ईक्ष्
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ᬈᬓ᭄ᬱ᭄ (Balinese script)
- ঈক্ষ্ (Assamese script)
- ঈক্ষ্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰃𑰎𑰿𑰬𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀈𑀓𑁆𑀱𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌈𑌕𑍍𑌷𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ઈક્ષ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਈਕੑਸ਼ੑ (Gurmukhi script)
- ꦇꦏ꧀ꦰ꧀ (Javanese script)
- ឦក្ឞ៑ (Khmer script)
- ಈಕ್ಷ್ (Kannada script)
- ອີກ຺ຩ຺ (Lao script)
- ഈക്ഷ് (Malayalam script)
- 𑘃𑘎𑘿𑘬𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᢈᢈᢉᢔ (Mongolian script)
- ᡳᡳᡬᢢ (Manchu script)
- ဤက္ၑ် (Burmese script)
- 𑦣𑦮𑧠𑧌𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐃𑐎𑑂𑐲𑑂 (Newa script)
- ଈକ୍ଷ୍ (Oriya script)
- ꢅꢒ꣄ꢰ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆆𑆑𑇀𑆰𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖃𑖎𑖿𑖬𑖿 (Siddham script)
- ඊක්ෂ් (Sinhalese script)
- ఈక్ష్ (Telugu script)
- อีกฺษฺ (Thai script)
- ཨཱི་ཀྵ྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒄𑒏𑓂𑒭𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
Etymology
Likely related to or invented as a root for अक्षि (akṣi, “eye”); ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ókʷs.
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /iːkʂ/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /iːkʂ/
Root
ईक्ष् • (īkṣ)
- to see, look, view, behold
- to gaze at, watch over
- to regard, consider, observe
- to foretell
Derived terms
- ईक्ष (ī́kṣa, “seeing, looking”)
- ईक्षते (ī́kṣate, “to see”)
- ईक्षित (īkṣitá, “seen, beheld”)
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “ईक्ष्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 0170.
- 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