दक्ष्
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ᬤᬓ᭄ᬱ᭄ (Balinese script)
- দক্ষ্ (Assamese script)
- দক্ষ্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰟𑰎𑰿𑰬𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀤𑀓𑁆𑀱𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌦𑌕𑍍𑌷𑍍 (Grantha script)
- દક્ષ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਦਕੑਸ਼ੑ (Gurmukhi script)
- ꦢꦏ꧀ꦰ꧀ (Javanese script)
- ទក្ឞ៑ (Khmer script)
- ದಕ್ಷ್ (Kannada script)
- ທກ຺ຩ຺ (Lao script)
- ദക്ഷ് (Malayalam script)
- 𑘟𑘎𑘿𑘬𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᢑᠠᢉᢔ (Mongolian script)
- ᡩᠠᡬᢢ (Manchu script)
- ဒက္ၑ် (Burmese script)
- 𑦿𑦮𑧠𑧌𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐡𑐎𑑂𑐲𑑂 (Newa script)
- ଦକ୍ଷ୍ (Oriya script)
- ꢣꢒ꣄ꢰ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆢𑆑𑇀𑆰𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖟𑖎𑖿𑖬𑖿 (Siddham script)
- දක්ෂ් (Sinhalese script)
- దక్ష్ (Telugu script)
- ทกฺษฺ (Thai script)
- ད་ཀྵ྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒠𑒏𑓂𑒭𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *deḱs- (“right side, dexter”).
Cognates include Ancient Greek δεξῐός (dexiós, “right(hand), fortunate, able”), Old Church Slavonic деснъ (desnŭ, “right(side)”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /dɐkʂ/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /d̪ɐkʂ/
Root
दक्ष् • (dakṣ)
- to be able or strong
- to grow, increase
- to act quickly
Derived terms
- दक्ष (dákṣa, “skilled, adroit, dexterous”)
- दक्षिण (dákṣiṇa, “right, righthand; south”)
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “दक्ष्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 0465.
- Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893), “दक्ष्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
- William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 069
- Otto Böhtlingk; Richard Schmidt (1879-1928), “दक्ष्”, 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
- Mallory, J. P.; Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 294, 305
- Rix, Helmut, editor (2001) Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 112
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 0190