शाखा
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Hindi[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Sanskrit शाखा (śā́khā).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
शाखा • (śākhā) f
- branch, field of study
- ज्यामिति गणित की एक शाखा है।
- jyāmiti gaṇit kī ek śākhā hai.
- Geometry is but one branch of mathematics.
- sect, school; shakha
- tributary (of a river)
- branch (of a business)
Declension[edit]
Declension of शाखा (fem ā-stem)
References[edit]
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “शाखा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 947
Sanskrit[edit]
Alternative scripts[edit]
Alternative scripts
- ᬰᬵᬔᬵ (Balinese script)
- শাখা (Assamese script)
- শাখা (Bengali script)
- 𑰫𑰯𑰏𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀰𑀸𑀔𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌶𑌾𑌖𑌾 (Grantha script)
- શાખા (Gujarati script)
- ꦯꦴꦑꦴ (Javanese script)
- ឝាខា (Khmer script)
- ಶಾಖಾ (Kannada script)
- ຨາຂາ (Lao script)
- 𑘫𑘰𑘏𑘰 (Modi script)
- ၐာခါ (Burmese script)
- 𑧋𑧑𑦯𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐱𑐵𑐏𑐵 (Newa script)
- ଶାଖା (Oriya script)
- ꢯꢵꢓꢵ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆯𑆳𑆒𑆳 (Sharada script)
- 𑖫𑖯𑖏𑖯 (Siddham script)
- శాఖా (Telugu script)
- ศาขา (Thai script)
- ཤཱཁཱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒬𑒰𑒐𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *śā́kʰaH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćā́kʰaH, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱókh₂eh₂ (“branch”). Cognate with Persian شاخ (šâx, “branch”), Old Armenian ցախ (cʿax, “branch, twig”), Lithuanian šakà (“branch”), Gothic 𐌷𐍉𐌷𐌰 (hōha, “plough”), Old East Slavic соха (soxa, “stake, club, brace, plough”), Old Irish géc (“branch”).
Noun[edit]
शाखा • (śā́khā) f
- branch (literally and figuratively)
- RV 7.43.1
- पर वो यज्ञेषु देवयन्तो अर्चन दयावा नमोभिः परिथिवी इषध्यै |
- येषां बरह्माण्यसमानि विप्रा विष्वग वियन्ति वनिनो न शाखाः ||
- pra vo yajñeṣu devayanto arcan dyāvā namobhiḥ prithivī iṣadhyai |
- yeṣāṃ brahmāṇyasamāni viprā viṣvagh viyanti vanino na śākhāḥ ||
- SING out the pious at your sacrifices to move with adorations Earth and Heaven-
- The Holy Singers, whose unmatched devotions, like a tree's branches, part in all directions.
- RV 7.43.1
- a limb of the body, arm or leg
- finger
- the surface of the body
- a door-post (compare द्वारशाखा (dvāra-śākhā))
- the wing of a building
- division, subdivision
- the third part of an astrological संहिता (saṃhitā) (also शाखास्कन्ध (śākhā-skandha), m.)
- shakha: a branch or school of the Veda (each school adhering to its own traditional text and interpretation)
- a branch of any science
- = पाक्षान्तर (pā-kṣā-ntara)
- = अन्तिक (antika)
Declension[edit]
Feminine ā-stem declension of शाखा | |||
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Nom. sg. | शाखा (śākhā) | ||
Gen. sg. | शाखायाः (śākhāyāḥ) | ||
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | शाखा (śākhā) | शाखे (śākhe) | शाखाः (śākhāḥ) |
Vocative | शाखे (śākhe) | शाखे (śākhe) | शाखाः (śākhāḥ) |
Accusative | शाखाम् (śākhām) | शाखे (śākhe) | शाखाः (śākhāḥ) |
Instrumental | शाखया (śākhayā) | शाखाभ्याम् (śākhābhyām) | शाखाभिः (śākhābhiḥ) |
Dative | शाखायै (śākhāyai) | शाखाभ्याम् (śākhābhyām) | शाखाभ्यः (śākhābhyaḥ) |
Ablative | शाखायाः (śākhāyāḥ) | शाखाभ्याम् (śākhābhyām) | शाखाभ्यः (śākhābhyaḥ) |
Genitive | शाखायाः (śākhāyāḥ) | शाखयोः (śākhayoḥ) | शाखानाम् (śākhānām) |
Locative | शाखायाम् (śākhāyām) | शाखयोः (śākhayoḥ) | शाखासु (śākhāsu) |
Descendants[edit]
- Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀲𑀸𑀳𑀸 (sāhā)
- Pali: sākhā
- → Balinese: ᬰᬵᬓᬵ (saka)
- → English: shakha
- → Gujarati: શાખા (śākhā)
- → Hindi: शाखा (śākhā)
- → Marathi: शाखा (śākhā)
- → Old Marathi: 𑘭𑘰𑘬𑘰 (sāṣā)
- → Punjabi: ਸ਼ਾਖਾ (śākhā)
- → Telugu: శాఖ (śākha)
- → Tamil: சாகை (cākai)
References[edit]
- Monier Williams (1899), “शाखा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 1062.
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