अक्षि
See also: अक्ष
Sanskrit edit
Alternative scripts edit
Alternative scripts
- ᬅᬓ᭄ᬱᬶ (Balinese script)
- অক্ষি (Assamese script)
- অক্ষি (Bengali script)
- 𑰀𑰎𑰿𑰬𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀅𑀓𑁆𑀱𑀺 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌅𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌿 (Grantha script)
- અક્ષિ (Gujarati script)
- ਅਕੑਸ਼ਿ (Gurmukhi script)
- ꦄꦏ꧀ꦰꦶ (Javanese script)
- អក្ឞិ (Khmer script)
- ಅಕ್ಷಿ (Kannada script)
- ອກ຺ຩິ (Lao script)
- അക്ഷി (Malayalam script)
- 𑘀𑘎𑘿𑘬𑘱 (Modi script)
- ᠠᢉᢔᠢ (Mongolian script)
- ᠠᡬᢢᡳ (Manchu script)
- အက္ၑိ (Burmese script)
- 𑦠𑦮𑧠𑧌𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐀𑐎𑑂𑐲𑐶 (Newa script)
- ଅକ୍ଷି (Odia script)
- ꢂꢒ꣄ꢰꢶ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆃𑆑𑇀𑆰𑆴 (Sharada script)
- 𑖀𑖎𑖿𑖬𑖰 (Siddham script)
- අක්ෂි (Sinhalese script)
- అక్షి (Telugu script)
- อกฺษิ (Thai script)
- ཨ་ཀྵི (Tibetan script)
- 𑒁𑒏𑓂𑒭𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
Etymology edit
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hákṣi, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hákši, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ókʷs (“eye”), from *h₃ekʷ-. Cognate with Latin oculus, Ancient Greek ὄσσε (ósse), Old Armenian ակն (akn) and աչք (ačʿkʿ), Old English ēage (whence English eye).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
अक्षि • (ákṣi) root form, n
- eye
- RV 10.79.2a
- गुहा शिरो निहितं रधगक्षी असिन्वन्नत्ति जिह्वयावनानि |
अत्राण्यस्मै पड्भिः सं भरन्त्युत्तानहस्तानमसाधि विक्षु ||- guhā śiro nihitaṃ radhagakṣī asinvannatti jihvayāvanāni |
atrāṇyasmai paḍbhiḥ saṃ bharantyuttānahastānamasādhi vikṣu || - His eyes are turned away, his head is hidden: unsated with his tongue he eats the fuel.
With hands upraised, with reverence in the houses, for him they quickly bring his food together.
- guhā śiro nihitaṃ radhagakṣī asinvannatti jihvayāvanāni |
- RV 10.79.2a
- the number two
- (in dual form) the sun and moon
Declension edit
| Irregular declension | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nom. sg. | अक्षि (akṣi) | ||
| Gen. sg. | अक्ष्णाः (akṣṇāḥ) | ||
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | अक्षि (akṣi) | अक्षी, अक्षिणी, अक्ष्यौ (akṣī, akṣiṇī, akṣyau) | अक्षीणी, अक्षाणि (akṣīṇī, akṣāṇi) |
| Vocative | अक्षे (akṣe) | अक्षिणी (akṣiṇī) | अक्षीणि (akṣīṇi) |
| Accusative | अक्षि (akṣi) | अक्षी, अक्षिणी, अक्ष्यौ (akṣī, akṣiṇī, akṣyau) | अक्षीणी, अक्षाणि (akṣīṇī, akṣāṇi) |
| Instrumental | अक्ष्णा (akṣṇā) | अक्षिभ्याम् (akṣibhyām) | अक्षिभिः (akṣibhiḥ) |
| Dative | अक्ष्णे (akṣṇe) | अक्षिभ्याम् (akṣibhyām) | अक्षिभ्यः (akṣibhyaḥ) |
| Ablative | अक्ष्णाः (akṣṇāḥ) | अक्षिभ्याम् (akṣibhyām) | अक्षिभ्यः (akṣibhyaḥ) |
| Genitive | अक्ष्णाः (akṣṇāḥ) | अक्ष्णोः, अक्ष्योः, अक्षोः (akṣṇoḥ, akṣyoḥ, akṣoḥ) | अक्ष्णाम् (akṣṇām) |
| Locative | अक्षन्, अक्ष्णि (akṣan, akṣṇi) | अक्ष्णोः (akṣṇoḥ) | अक्षिषु (akṣiṣu) |
Descendants edit
- Dardic:
- Assamese: আখি (akhi)
- Dogri: हाख्खि (hākhkhi)
- Gujarati: આંખ (ā̃kha)
- Hindi: आँख (ā̃kh)
- Nepali: आँखा (ā̃khā)
- Old Bengali: আখি
- Bengali: আঁখ (ãkh)
- Odia: ଆଖି (akhi)
- Pali: akkhi
- Punjabi: ਅੱਖ (akkha)
- Romani: jakh
- Sindhi: अखि
- Sinhalese: ඇස (æsa)
- → Telugu: అక్షి (akṣi)
- Urdu: آنکھ (ānkh)
- → Tamil: அக்கு (akku)
References edit
- Monier Williams (1899), “अक्षि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0003/3.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 42-43