क्षीण

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit क्षीण (kṣīṇa).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /kʂiːɳ/, [kʃĩːɳ]

Adjective

क्षीण • (kṣīṇ) (indeclinable)

1. emaciated, gaunt
2. rachitic, rickety
3. feeble, weak

   Synonyms: कमज़ोर (kamzor), निर्बल (nirbal)

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• ক্ষীণ (Assamese script)
• ᬓ᭄ᬱᬷᬡ (Balinese script)
• ক্ষীণ (Bengali script)
• 𑰎𑰿𑰬𑰱𑰜 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀓𑁆𑀱𑀻𑀡 (Brahmi script)
• က္ၑီဏ (Burmese script)
• ક્ષીણ (Gujarati script)
• ਕ੍ਸ਼ੀਣ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌕𑍍𑌷𑍀𑌣 (Grantha script)
• ꦏ꧀ꦰꦷꦟ (Javanese script)
• 𑂍𑂹𑂭𑂲𑂝 (Kaithi script)
• ಕ್ಷೀಣ (Kannada script)
• ក្ឞីណ (Khmer script)
• ກ຺ຩີຓ (Lao script)
• ക്ഷീണ (Malayalam script)
• ᡬᢢᡳᡳᢏᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘎𑘿𑘬𑘲𑘜 (Modi script)
• ᢉᢔᠢᠢᢏᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦮𑧠𑧌𑧓𑦼 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐎𑑂𑐲𑐷𑐞 (Newa script)
• କ୍ଷୀଣ (Odia script)
• ꢒ꣄ꢰꢷꢠ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆑𑇀𑆰𑆵𑆟 (Sharada script)
• 𑖎𑖿𑖬𑖱𑖜 (Siddham script)
• ක්‍ෂීණ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩜 𑪙𑪀𑩑𑩛𑩪 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚊𑚶𑚯𑚘 (Takri script)
• க்ஷீண (Tamil script)
• క్షీణ (Telugu script)
• กฺษีณ (Thai script)
• ཀྵཱི་ཎ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒏𑓂𑒭𑒲𑒝 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨋𑩇𑨯𑨁𑨊𑨘 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From the root क्षि (kṣi, “to destroy, corrupt, ruin, make an end”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kʂiː.ɳɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈkʂiː.ɳɐ/

Adjective

क्षीण • (kṣīṇa) stem

1. wasted
   • c. 300 BCE, Pañcatantra Dharmabuddhi ca duṣṭabuddhi:

     किंतु दुष्टबुद्धिरचिरमसद्व्ययव्यसनित्वात् क्षिणाविभावो ऽभूत

     kiṃtu duṣṭabuddhiraciramasadvyayavyasanitvāt kṣiṇāvibhāvo ʼbhūta

     But soon, (due) to inappropriate expense caused by addiction, Duṣṭabuddhi's wealth was wasted

2. weakened
3. delicate
4. lost
5. destroyed

Descendants

• Prakrit: 𑀔𑀻𑀡 (khīṇa)
  • Romani: khino
• Pali: khīṇa
• → Hindi: क्षीण (kṣīṇ)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “क्षीण”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 328.