ईक्ष्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₃i-h₃kʷs, a secondary present formation of *h₃ókʷs (eye), the latter whence अक्षि (akṣi, eye).

Pronunciation

Root

ईक्ष् • (īkṣ)

  1. to see, look, view, behold
  2. to gaze at, watch over
  3. to regard, consider, observe
  4. to foretell

Derived terms

  • ईक्ष (ī́kṣa, seeing, looking)
  • ईक्षते (ī́kṣate, to see)
  • ईक्षित (īkṣitá, seen, beheld)
  • ईक्षेण्य (īkṣéṇya, to be seen, to be beheld; deserving of notice)

References

  • Monier Williams (1899) “ईक्ष्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0170/1.
  • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 09
  • Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “ईक्ष्”, 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
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 203
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