कुक्षि
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See also: कक्षा
Sanskrit
[edit]Alternative scripts
[edit]Alternative scripts
- কুক্ষি (Assamese script)
- ᬓᬸᬓ᭄ᬱᬶ (Balinese script)
- কুক্ষি (Bengali script)
- 𑰎𑰲𑰎𑰿𑰬𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀓𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀱𑀺 (Brahmi script)
- ကုက္ၑိ (Burmese script)
- કુક્ષિ (Gujarati script)
- ਕੁਕ੍ਸ਼ਿ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌕𑍁𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌿 (Grantha script)
- ꦏꦸꦏ꧀ꦰꦶ (Javanese script)
- 𑂍𑂳𑂍𑂹𑂭𑂱 (Kaithi script)
- ಕುಕ್ಷಿ (Kannada script)
- កុក្ឞិ (Khmer script)
- ກຸກ຺ຩິ (Lao script)
- കുക്ഷി (Malayalam script)
- ᡬᡠᡬᢢᡳ (Manchu script)
- 𑘎𑘳𑘎𑘿𑘬𑘱 (Modi script)
- ᢉᠤᢉᢔᠢ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦮𑧔𑦮𑧠𑧌𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐎𑐸𑐎𑑂𑐲𑐶 (Newa script)
- କୁକ୍ଷି (Odia script)
- ꢒꢸꢒ꣄ꢰꢶ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆑𑆶𑆑𑇀𑆰𑆴 (Sharada script)
- 𑖎𑖲𑖎𑖿𑖬𑖰 (Siddham script)
- කුක්ෂි (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩜𑩒𑩜 𑪙𑪀𑩑 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚊𑚰𑚊𑚶𑚮 (Takri script)
- குக்ஷி (Tamil script)
- కుక్షి (Telugu script)
- กุกฺษิ (Thai script)
- ཀུ་ཀྵི (Tibetan script)
- 𑒏𑒳𑒏𑓂𑒭𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨋𑨃𑨋𑩇𑨯𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
[edit]From an old derivation of Proto-Indo-European *kuḱis (“(female) pubic hair; vulva”), preserving the original meaning "belly". Cognate with Ashkun kūċ (“middle”), Ashkun kuċúṭ (“calf of leg”), Waigali kūċ (“belly”), Prasuni kəċē (“scrotum”), Lahnda kukh (“side between hip and ribs”), Lithuanian kūšỹs (“pubic hair, vulva”), Latvian kūsis (“pubic hair, vulva”), Persian کس (kos, “vulva”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]कुक्षि • (kukṣí) stem, m
Declension
[edit]| Masculine i-stem declension of कुक्षि (kukṣí) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | कुक्षिः kukṣíḥ |
कुक्षी kukṣī́ |
कुक्षयः kukṣáyaḥ |
| Vocative | कुक्षे kúkṣe |
कुक्षी kúkṣī |
कुक्षयः kúkṣayaḥ |
| Accusative | कुक्षिम् kukṣím |
कुक्षी kukṣī́ |
कुक्षीन् kukṣī́n |
| Instrumental | कुक्षिणा / कुक्ष्या¹ kukṣíṇā / kukṣyā́¹ |
कुक्षिभ्याम् kukṣíbhyām |
कुक्षिभिः kukṣíbhiḥ |
| Dative | कुक्षये kukṣáye |
कुक्षिभ्याम् kukṣíbhyām |
कुक्षिभ्यः kukṣíbhyaḥ |
| Ablative | कुक्षेः kukṣéḥ |
कुक्षिभ्याम् kukṣíbhyām |
कुक्षिभ्यः kukṣíbhyaḥ |
| Genitive | कुक्षेः kukṣéḥ |
कुक्ष्योः kukṣyóḥ |
कुक्षीणाम् kukṣīṇā́m |
| Locative | कुक्षौ / कुक्षा¹ kukṣaú / kukṣā́¹ |
कुक्ष्योः kukṣyóḥ |
कुक्षिषु kukṣíṣu |
| Notes |
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Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- Bodewitz, H. W. (1992 January 1) “Belly, pelvis, buttocks or cheeks? Vedic kukṣī́ (dual)”, in lndo-lranian Journal[1], volume 35, number 1, , pages 19-31
- Filippone, Ela (2020 April 9) “The Abdominal Sides as Containers: Some Indo-Aryan and Iranian Denominations”, in Iran and the Caucasus[2], volume 24,
- Jamison, Stephanie W. (1987) “Linguistic and philological remarks on some Vedic body parts”, in Calvert Watkins (ed.), editors, Studies in Memory of Warren Cowgill (1929-1985), De Gruyter, →ISBN, pages 66–91
- “kūšỹs”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
- Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), Encyclopedia of Indo-European culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 507
- Monier Williams (1899) “कुक्षि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0287.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][3] (in German), volume I, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 219
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kukṣí”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press