कुक्षि

See also: कक्षा

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• কুক্ষি (Assamese script)
• ᬓᬸᬓ᭄ᬱᬶ (Balinese script)
• কুক্ষি (Bengali script)
• 𑰎𑰲𑰎𑰿𑰬𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀓𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀱𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• ကုက္ၑိ (Burmese script)
• કુક્ષિ (Gujarati script)
• ਕੁਕ੍ਸ਼ਿ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌕𑍁𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌿 (Grantha script)
• ꦏꦸꦏ꧀ꦰꦶ (Javanese script)
• 𑂍𑂳𑂍𑂹𑂭𑂱 (Kaithi script)
• ಕುಕ್ಷಿ (Kannada script)
• កុក្ឞិ (Khmer script)
• ກຸກ຺ຩິ (Lao script)
• കുക്ഷി (Malayalam script)
• ᡬᡠᡬᢢᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘎𑘳𑘎𑘿𑘬𑘱 (Modi script)
• ᢉᠤᢉᢔᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦮𑧔𑦮𑧠𑧌𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐎𑐸𑐎𑑂𑐲𑐶 (Newa script)
• କୁକ୍ଷି (Odia script)
• ꢒꢸꢒ꣄ꢰꢶ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆑𑆶𑆑𑇀𑆰𑆴 (Sharada script)
• 𑖎𑖲𑖎𑖿𑖬𑖰 (Siddham script)
• කුක්‍ෂි (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩜𑩒𑩜 𑪙𑪀𑩑 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚊𑚰𑚊𑚶𑚮 (Takri script)
• குக்ஷி (Tamil script)
• కుక్షి (Telugu script)
• กุกฺษิ (Thai script)
• ཀུ་ཀྵི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒏𑒳𑒏𑓂𑒭𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨋𑨃𑨋𑩇𑨯𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From an old derivation of Proto-Indo-European *kuḱis (“(female) pubic hair; vulva”), preserving the original meaning "belly". Cognate with Lithuanian kūšỹs (“pubic hair, vulva”), Latvian kūsis (“pubic hair, vulva”), Persian کس (kos, “vulva”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kuk.ʂí/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈkuk.ʂi/

Noun

कुक्षि • (kukṣí) stem, m

1. belly
2. interior
3. womb

Declension

Masculine i-stem declension of कुक्षि (kukṣí)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	कुक्षिः kukṣíḥ	कुक्षी kukṣī́	कुक्षयः kukṣáyaḥ
Vocative	कुक्षे kúkṣe	कुक्षी kúkṣī	कुक्षयः kúkṣayaḥ
Accusative	कुक्षिम् kukṣím	कुक्षी kukṣī́	कुक्षीन् kukṣī́n
Instrumental	कुक्षिणा / कुक्ष्या¹ kukṣíṇā / kukṣyā́¹	कुक्षिभ्याम् kukṣíbhyām	कुक्षिभिः kukṣíbhiḥ
Dative	कुक्षये kukṣáye	कुक्षिभ्याम् kukṣíbhyām	कुक्षिभ्यः kukṣíbhyaḥ
Ablative	कुक्षेः kukṣéḥ	कुक्षिभ्याम् kukṣíbhyām	कुक्षिभ्यः kukṣíbhyaḥ
Genitive	कुक्षेः kukṣéḥ	कुक्ष्योः kukṣyóḥ	कुक्षीणाम् kukṣīṇā́m
Locative	कुक्षौ / कुक्षा¹ kukṣaú / kukṣā́¹	कुक्ष्योः kukṣyóḥ	कुक्षिषु kukṣíṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Hindi: कोख (kokh)
• Punjabi: ਕੁੱਖ (kukkha)
• Magadhi Prakrit: 𑀓𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀺 (kukkhi)
  • Bengali: খুকি (khuki, “infant, baby”), ⇒ Bengali: খোকা (khōka, “baby, child”)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “कुक्षि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0287.
• “kūšỹs”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
• Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), Encyclopedia of Indo-European culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 507
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume I, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 219