क्षै

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• क्षा (kṣā)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ক্ষৈ (Assamese script)
• ᬓ᭄ᬱᬿ (Balinese script)
• ক্ষৈ (Bengali script)
• 𑰎𑰿𑰬𑰹 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀓𑁆𑀱𑁃 (Brahmi script)
• က္ၑဲ (Burmese script)
• ક્ષૈ (Gujarati script)
• ਕ੍ਸ਼ੈ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌕𑍍𑌷𑍈 (Grantha script)
• ꦏ꧀ꦰꦻ (Javanese script)
• 𑂍𑂹𑂭𑂶 (Kaithi script)
• ಕ್ಷೈ (Kannada script)
• ក្ឞៃ (Khmer script)
• ກ຺ໄຩ (Lao script)
• ക്ഷൈ (Malayalam script)
• ᡬᢢᠠᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘎𑘿𑘬𑘺 (Modi script)
• ᢉᢔᠧᠧ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦮𑧠𑧌𑧛 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐎𑑂𑐲𑐿 (Newa script)
• କ୍ଷୈ (Odia script)
• ꢒ꣄ꢰꣀ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆑𑇀𑆰𑆽 (Sharada script)
• 𑖎𑖿𑖬𑖹 (Siddham script)
• ක්‍ෂෛ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩜 𑪙𑪀𑩗 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚊𑚶𑚳 (Takri script)
• க்ஷை (Tamil script)
• క్షై (Telugu script)
• กฺไษ (Thai script)
• ཀྵཻ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒏𑓂𑒭𑒻 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨋𑩇𑨯𑨇 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dʰgʷʰ-eh- (“to burn”); distantly related to दह् (dah, “to burn, cauterize”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kʂɑːj/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /kʂɑj/

Root

क्षै • (kṣai)

1. to burn, catch fire, take fire
2. to singe, burn

Derived terms

• क्षापय (kṣāpaya)
• क्षापयति (kṣāpayati)
• क्षाम (kṣāma)
• क्षायति (kṣāyati)

 

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “क्षै”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 333/1.
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 29
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 430; 438
• Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University