मक्षिका

See also: मक्षिक

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• মক্ষিকা (Assamese script)
• ᬫᬓ᭄ᬱᬶᬓᬵ (Balinese script)
• মক্ষিকা (Bengali script)
• 𑰦𑰎𑰿𑰬𑰰𑰎𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀫𑀓𑁆𑀱𑀺𑀓𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• မက္ၑိကာ (Burmese script)
• મક્ષિકા (Gujarati script)
• ਮਕ੍ਸ਼ਿਕਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌮𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌿𑌕𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ꦩꦏ꧀ꦰꦶꦏꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂧𑂍𑂹𑂭𑂱𑂍𑂰 (Kaithi script)
• ಮಕ್ಷಿಕಾ (Kannada script)
• មក្ឞិកា (Khmer script)
• ມກ຺ຩິກາ (Lao script)
• മക്ഷികാ (Malayalam script)
• ᠮᠠᡬᢢᡳᡬᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• 𑘦𑘎𑘿𑘬𑘱𑘎𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᠮᠠᢉᢔᠢᢉᠠ᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧆𑦮𑧠𑧌𑧒𑦮𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐩𑐎𑑂𑐲𑐶𑐎𑐵 (Newa script)
• ମକ୍ଷିକା (Odia script)
• ꢪꢒ꣄ꢰꢶꢒꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆩𑆑𑇀𑆰𑆴𑆑𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖦𑖎𑖿𑖬𑖰𑖎𑖯 (Siddham script)
• මක්‍ෂිකා (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩴𑩜 𑪙𑪀𑩑𑩜𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚢𑚊𑚶𑚮𑚊𑚭 (Takri script)
• மக்ஷிகா (Tamil script)
• మక్షికా (Telugu script)
• มกฺษิกา (Thai script)
• མ་ཀྵི་ཀཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒧𑒏𑓂𑒭𑒱𑒏𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨢𑨋𑩇𑨯𑨁𑨋𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From an unattested *मक्षि (mákṣi, “fly”) (which is from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mákšiH, and is, by surface analysis, मक्ष् (makṣ) +‎ -ई (-ī)) + -क (-ka). Compare Sanskrit मशक (maśaka, “gnat, mosquito, fly”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /mɐ́k.ʂi.kɑː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /mɐk.ʂi.kɑː/

Noun

मक्षि॑का • (mákṣikā) stem, f

1. a fly, bee (RV.)

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of मक्षिका

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	मक्षिका (makṣikā)	मक्षिके (makṣike)	मक्षिकाः (makṣikāḥ)
accusative	मक्षिकाम् (makṣikām)	मक्षिके (makṣike)	मक्षिकाः (makṣikāḥ)
instrumental	मक्षिकया (makṣikayā) मक्षिका¹ (makṣikā¹)	मक्षिकाभ्याम् (makṣikābhyām)	मक्षिकाभिः (makṣikābhiḥ)
dative	मक्षिकायै (makṣikāyai)	मक्षिकाभ्याम् (makṣikābhyām)	मक्षिकाभ्यः (makṣikābhyaḥ)
ablative	मक्षिकायाः (makṣikāyāḥ) मक्षिकायै² (makṣikāyai²)	मक्षिकाभ्याम् (makṣikābhyām)	मक्षिकाभ्यः (makṣikābhyaḥ)
genitive	मक्षिकायाः (makṣikāyāḥ) मक्षिकायै² (makṣikāyai²)	मक्षिकयोः (makṣikayoḥ)	मक्षिकाणाम् (makṣikāṇām)
locative	मक्षिकायाम् (makṣikāyām)	मक्षिकयोः (makṣikayoḥ)	मक्षिकासु (makṣikāsu)
vocative	मक्षिके (makṣike)	मक्षिके (makṣike)	मक्षिकाः (makṣikāḥ)

• ¹Vedic
• ²Brāhmaṇas

Descendants

• Magadhi Prakrit:
  • Assamese: মাখি (makhi)
  • Bengali: মাছি (machi)
  • Odia: ମାଛି (māchi)
  • Sylheti: ꠝꠣꠌꠍꠤ (massí), ꠝꠣꠇ꠆ꠈꠤ (makkí)
  • Rohingya: masí
• Pali: makkhikā
• Maharastri Prakrit:
  • Old Marathi: 𑘦𑘰𑘭𑘲 (māsī)
    • Marathi: माशी (māśī)
• Dardic
  • Kashmiri: مٔچھ (mạch)
• Sauraseni Prakrit:
  • Gujarati: માખી (mākhī)
  • Hindustani:

    Hindi: मक्खी (makkhī)

    Urdu: مکھی (makkhī)

  • Punjabi:

    Gurmukhi script: ਮੱਖੀ (makkhī)

    Shahmukhi script: مکھّی (makkhī)

  • Sindhi:

    Arabic script: مَکِ (makhi)

    Devanagari script: मखि

References

• “म॑क्षिका” in Carl Cappeller, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary: Based upon the St. Petersburg Lexicons, Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, 1891, →OCLC, page 388, column 2.
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893), “मक्षिका”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, page 212
• Monier Williams (1899), “Mákshikā”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 771/3.