रिक्षा

Hindi

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɾɪk.ʂɑː/, [ɾɪk.ʃäː]

Noun

रिक्षा • (rikṣā) f (Urdu spelling رکشا)

1. Alternative form of रिक्शा (rikśā)

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• लिक्षा (likṣā)

Pronunciation

Alternative scripts

• ৰিক্ষা (Assamese script)
• ᬭᬶᬓ᭄ᬱᬵ (Balinese script)
• রিক্ষা (Bengali script)
• 𑰨𑰰𑰎𑰿𑰬𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀭𑀺𑀓𑁆𑀱𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• ရိက္ၑာ (Burmese script)
• રિક્ષા (Gujarati script)
• ਰਿਕ੍ਸ਼ਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌰𑌿𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ꦫꦶꦏ꧀ꦰꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂩𑂱𑂍𑂹𑂭𑂰 (Kaithi script)
• ರಿಕ್ಷಾ (Kannada script)
• រិក្ឞា (Khmer script)
• ຣິກ຺ຩາ (Lao script)
• രിക്ഷാ (Malayalam script)
• ᡵᡳᡬᢢᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• 𑘨𑘱𑘎𑘿𑘬𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᠷᠢᢉᢔᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧈𑧒𑦮𑧠𑧌𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐬𑐶𑐎𑑂𑐲𑐵 (Newa script)
• ରିକ୍ଷା (Odia script)
• ꢬꢶꢒ꣄ꢰꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆫𑆴𑆑𑇀𑆰𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖨𑖰𑖎𑖿𑖬𑖯 (Siddham script)
• රික්‍ෂා (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩼𑩑𑩜 𑪙𑪀𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚤𑚮𑚊𑚶𑚭 (Takri script)
• ரிக்ஷா (Tamil script)
• రిక్షా (Telugu script)
• ริกฺษา (Thai script)
• རི་ཀྵཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒩𑒱𑒏𑓂𑒭𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨫𑨁𑨋𑩇𑨯𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Cognate with Persian رشک (rešk). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Comparisons with रक्षः (rákṣaḥ, “harm”) and to other Indo-European words for “nit; mite, tick” are problematic.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɾik.ʂɑː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈɾik.ʂɑː/

Noun

रिक्षा • (rikṣā) stem, f

1. a nit (the egg of a louse)

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of रिक्षा
Nom. sg.	रिक्षा (rikṣā)
Gen. sg.	रिक्षायाः (rikṣāyāḥ)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	रिक्षा (rikṣā)	रिक्षे (rikṣe)	रिक्षाः (rikṣāḥ)
Vocative	रिक्षे (rikṣe)	रिक्षे (rikṣe)	रिक्षाः (rikṣāḥ)
Accusative	रिक्षाम् (rikṣām)	रिक्षे (rikṣe)	रिक्षाः (rikṣāḥ)
Instrumental	रिक्षया (rikṣayā)	रिक्षाभ्याम् (rikṣābhyām)	रिक्षाभिः (rikṣābhiḥ)
Dative	रिक्षायै (rikṣāyai)	रिक्षाभ्याम् (rikṣābhyām)	रिक्षाभ्यः (rikṣābhyaḥ)
Ablative	रिक्षायाः (rikṣāyāḥ)	रिक्षाभ्याम् (rikṣābhyām)	रिक्षाभ्यः (rikṣābhyaḥ)
Genitive	रिक्षायाः (rikṣāyāḥ)	रिक्षयोः (rikṣayoḥ)	रिक्षानाम् (rikṣānām)
Locative	रिक्षायाम् (rikṣāyām)	रिक्षयोः (rikṣayoḥ)	रिक्षासु (rikṣāsu)

Descendants

• Assamese: লেখি (lekhi)
• Middle Bengali: লিখি (likhi), লিকি (liki)
  • Bengali: নিকি (niki)
• Gujarati: લીખ (līkh)
• Hindi: लीख (līkh)
• Marathi: लीख (līkh)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “रिक्षा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 880.