शिक्ष्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• শিক্ষ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬰᬶᬓ᭄ᬱ᭄ (Balinese script)
• শিক্ষ্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰫𑰰𑰎𑰿𑰬𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀰𑀺𑀓𑁆𑀱𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ၐိက္ၑ် (Burmese script)
• શિક્ષ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਸ਼ਿਕ੍ਸ਼੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌶𑌿𑌕𑍍𑌷𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦯꦶꦏ꧀ꦰ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂬𑂱𑂍𑂹𑂭𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಶಿಕ್ಷ್ (Kannada script)
• ឝិក្ឞ៑ (Khmer script)
• ຨິກ຺ຩ຺ (Lao script)
• ശിക്ഷ് (Malayalam script)
• ᡧᡳᡬᢢ (Manchu script)
• 𑘫𑘱𑘎𑘿𑘬𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠱᠢᢉᢔ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧋𑧒𑦮𑧠𑧌𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐱𑐶𑐎𑑂𑐲𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଶିକ୍ଷ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢯꢶꢒ꣄ꢰ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆯𑆴𑆑𑇀𑆰𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖫𑖰𑖎𑖿𑖬𑖿 (Siddham script)
• ශික්‍ෂ් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩿𑩑𑩜 𑪙𑪀 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚧𑚮𑚊𑚶𑚶 (Takri script)
• ஶிக்ஷ் (Tamil script)
• శిక్ష్ (Telugu script)
• ศิกฺษฺ (Thai script)
• ཤི་ཀྵ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒬𑒱𑒏𑓂𑒭𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨮𑨁𑨋𑩇𑨯𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćikš-, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱek- (“to be able, capable”). Desiderative of शक् (śak, “to be able”); see there for more.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɕikʂ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɕikʂ/

Root

शिक्ष् • (śikṣ)

1. to learn, acquire knowledge, study, practice, learn from
2. to instruct, teach
3. to wish to be able to
4. to try, attempt

Derived terms

• अशिक्षि (aśikṣi)
• अशिक्षिष्ट (aśikṣiṣṭa)
• अशिशिक्षत् (aśiśikṣat)
• शिक्षक (śikṣaka, “male teacher”)
• शिक्षण (śikṣaṇa, “teaching”)
• शिक्षति (śikṣati, “to learn”)
• शिक्षते (śikṣate)
• शिक्षत् (śikṣat)
• शिक्षमाण (śikṣamāṇa)
• शिक्षयति (śikṣayati)
• शिक्षयते (śikṣayate)
• शिक्षा (śikṣā, “learning”)
• शिक्षाण (śikṣāṇa)
• शिक्षिका (śikṣikā, “female teacher”)
• शिक्ष्यते (śikṣyate)
• शिशिक्ष (śiśikṣa)

 

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “शिक्ष्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1070, column 1.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “ŚIKṢ - śíkhā-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 634