कुक्षि

See also: कक्षा

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *kuṭṣíṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kućšíš, possibly an old derivation of Proto-Indo-European *kuḱis (“(female) pubic hair; vulva”), preserving the original meaning "belly". Cognate with Lithuanian kūšỹs (“pubic hair, vulva”), Latvian kūsis (“pubic hair, vulva”), Persian ‎ (kos, “vulva”).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /kuk.ʂí/
(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkuk.ʂi/

Noun

कुक्षि • (kukṣí) m

belly
interior
womb

Declension

Masculine i-stem declension of कुक्षि (kukṣí)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	कुक्षिः kukṣíḥ	कुक्षी kukṣī́	कुक्षयः kukṣáyaḥ
Vocative	कुक्षे kúkṣe	कुक्षी kúkṣī	कुक्षयः kúkṣayaḥ
Accusative	कुक्षिम् kukṣím	कुक्षी kukṣī́	कुक्षीन् kukṣī́n
Instrumental	कुक्षिणा / कुक्ष्या¹ kukṣíṇā / kukṣyā̀¹	कुक्षिभ्याम् kukṣíbhyām	कुक्षिभिः kukṣíbhiḥ
Dative	कुक्षये / कुक्ष्ये² kukṣáye / kukṣyè²	कुक्षिभ्याम् kukṣíbhyām	कुक्षिभ्यः kukṣíbhyaḥ
Ablative	कुक्षेः / कुक्ष्यः² kukṣéḥ / kukṣyàḥ²	कुक्षिभ्याम् kukṣíbhyām	कुक्षिभ्यः kukṣíbhyaḥ
Genitive	कुक्षेः / कुक्ष्यः² kukṣéḥ / kukṣyàḥ²	कुक्ष्योः kukṣyóḥ	कुक्षीणाम् kukṣīṇā́m
Locative	कुक्षौ kukṣaú	कुक्ष्योः kukṣyóḥ	कुक्षिषु kukṣíṣu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Less common

Descendants

Hindi: कोख (kokh)
Punjabi: ਕੁੱਖ (kukkha)
Magadhi Prakrit: 𑀓𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀺 (kukkhi)
- Bengali: খুকি (khuki, “infant, baby”), ⇒ Bengali: খোকা (khoka, “baby, child”)

References

Monier Williams (1899), “कुक्षि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 0287.
“kūšỹs”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
Mallory, J. P.; Adams, D. Q., editors (1997) Encyclopedia of Indo-European culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 507
Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume I, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 219