀧𑀫𑁆𑀳 (pamha), 𑀧𑁄𑀫𑁆𑀳 (pŏmha) (see there for further descendants)
References
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “pakṣman”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press