लोक्

Sanskrit

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“light”) in the sense of "illuminating" via the eyes (c.f. related word रुच् (ruc) "to shine, illuminate")

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /lɐwk/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /l̪oːk/

Root

From the root 1 Ā

1. to see
2. to behold

Synonyms

• ईक्ष् (īkṣ), पश् (paś)

Related terms

• रुच् (ruc, “to shine”)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “लोक्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 906.