उक्ष्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• উক্ষ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬉᬓ᭄ᬱ᭄ (Balinese script)
• উক্ষ্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰄𑰎𑰿𑰬𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀉𑀓𑁆𑀱𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ဥက္ၑ် (Burmese script)
• ઉક્ષ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਉਕ੍ਸ਼੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌉𑌕𑍍𑌷𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦈꦏ꧀ꦰ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂇𑂍𑂹𑂭𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಉಕ್ಷ್ (Kannada script)
• ឧក្ឞ៑ (Khmer script)
• ອຸກ຺ຩ຺ (Lao script)
• ഉക്ഷ് (Malayalam script)
• ᡠᡬᢢ (Manchu script)
• 𑘄𑘎𑘿𑘬𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠤᢉᢔ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦤𑦮𑧠𑧌𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐄𑐎𑑂𑐲𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଉକ୍ଷ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢆꢒ꣄ꢰ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆇𑆑𑇀𑆰𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖄𑖎𑖿𑖬𑖿 (Siddham script)
• උක්‍ෂ් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩒𑩜 𑪙𑪀 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚄𑚊𑚶𑚶 (Takri script)
• உக்ஷ் (Tamil script)
• ఉక్ష్ (Telugu script)
• อุกฺษฺ (Thai script)
• ཨུ་ཀྵ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒅𑒏𑓂𑒭𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨃𑨋𑩇𑨯𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *wegʷ- (“wet, moist”).

Root

उक्ष् • (ukṣ)

1. to sprinkle, scatter in small drops
2. to moisten
3. to emit, throw out
4. to emit seed(as a bull)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewg- (“enlarge, augment”).

Root

उक्ष् • (ukṣ)

1. to strengthen

Related terms

1. वक्ष् (vakṣ)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “ukṣ-”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0172.
• Monier Williams (1899) “vakṣ-”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0911.
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 011
• Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “उक्ष्”, 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
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 1118, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1118
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 0084, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 0084