दीक्ष्
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ᬤᬷᬓ᭄ᬱ᭄ (Balinese script)
- দীক্ষ্ (Assamese script)
- দীক্ষ্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰟𑰱𑰎𑰿𑰬𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀤𑀻𑀓𑁆𑀱𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌦𑍀𑌕𑍍𑌷𑍍 (Grantha script)
- દીક્ષ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਦੀਕੑਸ਼ੑ (Gurmukhi script)
- ꦢꦷꦏ꧀ꦰ꧀ (Javanese script)
- ទីក្ឞ៑ (Khmer script)
- ದೀಕ್ಷ್ (Kannada script)
- ທີກ຺ຩ຺ (Lao script)
- ദീക്ഷ് (Malayalam script)
- 𑘟𑘲𑘎𑘿𑘬𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᢑᢈᢈᢉᢔ (Mongolian script)
- ᡩᡳᡳᡬᢢ (Manchu script)
- ဒီက္ၑ် (Burmese script)
- 𑦿𑧓𑦮𑧠𑧌𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐡𑐷𑐎𑑂𑐲𑑂 (Newa script)
- ଦୀକ୍ଷ୍ (Oriya script)
- ꢣꢷꢒ꣄ꢰ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆢𑆵𑆑𑇀𑆰𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖟𑖱𑖎𑖿𑖬𑖿 (Siddham script)
- දීක්ෂ් (Sinhalese script)
- దీక్ష్ (Telugu script)
- ทีกฺษฺ (Thai script)
- དཱི་ཀྵ྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒠𑒲𑒏𑓂𑒭𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
Etymology
A form of दाश् (dāś) from Proto-Indo-European *deḱ- (“to take, offer”). Cognate with Ancient Greek δόξᾰ (dóxa, “opinion, judgement”) whence English orthodox etc., Ancient Greek δόγμᾰ (dógma), Latin decet (“fitting”) whence English decent, Latin decus whence decorum, Latin discō (“learn”) whence English disciple etc., Latin doceō (“teach”) whence English doctrine etc., Latin dignus.
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /diːkʂ/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /d̪iːkʂ/
Root
दीक्ष् • (dīkṣ)
- to consecrate or dedicate oneself
Derived terms
- दीक्षा (dīkṣā́, “consecration”)
- दीक्षित (dīkṣitá, “consecrated, initiated”)
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “दीक्ष्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 0480.
- Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893), “दीक्ष्”, 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 074
- Otto Böhtlingk; Richard Schmidt (1879-1928), “दीक्ष्”, 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 270
- Rix, Helmut, editor (2001) Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 109
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 0189