वक्ष्
Sanskrit
editAlternative scripts
editAlternative scripts
- ৱক্ষ্ (Assamese script)
- ᬯᬓ᭄ᬱ᭄ (Balinese script)
- বক্ষ্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰪𑰎𑰿𑰬𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀯𑀓𑁆𑀱𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- ဝက္ၑ် (Burmese script)
- વક્ષ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਵਕ੍ਸ਼੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌵𑌕𑍍𑌷𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦮꦏ꧀ꦰ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂫𑂍𑂹𑂭𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ವಕ್ಷ್ (Kannada script)
- វក្ឞ៑ (Khmer script)
- ວກ຺ຩ຺ (Lao script)
- വക്ഷ് (Malayalam script)
- ᠸᠠᡬᢢ (Manchu script)
- 𑘪𑘎𑘿𑘬𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠸᠠᢉᢔ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧊𑦮𑧠𑧌𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐰𑐎𑑂𑐲𑑂 (Newa script)
- ଵକ୍ଷ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢮꢒ꣄ꢰ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆮𑆑𑇀𑆰𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖪𑖎𑖿𑖬𑖿 (Siddham script)
- වක්ෂ් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩾𑩜 𑪙𑪀 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚦𑚊𑚶𑚶 (Takri script)
- வக்ஷ் (Tamil script)
- వక్ష్ (Telugu script)
- วกฺษฺ (Thai script)
- ཝ་ཀྵ྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒫𑒏𑓂𑒭𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨭𑨋𑩇𑨯𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
editFrom Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewg- (“to grow, increase”). Cognate with Lithuanian áukštas (“high, tall”); Latin augustus, augur, augeō whence English augment; English eke.
Pronunciation
editRoot
editवक्ष् • (vakṣ)
Related terms
edit- उक्ष् (ukṣ)
References
edit- Monier Williams (1899) “वक्ष्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0911.
- Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “वक्ष्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
- William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 151
- Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “वक्ष्”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
- Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 189
- Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 662
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) “1118”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1118