चक्षु

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit चक्षु (cakṣu).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃək.ʂuː/, [t͡ʃɐk.ʃuː]

Noun

चक्षु • (cakṣu) m (Urdu spelling ݘکشو)

1. eye.

   Synonyms: आँख (ā̃kh), नेत्र (netra)

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Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *ćákṣuṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *čákšuš (“eye”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷḱus, from *kʷeḱ- (“to see, look”). Cognate with Persian چشم (čašm, “eye”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕɐ́k.ʂu/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ɕɐk.ʂu/

Noun

चक्षु • (cákṣu) stem, m

1. eye
2. name of a prince.
3. the Oxus river. (for वक्षु (vakṣú))

Declension

Masculine u-stem declension of चक्षु (cákṣu)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	चक्षुः cákṣuḥ	चक्षू cákṣū	चक्षवः cákṣavaḥ
Vocative	चक्षो cákṣo	चक्षू cákṣū	चक्षवः cákṣavaḥ
Accusative	चक्षुम् cákṣum	चक्षू cákṣū	चक्षून् cákṣūn
Instrumental	चक्षुणा / चक्ष्वा¹ cákṣuṇā / cákṣvā¹	चक्षुभ्याम् cákṣubhyām	चक्षुभिः cákṣubhiḥ
Dative	चक्षवे cákṣave	चक्षुभ्याम् cákṣubhyām	चक्षुभ्यः cákṣubhyaḥ
Ablative	चक्षोः cákṣoḥ	चक्षुभ्याम् cákṣubhyām	चक्षुभ्यः cákṣubhyaḥ
Genitive	चक्षोः cákṣoḥ	चक्ष्वोः cákṣvoḥ	चक्षूणाम् cákṣūṇām
Locative	चक्षौ cákṣau	चक्ष्वोः cákṣvoḥ	चक्षुषु cákṣuṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Pali: cakkhu
• Assamese: চকু (soku)
• Sylheti: ꠌꠃꠇ (souk)
• Bengali: চোখ (cōkh)
• → Telugu: చక్షువు (cakṣuvu)
• → Thai: จักษุ (jàk-sù)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “चक्षु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 382/1.