वक्ष्

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• उक्ष् (ukṣ)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ৱক্ষ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬯᬓ᭄ᬱ᭄ (Balinese script)
• বক্ষ্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰪𑰎𑰿𑰬𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀯𑀓𑁆𑀱𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ဝက္ၑ် (Burmese script)
• વક્ષ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਵਕ੍ਸ਼੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌵𑌕𑍍𑌷𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦮꦏ꧀ꦰ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂫𑂍𑂹𑂭𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ವಕ್ಷ್ (Kannada script)
• វក្ឞ៑ (Khmer script)
• ວກ຺ຩ຺ (Lao script)
• വക്ഷ് (Malayalam script)
• ᠸᠠᡬᢢ (Manchu script)
• 𑘪𑘎𑘿𑘬𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠸᠠᢉᢔ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧊𑦮𑧠𑧌𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐰𑐎𑑂𑐲𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଵକ୍ଷ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢮꢒ꣄ꢰ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆮𑆑𑇀𑆰𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖪𑖎𑖿𑖬𑖿 (Siddham script)
• වක්‍ෂ් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩾𑩜 𑪙𑪀 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚦𑚊𑚶𑚶 (Takri script)
• வக்ஷ் (Tamil script)
• వక్ష్ (Telugu script)
• วกฺษฺ (Thai script)
• ཝ་ཀྵ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒫𑒏𑓂𑒭𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨭𑨋𑩇𑨯𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewg- (“to grow, increase”). Cognate with Lithuanian áukštas (“high, tall”); Latin augustus, augur, augeō whence English augment; English eke.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋɐkʂ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ʋɐkʂ/

Root

वक्ष् • (vakṣ)

1. to grow, increase, augment
2. to be strong, powerful

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root वक्ष् (0 c, 2 e)

Category Terms derived from the Sanskrit root वक्ष् not found

Primary Verbal Forms

• उक्षति (ukṣati, Present)
• वक्षिष्यति (vakṣiṣyati, Future)
• वक्षिता (vakṣitā, Periphrastic Future)
• औक्षीत् (áukṣīt, Aorist)
• ववक्ष (vavákṣa, Perfect)

Secondary Forms

• वक्षयति (vakṣayati, Causative)
• उक्षयति (ukṣayati, Causative)

Non-Finite Forms

• उक्षित (ukṣitá, Past Participle)

Derived Nominal Forms

• वक्षण (vákṣaṇa)
• वक्षणा (vakṣáṇā)
• वक्षथ (vakṣátha)

Related terms

• वज् (vaj)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “वक्ष्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 911, column 3.
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “वक्ष्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 151
• Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “वक्ष्”, 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 (1996) “VAKṢ”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 485-487
• Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 189
• Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 662
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) “1118”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1118