क्षि

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• क्षय् (kṣay)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ক্ষি (Assamese script)
• ᬓ᭄ᬱᬶ (Balinese script)
• ক্ষি (Bengali script)
• 𑰎𑰿𑰬𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀓𑁆𑀱𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• က္ၑိ (Burmese script)
• ક્ષિ (Gujarati script)
• ਕ੍ਸ਼ਿ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌿 (Grantha script)
• ꦏ꧀ꦰꦶ (Javanese script)
• 𑂍𑂹𑂭𑂱 (Kaithi script)
• ಕ್ಷಿ (Kannada script)
• ក្ឞិ (Khmer script)
• ກ຺ຩິ (Lao script)
• ക്ഷി (Malayalam script)
• ᡬᢢᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘎𑘿𑘬𑘱 (Modi script)
• ᢉᢔᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦮𑧠𑧌𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐎𑑂𑐲𑐶 (Newa script)
• କ୍ଷି (Odia script)
• ꢒ꣄ꢰꢶ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆑𑇀𑆰𑆴 (Sharada script)
• 𑖎𑖿𑖬𑖰 (Siddham script)
• ක්‍ෂි (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩜 𑪙𑪀𑩑 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚊𑚶𑚮 (Takri script)
• க்ஷி (Tamil script)
• క్షి (Telugu script)
• กฺษิ (Thai script)
• ཀྵི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒏𑓂𑒭𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨋𑩇𑨯𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kʂi/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kʂi/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *tk-éh₂- (“acquisition”), from Proto-Indo-European *tek- (“to take by the hand; to receive, obtain”). Cognate with Ancient Greek κτάομαι (ktáomai, “to get, acquire”), Persian شاه (šâh, “king, shah”).

Root

क्षि • (kṣi)

1. to possess, have power over, rule, govern, be master of

Derived terms

• क्षयति (kṣayati)
• क्षयत् (kṣayat)
• क्षयथा (kṣayathā)

 

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *tḱey- (“to settle, dwell”). Cognate with Ancient Greek κτίζω (ktízō, “to people; to establish”), English home.

Root

क्षि • (kṣi)

1. to dwell, abide, stay, reside
2. to remain
3. to inhabit

Derived terms

• क्षयतस् (kṣayatas)
• क्षयत् (kṣayat)
• क्षयया (kṣayayā)
• क्षयस् (kṣayas)
• क्षयाम (kṣayāma)
• क्षितस् (kṣitas)
• क्षियति (kṣiyati)
• क्षियत् (kṣiyat)
• क्षियन्ति (kṣiyanti)
• क्षेति (kṣeti)
• क्षेपयत् (kṣepayat)
• क्षेषत् (kṣeṣat)
• क्षेष्यत् (kṣeṣyat)

 

Etymology 3

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *gẓʰi, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gžʰi, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰgʷʰey- (“to perish, destroy”).

Root

क्षि • (kṣi)

1. to destroy, corrupt, ruin, perish
2. to kill, injure

Derived terms

• अक्षित (akṣita, “imperishable”)
• अक्षितोति (akṣitoti)
• क्षपयति (kṣapáyati, causative)
• क्षय (kṣaya, “loss, waste”)
• क्षिणाति (kṣinā́ti, 9 P)
• क्षिणोति (kṣinóti, 5 P)
• क्षित (kṣita, “wasted, decayed”)
• क्षीण (kṣīṇa, “wasted, weakened”)
• क्षीयते (kṣīyáte, passive)

 

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “क्षि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 0327-0328.
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “क्षि”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 029
• Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “क्षि”, 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

• Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 487, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 487
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 626, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 626
• Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 194
• Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 223