सीक्षते

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *síẓḍẓatay, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sízȷ́žatay, from Proto-Indo-European *sí-sǵʰ-se-ti, i-reduplicated (h₁)se-desiderative of *seǵʰ- (“to overpower”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /síːk.ʂɐ.tɐj/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈs̪iːk.ʂɐ.t̪eː/

Verb

सीक्षते • (sī́kṣate) third-singular present indicative (root सह्)

1. to wish to overcome

Related terms

• सहते (sahate)
• सहस् (sahas)
• साढृ (sāḍhṛ)
• साळ्हृ (sāḷhṛ)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “सीक्षते”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1193.