क्षि

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

  • क्षय् (kṣay)

Alternative scripts

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *tk-éh₂- (acquisition), from Proto-Indo-European *tek- (to take by the hand; to receive, obtain). Cognate with Ancient Greek κτάομαι (ktáomai, to get, acquire), Persian شاه (šâh, king, shah).[1]

Root

क्षि • (kṣi)

  1. to possess, have power over, rule, govern, be master of
Derived terms
  • क्षयति (kṣayati)
  • क्षयत् (kṣayat)
  • क्षयथा (kṣayathā)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *tḱey- (to settle, dwell). Cognate with Ancient Greek κτίζω (ktízō, to people; to establish), English home.[2]

Root

क्षि • (kṣi)

  1. to dwell, abide, stay, reside
  2. to remain
  3. to inhabit
Derived terms
  • क्षयतस् (kṣayatas)
  • क्षयत् (kṣayat)
  • क्षयया (kṣayayā)
  • क्षयस् (kṣayas)
  • क्षयाम (kṣayāma)
  • क्षितस् (kṣitas)
  • क्षियति (kṣiyati)
  • क्षियत् (kṣiyat)
  • क्षियन्ति (kṣiyanti)
  • क्षेति (kṣeti)
  • क्षेपयत् (kṣepayat)
  • क्षेषत् (kṣeṣat)
  • क्षेष्यत् (kṣeṣyat)

Etymology 3

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *gẓʰi, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gžʰi, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰgʷʰey- (to perish, destroy).[3]

Root

क्षि • (kṣi)

  1. to destroy, corrupt, ruin, perish
  2. to kill, injure
Derived terms

References

  • Monier Williams (1899) “क्षि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 0327-0328.
  • Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “क्षि”, 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 029
  • Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “क्षि”, 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
  1. Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 426-7
  2. Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 427
  3. Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 428
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