इक्षु

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

Unknown. Initial ri-, i-, u-, and a- in descendants suggests older ṛ- in Old Indo-Aryan, but this is unattested.

Pronunciation

Noun

इक्षु • (ikṣú) stem, m

  1. sugar cane (Saccharum officinarum), stem of sugar cane
  2. eyelash

Descendants

References

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