क्षन्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *tḱen- (“strike”). Cognate with Ancient Greek κτείνω (kteínō, “kill, slay”).

Pronunciation

Root

क्षन् • (kṣan)

  1. to hurt, injure, wound
  2. to break (a bow)

Derived terms

  • क्षणोति (kṣaṇoti)
  • क्षण (kṣáṇa, “killing”)
  • क्षणन (kṣáṇana, “hurting, slaughter”)
  • क्षणनु (kṣaṇanu, “a wound, sore”)
  • क्षत (kṣatá, “wounded, injured”)
  • क्षति (kṣatí, “injury, hurt, wound”)
  • क्षतिन् (kṣatin, “wounded, injured”)

References

  • Monier Williams (1899) “क्षन्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0325.
  • Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “क्षन्”, 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 028
  • Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “क्षन्”, 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
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