तक्ष

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• তক্ষ (Assamese script)
• ᬢᬓ᭄ᬱ (Balinese script)
• তক্ষ (Bengali script)
• 𑰝𑰎𑰿𑰬 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀢𑀓𑁆𑀱 (Brahmi script)
• တက္ၑ (Burmese script)
• તક્ષ (Gujarati script)
• ਤਕ੍ਸ਼ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌤𑌕𑍍𑌷 (Grantha script)
• ꦠꦏ꧀ꦰ (Javanese script)
• 𑂞𑂍𑂹𑂭 (Kaithi script)
• ತಕ್ಷ (Kannada script)
• តក្ឞ (Khmer script)
• ຕກ຺ຩ (Lao script)
• തക്ഷ (Malayalam script)
• ᢠᠠᡬᢢᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘝𑘎𑘿𑘬 (Modi script)
• ᢐᠠᢉᢔᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦽𑦮𑧠𑧌 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐟𑐎𑑂𑐲 (Newa script)
• ତକ୍ଷ (Odia script)
• ꢡꢒ꣄ꢰ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆠𑆑𑇀𑆰 (Sharada script)
• 𑖝𑖎𑖿𑖬 (Siddham script)
• තක්‍ෂ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩫𑩜 𑪙𑪀 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚙𑚊𑚶 (Takri script)
• தக்ஷ (Tamil script)
• తక్ష (Telugu script)
• ตกฺษ (Thai script)
• ཏ་ཀྵ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒞𑒏𑓂𑒭 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨙𑨋𑩇𑨯 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From तक्ष् (takṣ, “to cut, to split”) +‎ -अ (-a)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /tɐk.ʂɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ɐk.ʂɐ/

Noun

तक्ष • (takṣa) stem, m

1. carpenter
2. cutter

Descendants

• → Malayalam: തച്ചൻ (taccaṉ), തക്ഷൻ (takṣaṉ) — tatsama
• → Tamil: தச்சர் (taccar)

References

• Apte, Macdonell (2022) “तक्ष”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]