ईक्ष्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
  • ঈক্ষ্ (Assamese script)
  • ᬈᬓ᭄ᬱ᭄ (Balinese script)
  • ঈক্ষ্ (Bengali script)
  • 𑰃𑰎𑰿𑰬𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀈𑀓𑁆𑀱𑁆 (Brahmi script)
  • ဤက္ၑ် (Burmese script)
  • ઈક્ષ્ (Gujarati script)
  • ਈਕ੍ਸ਼੍ (Gurmukhi script)
  • 𑌈𑌕𑍍𑌷𑍍 (Grantha script)
  • ꦇꦏ꧀ꦰ꧀ (Javanese script)
  • 𑂆𑂍𑂹𑂭𑂹 (Kaithi script)
  • ಈಕ್ಷ್ (Kannada script)
  • ឦក្ឞ៑ (Khmer script)
  • ອີກ຺ຩ຺ (Lao script)
  • ഈക്ഷ് (Malayalam script)
  • ᡳᡳᡬᢢ (Manchu script)
  • 𑘃𑘎𑘿𑘬𑘿 (Modi script)
  • ᠢᠢᢉᢔ (Mongolian script)
  • 𑦣𑦮𑧠𑧌𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐃𑐎𑑂𑐲𑑂 (Newa script)
  • ଈକ୍ଷ୍ (Odia script)
  • ꢅꢒ꣄ꢰ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆆𑆑𑇀𑆰𑇀 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖃𑖎𑖿𑖬𑖿 (Siddham script)
  • ඊක්‍ෂ් (Sinhalese script)
  • 𑩐𑩑𑩛𑩜 𑪙𑪀 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
  • 𑚃𑚊𑚶𑚶 (Takri script)
  • ஈக்ஷ் (Tamil script)
  • ఈక్ష్ (Telugu script)
  • อีกฺษฺ (Thai script)
  • ཨཱི་ཀྵ྄ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒄𑒏𑓂𑒭𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
  • 𑨀𑨁𑨊𑨋𑩇𑨯𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₃i-h₃kʷs, a secondary present formation of *h₃ókʷs (“eye”), the latter whence अक्षि (akṣi, “eye”).

Pronunciation

Root

ईक्ष् • (īkṣ)

  1. to see, look, view, behold
  2. to gaze at, watch over
  3. to regard, consider, observe
  4. to foretell

Derived terms
  • ईक्ष (ī́kṣa, “seeing, looking”)
  • ईक्षते (ī́kṣate, “to see”)
  • ईक्षित (īkṣitá, “seen, beheld”)
  • ईक्षेण्य (īkṣéṇya, “to be seen, to be beheld; deserving of notice”)

References
  • Monier Williams (1899) “ईक्ष्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0170/1.
  • 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
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 203
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