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Etymology

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Borrowed from Sanskrit चक्षु (cakṣu).

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  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /t͡ʃək.ʂuː/, [t͡ʃɐk.ʃuː]

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चक्षु (cakṣum (Urdu spelling چکشو)

  1. eye
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:आँख

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-Iranian *čákšuš (eye), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷé-kʷḱ-u-s, from *kʷeḱ- (to see, look). Cognate with Persian چشم (čašm, eye).

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चक्षु (cákṣu) stemm

  1. the eye
    • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.90.13:
      चन्द्रमा मनसो जातश्चक्षोः सूर्यो अजायत ।
      मुखादिन्द्रश्चाग्निश्च प्राणाद्वायुरजायत ॥
      candramā manaso jātaścakṣoḥ sūryo ajāyata.
      mukhādindraścāgniśca prāṇādvāyurajāyata.
      The Moon was gendered from his mind, and from his eye the Sun was born;
      Indra and Agni from his mouth were born, and Vāyu from his breath.
  2. name of a prince
  3. the Oxus river. (for वक्षु (vakṣú))

Declension

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Masculine u-stem declension of चक्षु
singular dual plural
nominative चक्षुः (cákṣuḥ) चक्षू (cákṣū) चक्षवः (cákṣavaḥ)
vocative चक्षो (cákṣo) चक्षू (cákṣū) चक्षवः (cákṣavaḥ)
accusative चक्षुम् (cákṣum) चक्षू (cákṣū) चक्षून् (cákṣūn)
instrumental चक्षुणा (cákṣuṇā)
चक्ष्वा¹ (cákṣvā¹)
चक्षुभ्याम् (cákṣubhyām) चक्षुभिः (cákṣubhiḥ)
dative चक्षवे (cákṣave) चक्षुभ्याम् (cákṣubhyām) चक्षुभ्यः (cákṣubhyaḥ)
ablative चक्षोः (cákṣoḥ) चक्षुभ्याम् (cákṣubhyām) चक्षुभ्यः (cákṣubhyaḥ)
genitive चक्षोः (cákṣoḥ) चक्ष्वोः (cákṣvoḥ) चक्षूणाम् (cákṣūṇām)
locative चक्षौ (cákṣau) चक्ष्वोः (cákṣvoḥ) चक्षुषु (cákṣuṣu)
  • ¹Vedic
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