शिक्य

Sanskrit

FWOTD – 20 June 2023

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• শিক্য (Assamese script)
• ᬰᬶᬓ᭄ᬬ (Balinese script)
• শিক্য (Bengali script)
• 𑰫𑰰𑰎𑰿𑰧 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀰𑀺𑀓𑁆𑀬 (Brahmi script)
• ၐိကျ (Burmese script)
• શિક્ય (Gujarati script)
• ਸ਼ਿਕ੍ਯ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌶𑌿𑌕𑍍𑌯 (Grantha script)
• ꦯꦶꦏꦾ (Javanese script)
• 𑂬𑂱𑂍𑂹𑂨 (Kaithi script)
• ಶಿಕ್ಯ (Kannada script)
• ឝិក្យ (Khmer script)
• ຨິກ຺ຍ (Lao script)
• ശിക്യ (Malayalam script)
• ᡧᡳᡬᠶᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘫𑘱𑘎𑘿𑘧 (Modi script)
• ᠱᠢᢉᠶ᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧋𑧒𑦮𑧠𑧇 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐱𑐶𑐎𑑂𑐫 (Newa script)
• ଶିକ୍ଯ (Odia script)
• ꢯꢶꢒ꣄ꢫ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆯𑆴𑆑𑇀𑆪 (Sharada script)
• 𑖫𑖰𑖎𑖿𑖧 (Siddham script)
• ශික්‍ය (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩿𑩑𑩜 𑪙𑩻 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚧𑚮𑚊𑚶𑚣 (Takri script)
• ஶிக்ய (Tamil script)
• శిక్య (Telugu script)
• ศิกฺย (Thai script)
• ཤི་ཀྱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒬𑒱𑒏𑓂𑒨 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨮𑨁𑨋𑩇𑨪 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱeyk- (“belt, strap”). Cognate with Lithuanian šikšnà; also compare Finnish hihna, a Baltic borrowing. By surface analysis, शिक् (śik) +‎ -य (-ya).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɕi.kí.jɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɕik.jɐ/

Noun

शिक्य • (śikyà) stem, n (metrical Vedic śikíya)

1. a kind of loop or swing made of rope and suspended from either end of a pole or yoke to receive a load, carrying swing (also applied to the load so carried)
   • c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda 9.3.6:

     यानि तेऽन्तः शिक्यान्य्आबेधू रण्याय कम् ।
     प्र ते तानि चृतामसि शिवा मानस्य पत्नी न उद्धिता तन्वे भव ॥

     yāni teʼntaḥ śikyānyābedhū raṇyāya kam .
     pra te tāni cṛtāmasi śivā mānasya patnī na uddhitā tanve bhava .

     We loosen the loops which men have bound within thee, to tie and hold.
     Be gracious, when erected, to our bodies, Lady of the Home.

2. the string of a balance

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of शिक्य (śikyà)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	शिक्यम् śikyàm	शिक्ये śikyè	शिक्यानि / शिक्या¹ śikyā̀ni / śikyā̀¹
Vocative	शिक्य śíkya	शिक्ये śíkye	शिक्यानि / शिक्या¹ śíkyāni / śíkyā¹
Accusative	शिक्यम् śikyàm	शिक्ये śikyè	शिक्यानि / शिक्या¹ śikyā̀ni / śikyā̀¹
Instrumental	शिक्येन śikyèna	शिक्याभ्याम् śikyā̀bhyām	शिक्यैः / शिक्येभिः¹ śikyaìḥ / śikyèbhiḥ¹
Dative	शिक्याय śikyā̀ya	शिक्याभ्याम् śikyā̀bhyām	शिक्येभ्यः śikyèbhyaḥ
Ablative	शिक्यात् śikyā̀t	शिक्याभ्याम् śikyā̀bhyām	शिक्येभ्यः śikyèbhyaḥ
Genitive	शिक्यस्य śikyàsya	शिक्ययोः śikyàyoḥ	शिक्यानाम् śikyā̀nām
Locative	शिक्ये śikyè	शिक्ययोः śikyàyoḥ	शिक्येषु śikyèṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Derived terms

• शिक्याकृत (śikyā́kṛta)

Descendants

Terms inherited from शिक्य (śikyà)

• Pali: sikkā
• Prakrit: 𑀲𑀺𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀕 (sikkaga), 𑀲𑀺𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀬 m or n (sikkaya) (< शिक्यक (śikyaka)), 𑀲𑀺𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀺𑀆 f (sikkiā)

  Helu Prakrit:

  • Sinhalese: සික්කාව (sikkāwa)

  Khasa Prakrit:

  • Nepali: सिको (siko)

  Magadhi Prakrit:

  • Assamese: সিকিয়া (xikia)
  • Bengali: শিকা (śika)
  • Maithili:

    Devanagari script: सीक (sīk)

    Tirhuta script: 𑒮𑒲𑒏 (sīka)

  • Odia: ଶିକା (śika)

  Maharastri Prakrit:

  • Old Marathi:

    Devanagari script: सिंकें (siṃkeṃ)

    Modi script: 𑘭𑘲𑘽𑘎𑘹𑘽 (sīṃkeṃ)

  Sauraseni Prakrit:

  • Gurjar Apabhramsa:
    • Gujarati: શીકું (śīkũ)

Terms inherited from *chikya

• Prakrit:

  Paisaci Prakrit:

  • Takka Apabhramsa:
    • Punjabi: chikkā

      Gurmukhi script: ਛਿੱਕਾ

      Shahmukhi script: چھِکّا

  • Vracada Apabhramsa:
    • Sindhi:

      Arabic script: ڇِڪو

      Devanagari script: छिको

      • ⇒ Sindhi:

        Arabic script: ڇِڪَڻُ

        Devanagari script: छिकणु

  Sauraseni Prakrit:

  • Sauraseni Apabhramsa:
    • Hindustani: chī̃kā

      Devanagari script: छींका

      Arabic script: چِھین٘کا (chī̃kā)

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899) “शिक्य”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1069.
• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “शिक्य”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “शिक्य”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “śikyà”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press