दक्षिणापथ

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit दक्षिणापथ (dakṣiṇāpatha).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /d̪ək.ʂɪ.ɳɑː.pət̪ʰ/, [d̪ɐk.ʃɪ.ɳäː.pɐt̪ʰ]

Noun

दक्षिणापथ • (dakṣiṇāpath) m

1. (historical) the southern path; a trade route crossing from Maharastra to Uttar Pradesh
2. (historical) South India

Declension

Declension of दक्षिणापथ (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	दक्षिणापथ dakṣiṇāpath	दक्षिणापथ dakṣiṇāpath
oblique	दक्षिणापथ dakṣiṇāpath	दक्षिणापथों dakṣiṇāpathõ
vocative	दक्षिणापथ dakṣiṇāpath	दक्षिणापथो dakṣiṇāpatho

See also

• उत्तरापथ (uttarāpath)

Further reading

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “दक्षिणा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• দক্ষিণাপথ (Assamese script)
• ᬤᬓ᭄ᬱᬶᬡᬵᬧᬣ (Balinese script)
• দক্ষিণাপথ (Bengali script)
• 𑰟𑰎𑰿𑰬𑰰𑰜𑰯𑰢𑰞 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀤𑀓𑁆𑀱𑀺𑀡𑀸𑀧𑀣 (Brahmi script)
• ဒက္ၑိဏာပထ (Burmese script)
• દક્ષિણાપથ (Gujarati script)
• ਦਕ੍ਸ਼ਿਣਾਪਥ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌦𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌿𑌣𑌾𑌪𑌥 (Grantha script)
• ꦢꦏ꧀ꦰꦶꦟꦴꦥꦡ (Javanese script)
• 𑂠𑂍𑂹𑂭𑂱𑂝𑂰𑂣𑂟 (Kaithi script)
• ದಕ್ಷಿಣಾಪಥ (Kannada script)
• ទក្ឞិណាបថ (Khmer script)
• ທກ຺ຩິຓາປຖ (Lao script)
• ദക്ഷിണാപഥ (Malayalam script)
• ᡩᠠᡬᢢᡳᢏᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᢒᠠᡨᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘟𑘎𑘿𑘬𑘱𑘜𑘰𑘢𑘞 (Modi script)
• ᢑᠠᢉᢔᠢᢏᠠᢗᢒᠠᠲᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦿𑦮𑧠𑧌𑧒𑦼𑧑𑧂𑦾 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐡𑐎𑑂𑐲𑐶𑐞𑐵𑐥𑐠 (Newa script)
• ଦକ୍ଷିଣାପଥ (Odia script)
• ꢣꢒ꣄ꢰꢶꢠꢵꢦꢢ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆢𑆑𑇀𑆰𑆴𑆟𑆳𑆥𑆡 (Sharada script)
• 𑖟𑖎𑖿𑖬𑖰𑖜𑖯𑖢𑖞 (Siddham script)
• දක්‍ෂිණාපථ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩭𑩜 𑪙𑪀𑩑𑩪𑩛𑩰𑩬 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚛𑚊𑚶𑚮𑚘𑚭𑚞𑚚 (Takri script)
• த³க்ஷிணாபத² (Tamil script)
• దక్షిణాపథ (Telugu script)
• ทกฺษิณาปถ (Thai script)
• ད་ཀྵི་ཎཱ་པ་ཐ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒠𑒏𑓂𑒭𑒱𑒝𑒰𑒣𑒟 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨛𑨋𑩇𑨯𑨁𑨘𑨊𑨞𑨚 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From दक्षिणा (dakṣiṇā) +‎ पथ (pathá).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /dɐk.ʂi.ɳɑː.pɐ.tʰɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /d̪ɐk.ʂiˈɳɑː.pɐ.t̪ʰɐ/

Noun

दक्षिणापथ • (dakṣiṇāpatha) stem, m

1. the southern path; a trade route crossing from Maharastra to Uttar Pradesh
2. South India, the Deccan

Descendants

• Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀤𑀔𑀺𑀦𑀸𑀧𑀣 (dakhināpatha)
  • Old Marathi: 𑘟𑘏𑘱𑘜𑘰𑘢𑘞 (dakhiṇāpatha)
• Pali: dakkhiṇāpatha
• → Gujarati: દક્ષિણાપથ (dakṣiṇāpath)
• → Hindi: दक्षिणापथ (dakṣiṇāpath)

References

• “दक्षिणापथ” in Carl Cappeller, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary: Based upon the St. Petersburg Lexicons, Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, 1891, →OCLC, page 216, column 2.
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “दक्षिणापथ”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, page 115
• Monier Williams (1899) “दक्षिणापथ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 466, column 1.
• Horace Hayman Wilson, A dictionary in Sanscrit and English, 2nd ed., Calcutta: Education Press, Circular Road, 1832, page 395