रक्ष्

See also: रक्षा

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts
  • ৰক্ষ্ (Assamese script)
  • ᬭᬓ᭄ᬱ᭄ (Balinese script)
  • রক্ষ্ (Bengali script)
  • 𑰨𑰎𑰿𑰬𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀭𑀓𑁆𑀱𑁆 (Brahmi script)
  • ရက္ၑ် (Burmese script)
  • રક્ષ્ (Gujarati script)
  • ਰਕ੍ਸ਼੍ (Gurmukhi script)
  • 𑌰𑌕𑍍𑌷𑍍 (Grantha script)
  • ꦫꦏ꧀ꦰ꧀ (Javanese script)
  • 𑂩𑂍𑂹𑂭𑂹 (Kaithi script)
  • ರಕ್ಷ್ (Kannada script)
  • រក្ឞ៑ (Khmer script)
  • ຣກ຺ຩ຺ (Lao script)
  • രക്ഷ് (Malayalam script)
  • ᡵᠠᡬᢢ (Manchu script)
  • 𑘨𑘎𑘿𑘬𑘿 (Modi script)
  • ᠷᠠᢉᢔ (Mongolian script)
  • 𑧈𑦮𑧠𑧌𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐬𑐎𑑂𑐲𑑂 (Newa script)
  • ରକ୍ଷ୍ (Odia script)
  • ꢬꢒ꣄ꢰ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆫𑆑𑇀𑆰𑇀 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖨𑖎𑖿𑖬𑖿 (Siddham script)
  • රක්‍ෂ් (Sinhalese script)
  • 𑩼𑩜 𑪙𑪀 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
  • 𑚤𑚊𑚶𑚶 (Takri script)
  • ரக்ஷ் (Tamil script)
  • రక్ష్ (Telugu script)
  • รกฺษฺ (Thai script)
  • ར་ཀྵ྄ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒩𑒏𑓂𑒭𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
  • 𑨫𑨋𑩇𑨯𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂lek-
Sanskrit रक्ष्

    Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hrakṣ-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hrakš-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂lek- (“to protect”).[1] Cognate with Ancient Greek ἀλέξω (aléxō, “I defend”), Old Armenian երաշխիք (erašxikʻ) (an Iranian loanword), Old English ealgian (“to protect, defend”).

    Pronunciation

    Root

    रक्ष् • (rakṣ)

    1. to protect, guard, watch, take care of, save, preserve
    2. to tend (cattle)
    3. to rule (the earth or a country)
    4. to keep (a secret)
    5. to spare, have regard to (another's feelings)
    6. to observe (a law, duty, etc.)
    7. to guard against, ward off, keep away, prevent, frustrate, injure
    8. to heed, attend to
    9. to conceal, hide

    Derived terms

    Primary verbal forms
    • रक्ष॑ति (rákṣati, present)
    • र॒क्षि॒ष्यति॑ (rakṣiṣyáti, future)
    • र॒क्षि॒ता (rakṣitā́, periphrastic future)
    • अर॑क्षीत् (árakṣīt, aorist)
    • अरा॑क्षीत् (árākṣīt, aorist)
    • रक्ष्यात् (rakṣyāt, benedictive)
    • र॒रक्ष॑ (rarákṣa, perfect)
    Secondary forms
    • र॒क्ष्यते॑ (rakṣyáte, passive)
    • र॒क्षय॑ति (rakṣáyati, causative)
    • अररक्षत् (ararakṣat, causative aorist)
    • रिरक्षिषति (rirakṣiṣati, desiderative)
    • रारक्ष्यते (rārakṣyate, intensive)
    Non-finite forms
    • र॒क्षि॒त (rakṣitá, past participle)
    • रक्षि॑तुम् (rákṣitum, infinitive)
    • र॒क्षि॒त्वा (rakṣitvā́, gerund)
    • रक्ष्य (rakṣya, gerundive)
    • रक्षितव्य (rakṣitavya, gerundive)
    • रक्षणीय (rakṣaṇīya, gerundive)
    Derived nominal forms
    Prefixed root forms
    • अनुरक्ष् (anurakṣ)
    • अभिरक्ष् (abhirakṣ)
    • परिरक्ष् (parirakṣ)
    • प्रतिरक्ष् (pratirakṣ)
    • विरक्ष् (virakṣ)
    • संरक्ष् (saṃrakṣ)
    Sanskrit terms belonging to the root रक्ष् (0 c, 4 e)
    Terms derived from the Sanskrit root रक्ष् (16 c, 0 e)

    References

    1. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), “RAKṢ”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 422

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