ख्या

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• খ্যা (Assamese script)
• ᬔ᭄ᬬᬵ (Balinese script)
• খ্যা (Bengali script)
• 𑰏𑰿𑰧𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀔𑁆𑀬𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• ချာ (Burmese script)
• ખ્યા (Gujarati script)
• ਖੑਯਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌖𑍍𑌯𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ꦑꦾꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂎𑂹𑂨𑂰 (Kaithi script)
• ಖ್ಯಾ (Kannada script)
• ខ្យា (Khmer script)
• ຂ຺ຍາ (Lao script)
• ഖ്യാ (Malayalam script)
• ᡘᠶᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• 𑘏𑘿𑘧𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᠻᠶ᠎ᠠ᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦯𑧠𑧇𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐏𑑂𑐫𑐵 (Newa script)
• ଖ୍ଯା (Odia script)
• ꢓ꣄ꢫꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆒𑇀𑆪𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖏𑖿𑖧𑖯 (Siddham script)
• ඛ්‍යා (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩝 𑪙𑩻𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚋𑚶𑚣𑚭 (Takri script)
• க்²யா (Tamil script)
• ఖ్యా (Telugu script)
• ขฺยา (Thai script)
• ཁྱཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒐𑓂𑒨𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨌𑩇𑨪𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Phonetic variant of क्शा (kśā), itself a metathesis of काश् (kāś, “to appear”).

Pronunciation

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

Root

ख्या • (khyā)

1. to be named, be known, be announced to

Derived terms

• अख्यत (akhyata)
• अख्यत् (akhyat)
• अख्यायि (akhyāyi)
• ख्याति (khyāti)
• ख्यापयति (khyāpayati)
• ख्यापित (khyāpita)
• ख्यायते (khyāyate)
• चख्ये (cakhye)
• चख्यौ (cakhyau)
• संख्या (saṃkhyā)

 

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “ख्या”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0341/1.
• Apte, Macdonell (2022) “ख्या”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 033
• Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “ख्या”, 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
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 420-1; 456-7