ईक्ष्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ঈক্ষ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬈᬓ᭄ᬱ᭄ (Balinese script)
• ঈক্ষ্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰃𑰎𑰿𑰬𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀈𑀓𑁆𑀱𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ဤက္ၑ် (Burmese script)
• ઈક્ષ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਈਕ੍ਸ਼੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌈𑌕𑍍𑌷𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦇꦏ꧀ꦰ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂆𑂍𑂹𑂭𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಈಕ್ಷ್ (Kannada script)
• ឦក្ឞ៑ (Khmer script)
• ອີກ຺ຩ຺ (Lao script)
• ഈക്ഷ് (Malayalam script)
• ᡳᡳᡬᢢ (Manchu script)
• 𑘃𑘎𑘿𑘬𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠢᠢᢉᢔ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦣𑦮𑧠𑧌𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐃𑐎𑑂𑐲𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଈକ୍ଷ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢅꢒ꣄ꢰ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆆𑆑𑇀𑆰𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖃𑖎𑖿𑖬𑖿 (Siddham script)
• ඊක්‍ෂ් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩑𑩛𑩜 𑪙𑪀 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚃𑚊𑚶𑚶 (Takri script)
• ஈக்ஷ் (Tamil script)
• ఈక్ష్ (Telugu script)
• อีกฺษฺ (Thai script)
• ཨཱི་ཀྵ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒄𑒏𑓂𑒭𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨁𑨊𑨋𑩇𑨯𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ-

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *h₃ókʷsder.

Sanskrit ईक्ष् (īkṣ)

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *h₃i-h₃kʷs, a secondary present formation of *h₃ókʷs (“eye”), the latter whence अक्षि (akṣi, “eye”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /iːkʂ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /iːkʂ/

Root

ईक्ष् • (īkṣ)

1. to see, look, view, behold
2. to gaze at, watch over
3. to regard, consider, observe
4. to foretell

Derived terms

• ईक्ष (ī́kṣa, “seeing, looking”)
• ईक्षते (ī́kṣate, “to see”)
• ईक्षित (īkṣitá, “seen, beheld”)
• ईक्षेण्य (īkṣéṇya, “to be seen, to be beheld; deserving of notice”)

 

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “ईक्ष्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0170/1.
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 09
• Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “ईक्ष्”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 203