प्रेक्षते

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

প্ৰেক্ষতে (Assamese script)
ᬧ᭄ᬭᬾᬓ᭄ᬱᬢᬾ (Balinese script)
প্রেক্ষতে (Bengali script)
𑰢𑰿𑰨𑰸𑰎𑰿𑰬𑰝𑰸 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀧𑁆𑀭𑁂𑀓𑁆𑀱𑀢𑁂 (Brahmi script)
ပြေက္ၑတေ (Burmese script)
પ્રેક્ષતે (Gujarati script)
ਪ੍ਰੇਕ੍ਸ਼ਤੇ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌪𑍍𑌰𑍇𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌤𑍇 (Grantha script)
ꦥꦿꦺꦏ꧀ꦰꦠꦺ (Javanese script)
𑂣𑂹𑂩𑂵𑂍𑂹𑂭𑂞𑂵 (Kaithi script)
ಪ್ರೇಕ್ಷತೇ (Kannada script)
ប្រេក្ឞតេ (Khmer script)
ປ຺ເຣກ຺ຩເຕ (Lao script)
പ്രേക്ഷതേ (Malayalam script)
ᢒᡵᡝᡬᢢᠠᢠᡝ (Manchu script)
𑘢𑘿𑘨𑘹𑘎𑘿𑘬𑘝𑘹 (Modi script)
ᢒᠷᠧᢉᢔᠠᢐᠧ (Mongolian script)
𑧂𑧠𑧈𑧚𑦮𑧠𑧌𑦽𑧚 (Nandinagari script)
𑐥𑑂𑐬𑐾𑐎𑑂𑐲𑐟𑐾 (Newa script)
ପ୍ରେକ୍ଷତେ (Odia script)
ꢦ꣄ꢬꢾꢒ꣄ꢰꢡꢾ (Saurashtra script)
𑆥𑇀𑆫𑆼𑆑𑇀𑆰𑆠𑆼 (Sharada script)
𑖢𑖿𑖨𑖸𑖎𑖿𑖬𑖝𑖸 (Siddham script)
ප්‍රෙක්‍ෂතෙ (Sinhalese script)
𑩰 𑪙𑩼𑩔𑩜 𑪙𑪀𑩫𑩔 (Soyombo script)
𑚞𑚶𑚤𑚲𑚊𑚶𑚙𑚲 (Takri script)
ப்ரேக்ஷதே (Tamil script)
ప్రేక్షతే (Telugu script)
ปฺเรกฺษเต (Thai script)
པྲེ་ཀྵ་ཏེ (Tibetan script)
𑒣𑓂𑒩𑒹𑒏𑓂𑒭𑒞𑒹 (Tirhuta script)
𑨞𑩇𑨫𑨄𑨋𑩇𑨯𑨙𑨄 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-Iranian *pra-

Sanskrit प्र- (pra-)

Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ-

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *h₃ókʷsder.

Sanskrit ईक्ष॑ते (ī́kṣate)

Sanskrit प्रेक्ष॑ते

From प्र- (pra-) + ईक्ष॑ते (ī́kṣate).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /pɾɐ́jk.ʂɐ.tɐj/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /pɾeːk.ʂɐ.t̪eː/

Verb

प्रेक्ष॑ते • (prékṣate) third-singular indicative (class 1, type A, root प्रेक्ष्)

to look at, see, observe
- c. 1200 BCE – 800 BCE, Kṛṣṇa-Yajurveda (Taittirīya Saṃhitā)

Conjugation

Present: प्रेक्ष॑ते (prékṣate)
	Active			Mediopassive
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Indicative
Third	- -	- -	- -	प्रेक्ष॑ते prékṣate	प्रेक्षे॑ते prékṣete	प्रेक्ष॑न्ते prékṣante
Second	- -	- -	- -	प्रेक्ष॑से prékṣase	प्रेक्षे॑थे prékṣethe	प्रेक्ष॑ध्वे prékṣadhve
First	- -	- -	- -	प्रेक्षे॑ prékṣe	प्रेक्षा॑वहे prékṣāvahe	प्रेक्षा॑महे prékṣāmahe
Imperative
Third	- -	- -	- -	प्रेक्ष॑ताम् prékṣatām	प्रेक्षे॑ताम् prékṣetām	प्रेक्ष॑न्ताम् prékṣantām
Second	- -	- -	- -	प्रेक्ष॑स्व prékṣasva	प्रेक्षे॑थाम् prékṣethām	प्रेक्ष॑ध्वम् prékṣadhvam
First	- -	- -	- -	प्रेक्षै॑ prékṣai	प्रेक्षा॑वहै prékṣāvahai	प्रेक्षा॑महै prékṣāmahai
Optative/Potential
Third	- -	- -	- -	प्रेक्षे॑त prékṣeta	प्रेक्षे॑याताम् prékṣeyātām	प्रेक्षे॑रन् prékṣeran
Second	- -	- -	- -	प्रेक्षे॑थाः prékṣethāḥ	प्रेक्षे॑याथाम् prékṣeyāthām	प्रेक्षे॑ध्वम् prékṣedhvam
First	- -	- -	- -	प्रेक्षे॑य prékṣeya	प्रेक्षे॑वहि prékṣevahi	प्रेक्षे॑महि prékṣemahi
Subjunctive
Third	- -	- -	- -	प्रेक्षा॑ते / प्रेक्षा॑तै prékṣāte / prékṣātai	प्रेक्षै॑ते prékṣaite	प्रेक्ष॑न्त / प्रेक्षा॑न्तै prékṣanta / prékṣāntai
Second	- -	- -	- -	प्रेक्षा॑से / प्रेक्षा॑सै prékṣāse / prékṣāsai	प्रेक्षै॑थे prékṣaithe	प्रेक्षा॑ध्वै prékṣādhvai
First	- -	- -	- -	प्रेक्षै॑ prékṣai	प्रेक्षा॑वहै prékṣāvahai	प्रेक्षा॑महै prékṣāmahai
Participles
	- -			प्रेक्ष॑माण prékṣamāṇa
Notes	The subjunctive is only used in Vedic Sanskrit.

Descendants

⇒? Ashokan Prakrit: 𑀤𑁂𑀔𑀢𑀺 (dekhati /⁠dekkhati⁠/)
- Prakrit: 𑀤𑁂𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀇 (dĕkkhaï), 𑀤𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀇 (dacchaï), 𑀤𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀇 (dakkhaï), 𑀤𑁂𑀳𑀇 (dehaï) — Ardhamāgadhī, 𑀤𑁂𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀇 (dĕcchaï) — Māhārāṣṭrī (see there for further descendants)
Pali: pekkhati
Prakrit: 𑀧𑁂𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀇 (pĕkkhaï) (see there for further descendants)

References

Monier Williams (1899), “प्रेक्ष्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 712.
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “prḗkṣatē”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 504