वीक्षते

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

ৱীক্ষতে (Assamese script)
ᬯᬷᬓ᭄ᬱᬢᬾ (Balinese script)
বীক্ষতে (Bengali script)
𑰪𑰱𑰎𑰿𑰬𑰝𑰸 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀯𑀻𑀓𑁆𑀱𑀢𑁂 (Brahmi script)
ဝီက္ၑတေ (Burmese script)
વીક્ષતે (Gujarati script)
ਵੀਕ੍ਸ਼ਤੇ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌵𑍀𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌤𑍇 (Grantha script)
ꦮꦷꦏ꧀ꦰꦠꦺ (Javanese script)
𑂫𑂲𑂍𑂹𑂭𑂞𑂵 (Kaithi script)
ವೀಕ್ಷತೇ (Kannada script)
វីក្ឞតេ (Khmer script)
ວີກ຺ຩເຕ (Lao script)
വീക്ഷതേ (Malayalam script)
ᠸᡳᡳᡬᢢᠠᢠᡝ (Manchu script)
𑘪𑘲𑘎𑘿𑘬𑘝𑘹 (Modi script)
ᠸᠢᠢᢉᢔᠠᢐᠧ (Mongolian script)
𑧊𑧓𑦮𑧠𑧌𑦽𑧚 (Nandinagari script)
𑐰𑐷𑐎𑑂𑐲𑐟𑐾 (Newa script)
ଵୀକ୍ଷତେ (Odia script)
ꢮꢷꢒ꣄ꢰꢡꢾ (Saurashtra script)
𑆮𑆵𑆑𑇀𑆰𑆠𑆼 (Sharada script)
𑖪𑖱𑖎𑖿𑖬𑖝𑖸 (Siddham script)
වීක්‍ෂතෙ (Sinhalese script)
𑩾𑩑𑩛𑩜 𑪙𑪀𑩫𑩔 (Soyombo script)
𑚦𑚯𑚊𑚶𑚙𑚲 (Takri script)
வீக்ஷதே (Tamil script)
వీక్షతే (Telugu script)
วีกฺษเต (Thai script)
ཝཱི་ཀྵ་ཏེ (Tibetan script)
𑒫𑒲𑒏𑓂𑒭𑒞𑒹 (Tirhuta script)
𑨭𑨁𑨊𑨋𑩇𑨯𑨙𑨄 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *wí

Sanskrit वि- (vi-)

Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ-

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *h₃ókʷsder.

Sanskrit ईक्ष॑ते (ī́kṣate)

Sanskrit वीक्षते

From वि- (vi-) + ईक्ष॑ते (ī́kṣate).

Turner suggests Ashokan Prakrit 𑀯𑁂𑀔𑀢𑀺 (vekhati /⁠vekkhati⁠/) and Prakrit 𑀯𑁂𑀳𑀇 (vehaï) are descendants, but due to the vowel quality these seem more likely from Sanskrit अवे॑क्षते (ávekṣate) with aphesis.

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋíːk.ʂɐ.tɐj/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ʋiːk.ʂɐ.t̪eː/

Verb

वीक्ष॑ते • (vī́kṣate) third-singular indicative (class 1, type A, present, root वीक्ष्)^[1]^[2]

to see, look at

Conjugation

Present: वीक्ष॑ते (vī́kṣate)
	Active			Mediopassive
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Indicative
Third	- -	- -	- -	वीक्ष॑ते vī́kṣate	वीक्षे॑ते vī́kṣete	वीक्ष॑न्ते vī́kṣante
Second	- -	- -	- -	वीक्ष॑से vī́kṣase	वीक्षे॑थे vī́kṣethe	वीक्ष॑ध्वे vī́kṣadhve
First	- -	- -	- -	वीक्षे॑ vī́kṣe	वीक्षा॑वहे vī́kṣāvahe	वीक्षा॑महे vī́kṣāmahe
Imperative
Third	- -	- -	- -	वीक्ष॑ताम् vī́kṣatām	वीक्षे॑ताम् vī́kṣetām	वीक्ष॑न्ताम् vī́kṣantām
Second	- -	- -	- -	वीक्ष॑स्व vī́kṣasva	वीक्षे॑थाम् vī́kṣethām	वीक्ष॑ध्वम् vī́kṣadhvam
First	- -	- -	- -	वीक्षै॑ vī́kṣai	वीक्षा॑वहै vī́kṣāvahai	वीक्षा॑महै vī́kṣāmahai
Optative/Potential
Third	- -	- -	- -	वीक्षे॑त vī́kṣeta	वीक्षे॑याताम् vī́kṣeyātām	वीक्षे॑रन् vī́kṣeran
Second	- -	- -	- -	वीक्षे॑थाः vī́kṣethāḥ	वीक्षे॑याथाम् vī́kṣeyāthām	वीक्षे॑ध्वम् vī́kṣedhvam
First	- -	- -	- -	वीक्षे॑य vī́kṣeya	वीक्षे॑वहि vī́kṣevahi	वीक्षे॑महि vī́kṣemahi
Subjunctive
Third	- -	- -	- -	वीक्षा॑ते / वीक्षा॑तै vī́kṣāte / vī́kṣātai	वीक्षै॑ते vī́kṣaite	वीक्ष॑न्त / वीक्षा॑न्तै vī́kṣanta / vī́kṣāntai
Second	- -	- -	- -	वीक्षा॑से / वीक्षा॑सै vī́kṣāse / vī́kṣāsai	वीक्षै॑थे vī́kṣaithe	वीक्षा॑ध्वै vī́kṣādhvai
First	- -	- -	- -	वीक्षै॑ vī́kṣai	वीक्षा॑वहै vī́kṣāvahai	वीक्षा॑महै vī́kṣāmahai
Participles
	- -			वीक्ष॑माण vī́kṣamāṇa
Notes	The subjunctive is only used in Vedic Sanskrit.

Descendants

Dardic:
- Chitrali:
  - Kalasha: بھِیچِیک (bhíčik, “to aim at”)
- Kashmiric:
  - Kashmiri: وُچھُن / वुछुन (vuchun)
- Kohistani:
  - Kalami: بݭنت (biṣant)
  - Tirahi: [script needed] (bīč-)
- Shinaic:
  - Palula: [script needed] (bic̣h-)

References

^ Monier Williams (1899), “वीक्ष्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1004.
^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “vī́kṣatē”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 696

[1] Monier Williams (1899), “वीक्ष्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1004.

[2] Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “vī́kṣatē”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 696

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