चक्ष्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• চক্ষ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬘᬓ᭄ᬱ᭄ (Balinese script)
• চক্ষ্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰓𑰎𑰿𑰬𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀘𑀓𑁆𑀱𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• စက္ၑ် (Burmese script)
• ચક્ષ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਚਕ੍ਸ਼੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌚𑌕𑍍𑌷𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦕꦏ꧀ꦰ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂒𑂍𑂹𑂭𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಚಕ್ಷ್ (Kannada script)
• ចក្ឞ៑ (Khmer script)
• ຈກ຺ຩ຺ (Lao script)
• ചക്ഷ് (Malayalam script)
• ᢜᠠᡬᢢ (Manchu script)
• 𑘓𑘎𑘿𑘬𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᢋᠠᢉᢔ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦳𑦮𑧠𑧌𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐔𑐎𑑂𑐲𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଚକ୍ଷ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢗꢒ꣄ꢰ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆖𑆑𑇀𑆰𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖓𑖎𑖿𑖬𑖿 (Siddham script)
• චක්‍ෂ් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩡𑩜 𑪙𑪀 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚏𑚊𑚶𑚶 (Takri script)
• சக்ஷ் (Tamil script)
• చక్ష్ (Telugu script)
• จกฺษฺ (Thai script)
• ཙ་ཀྵ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒔𑒏𑓂𑒭𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨣𑨋𑩇𑨯𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *kʷeḱ- (“to see, look”). Related to काश् (kāś, “to shine, appear”), though probably not derived from it via reduplication.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕɐkʂ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕɐkʂ/

Root

चक्ष् • (cakṣ)

1. to appear, become visible
2. to see, look at, observe, notice
3. to tell, inform
4. to take anyone (acc.) for (acc.)

Derived terms

• अचक्षस् (acakṣas)
• अचक्ष्म (acakṣma)
• चक्षथे (cakṣathe)
• चक्षसे (cakṣase)
• चक्षाण (cakṣāṇa)
• चष्टे (caṣṭe)

 

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “चक्ष्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 516/1.
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page {{{1}}}
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 523