शिक्ष्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćikš-, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱek- (“to be able, capable”). Desiderative of शक् (śak, “to be able”); see there for more.

Pronunciation

Root

शिक्ष् • (śikṣ)

  1. to learn, acquire knowledge, study, practice, learn from
  2. to instruct, teach
  3. to wish to be able to
  4. to try, attempt

Derived terms

  • अशिक्षि (aśikṣi)
  • अशिक्षिष्ट (aśikṣiṣṭa)
  • अशिशिक्षत् (aśiśikṣat)
  • शिक्षक (śikṣaka, “male teacher”)
  • शिक्षण (śikṣaṇa, “teaching”)
  • शिक्षति (śikṣati, “to learn”)
  • शिक्षते (śikṣate)
  • शिक्षत् (śikṣat)
  • शिक्षमाण (śikṣamāṇa)
  • शिक्षयति (śikṣayati)
  • शिक्षयते (śikṣayate)
  • शिक्षा (śikṣā, “learning”)
  • शिक्षाण (śikṣāṇa)
  • शिक्षिका (śikṣikā, “female teacher”)
  • शिक्ष्यते (śikṣyate)
  • शिशिक्ष (śiśikṣa)

References

  • Monier Williams (1899) “शिक्ष्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1070, column 1.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “ŚIKṢ - śíkhā-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 634
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