मक्षिका

मक्षिका

See also: मक्षिक

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ᬫᬓ᭄ᬱᬶᬓᬵ (Balinese script)
• মক্ষিকা (Assamese script)
• মক্ষিকা (Bengali script)
• 𑰦𑰎𑰿𑰬𑰰𑰎𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀫𑀓𑁆𑀱𑀺𑀓𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• 𑌮𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌿𑌕𑌾 (Grantha script)
• મક્ષિકા (Gujarati script)
• ਮਕੑਸ਼ਿਕਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• ꦩꦏ꧀ꦰꦶꦏꦴ (Javanese script)
• មក្ឞិកា (Khmer script)
• ಮಕ್ಷಿಕಾ (Kannada script)
• ມກ຺ຩິກາ (Lao script)
• മക്ഷികാ (Malayalam script)
• 𑘦𑘎𑘿𑘬𑘱𑘎𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᠮᠠᢉᢔᢈᢉᠠ᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• ᠮᠠᡬᢢᡳᡬᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• မက္ၑိကာ (Burmese script)
• 𑧆𑦮𑧠𑧌𑧒𑦮𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐩𑐎𑑂𑐲𑐶𑐎𑐵 (Newa script)
• ମକ୍ଷିକା (Oriya script)
• ꢪꢒ꣄ꢰꢶꢒꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆩𑆑𑇀𑆰𑆴𑆑𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖦𑖎𑖿𑖬𑖰𑖎𑖯 (Siddham script)
• මක්ෂිකා (Sinhalese script)
• మక్షికా (Telugu script)
• มกฺษิกา (Thai script)
• མ་ཀྵི་ཀཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒧𑒏𑓂𑒭𑒱𑒏𑒰 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

From मक्षि (mákṣi, “fly”) (which is from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mákšiH) + -क (-ka). Compare Sanskrit मशक (maśaka, “gnat, mosqito, fly”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /mɐ́k.ʂi.kɑː/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmɐk.ʂi.kɑː/

Noun

मक्षिका • (mákṣikā) f

1. a fly, bee (RV.)

Descendants

• Magadhi Prakrit:
  • Assamese: মাখি (makhi)
  • Bengali: মাছি (machi)
  • Oriya: ମାଛି (machi)
  • Sylheti: ꠝꠣꠈꠈꠤ (makkí)
  • Rohingya: masí
• Pali: makkhikā
• Sauraseni Prakrit:
  • Gujarati: માખી (mākhī)
  • Hindustani:

    Hindi: मक्खी (makkhī)

    Urdu: مکھی‎ (makkhī)

  • Punjabi: ਮੱਖੀ (makkhī) / مکھّی‎ (makkhī)
  • Sindhi: مَکِ‎ / मखि (makhi)

References

• “म॑क्षिका” in Carl Cappeller, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary: Based upon the St. Petersburg Lexicons, Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, 1891, →OCLC, page 388, column 2.
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893), “मक्षिका”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, page 212
• Monier Williams (1899), “Mákshikā”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 771/3.