चक्षु
Hindi
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /t͡ʃək.ʂuː/, [t͡ʃɐk.ʃuː]
Declension
References
- Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “चक्षु”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “चक्षु”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “चक्षु”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- Platts, John T. (1884) “चक्षु”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- চক্ষু (Assamese script)
- ᬘᬓ᭄ᬱᬸ (Balinese script)
- চক্ষু (Bengali script)
- 𑰓𑰎𑰿𑰬𑰲 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀘𑀓𑁆𑀱𑀼 (Brahmi script)
- စက္ၑု (Burmese script)
- ચક્ષુ (Gujarati script)
- ਚਕ੍ਸ਼ੁ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌚𑌕𑍍𑌷𑍁 (Grantha script)
- ꦕꦏ꧀ꦰꦸ (Javanese script)
- 𑂒𑂍𑂹𑂭𑂳 (Kaithi script)
- ಚಕ್ಷು (Kannada script)
- ចក្ឞុ (Khmer script)
- ຈກ຺ຩຸ (Lao script)
- ചക്ഷു (Malayalam script)
- ᢜᠠᡬᢢᡠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘓𑘎𑘿𑘬𑘳 (Modi script)
- ᢋᠠᢉᢔᠤ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦳𑦮𑧠𑧌𑧔 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐔𑐎𑑂𑐲𑐸 (Newa script)
- ଚକ୍ଷୁ (Odia script)
- ꢗꢒ꣄ꢰꢸ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆖𑆑𑇀𑆰𑆶 (Sharada script)
- 𑖓𑖎𑖿𑖬𑖲 (Siddham script)
- චක්ෂු (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩡𑩜 𑪙𑪀𑩒 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚏𑚊𑚶𑚰 (Takri script)
- சக்ஷு (Tamil script)
- చక్షు (Telugu script)
- จกฺษุ (Thai script)
- ཙ་ཀྵུ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒔𑒏𑓂𑒭𑒳 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨣𑨋𑩇𑨯𑨃 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *čákšuš (“eye”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷé-kʷḱ-u-s, from *kʷeḱ- (“to see, look”). Cognate with Persian چشم (čašm, “eye”).
Noun
चक्षु • (cákṣu) stem, m
- the eye
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.90.13:
- चन्द्रमा मनसो जातश्चक्षोः सूर्यो अजायत ।
मुखादिन्द्रश्चाग्निश्च प्राणाद्वायुरजायत ॥- candramā manaso jātaścakṣoḥ sūryo ajāyata.
mukhādindraścāgniśca prāṇādvāyurajāyata. - The Moon was gendered from his mind, and from his eye the Sun was born;
Indra and Agni from his mouth were born, and Vāyu from his breath.
- candramā manaso jātaścakṣoḥ sūryo ajāyata.
- चन्द्रमा मनसो जातश्चक्षोः सूर्यो अजायत ।
- name of a prince
- the Oxus river. (for वक्षु (vakṣú))
Declension
Masculine u-stem declension of चक्षु (cákṣu) | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | चक्षुः cákṣuḥ |
चक्षू cákṣū |
चक्षवः cákṣavaḥ |
Vocative | चक्षो cákṣo |
चक्षू cákṣū |
चक्षवः cákṣavaḥ |
Accusative | चक्षुम् cákṣum |
चक्षू cákṣū |
चक्षून् cákṣūn |
Instrumental | चक्षुणा / चक्ष्वा¹ cákṣuṇā / cákṣvā¹ |
चक्षुभ्याम् cákṣubhyām |
चक्षुभिः cákṣubhiḥ |
Dative | चक्षवे cákṣave |
चक्षुभ्याम् cákṣubhyām |
चक्षुभ्यः cákṣubhyaḥ |
Ablative | चक्षोः cákṣoḥ |
चक्षुभ्याम् cákṣubhyām |
चक्षुभ्यः cákṣubhyaḥ |
Genitive | चक्षोः cákṣoḥ |
चक्ष्वोः cákṣvoḥ |
चक्षूणाम् cákṣūṇām |
Locative | चक्षौ cákṣau |
चक्ष्वोः cákṣvoḥ |
चक्षुषु cákṣuṣu |
Notes |
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Related terms
- चक्षुस् (cakṣus)
Descendants
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “चक्षु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 382/1.
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