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Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *h₃i-h₃kʷs, a secondary present formation of *h₃ókʷs (eye), the latter whence अक्षि (akṣi, eye).

Pronunciation edit

Root edit

ईक्ष् (īkṣ)

  1. to see, look, view, behold
  2. to gaze at, watch over
  3. to regard, consider, observe
  4. to foretell

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References edit

  • Monier Williams (1899) “ईक्ष्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0170/1.
  • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 09
  • Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “ईक्ष्”, 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 (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 203