આંખ

See also: આખું

Gujarati

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આંખ ખોપરી મગજ આંખ હોઠ નાક મોં દાઢી જડબું કાન ગળું માથું
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Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ-

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *h₃ókʷs

Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hákši

Sanskrit अक्षि (akṣi)

Prakrit 𑀅𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀺 (akkhi)

Gujarati આંખ (ā̃kha)

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀅𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀺 (akkhi), from Sanskrit अक्षि (akṣi). Doublet of અક્ષિ (akṣi) and આઈ (āī). Cognate with Romani jakh.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Gujarati) IPA^(key): /ˈɑ̃kʰ/
• Hyphenation: આંખ

Noun

આંખ • (ā̃kh) f

1. (anatomy) eye

   Synonyms: ચાખ (cākh), ચક્ષુ (cakṣu), અક્ષિ (akṣi)

   તારી આંખો બંધ કર. ― tārī ā̃kho bandh kar. ― Close your eyes.

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ákṣi”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 3

Further reading

• “આંખ”, in Gujaratilexicon.com [Gujarati-English dictionary], Arnion Technologies, 2009.