क्षु

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ক্ষু (Assamese script)
• ᬓ᭄ᬱᬸ (Balinese script)
• ক্ষু (Bengali script)
• 𑰎𑰿𑰬𑰲 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀓𑁆𑀱𑀼 (Brahmi script)
• က္ၑု (Burmese script)
• ક્ષુ (Gujarati script)
• ਕ੍ਸ਼ੁ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌕𑍍𑌷𑍁 (Grantha script)
• ꦏ꧀ꦰꦸ (Javanese script)
• 𑂍𑂹𑂭𑂳 (Kaithi script)
• ಕ್ಷು (Kannada script)
• ក្ឞុ (Khmer script)
• ກ຺ຩຸ (Lao script)
• ക്ഷു (Malayalam script)
• ᡬᢢᡠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘎𑘿𑘬𑘳 (Modi script)
• ᢉᢔᠤ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦮𑧠𑧌𑧔 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐎𑑂𑐲𑐸 (Newa script)
• କ୍ଷୁ (Odia script)
• ꢒ꣄ꢰꢸ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆑𑇀𑆰𑆶 (Sharada script)
• 𑖎𑖿𑖬𑖲 (Siddham script)
• ක්‍ෂු (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩜 𑪙𑪀𑩒 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚊𑚶𑚰 (Takri script)
• க்ஷு (Tamil script)
• క్షు (Telugu script)
• กฺษุ (Thai script)
• ཀྵུ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒏𑓂𑒭𑒳 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨋𑩇𑨯𑨃 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *kṣú, from a zero-grade derivative of Proto-Indo-Iranian *gʰas- (“to eat”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kʂú/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kʂu/

Noun

क्षु • (kṣú) stem, n

1. food
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda

Declension

Neuter u-stem declension of क्षु (kṣú)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	क्षु kṣú	क्षुणी kṣúṇī	क्षूणि / क्षु¹ / क्षू¹ kṣū́ṇi / kṣú¹ / kṣū́¹
Vocative	क्षु / क्षो kṣú / kṣó	क्षुणी kṣúṇī	क्षूणि / क्षु¹ / क्षू¹ kṣū́ṇi / kṣú¹ / kṣū́¹
Accusative	क्षु kṣú	क्षुणी kṣúṇī	क्षूणि / क्षु¹ / क्षू¹ kṣū́ṇi / kṣú¹ / kṣū́¹
Instrumental	क्षुणा / क्ष्वा¹ kṣúṇā / kṣvā́¹	क्षुभ्याम् kṣúbhyām	क्षुभिः kṣúbhiḥ
Dative	क्षुणे / क्षवे¹ kṣúṇe / kṣáve¹	क्षुभ्याम् kṣúbhyām	क्षुभ्यः kṣúbhyaḥ
Ablative	क्षुणः / क्षोः¹ kṣúṇaḥ / kṣóḥ¹	क्षुभ्याम् kṣúbhyām	क्षुभ्यः kṣúbhyaḥ
Genitive	क्षुणः / क्षोः¹ kṣúṇaḥ / kṣóḥ¹	क्षुणोः kṣúṇoḥ	क्षूणाम् kṣūṇā́m
Locative	क्षुणि / क्षौ¹ kṣúṇi / kṣaú¹	क्षुणोः kṣúṇoḥ	क्षुषु kṣúṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Derived terms

• क्षुमत् (kṣumat)

Etymology 2

Probably from Proto-Indo-European *ksew- or *skew- (“to sneeze”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kʂu/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kʂu/

Root

क्षु • (kṣu)

1. to sneeze, cough

Derived terms

• क्षौति (kṣáuti)
• क्षव (kṣáva, “sneezing; black mustard”)
• क्षवथु (kṣávathu, “sneezing; catarrh, cough, sore throat”)

 

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “क्षु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0330.
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 030
• Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “क्षु”, 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
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “क्षु”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press

• Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 193