जक्षत्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
  • ᬚᬓ᭄ᬱᬢ᭄ (Balinese script)
  • জক্ষত্ (Assamese script)
  • জক্ষত্ (Bengali script)
  • 𑰕𑰎𑰿𑰬𑰝𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀚𑀓𑁆𑀱𑀢𑁆 (Brahmi script)
  • 𑌜𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌤𑍍 (Grantha script)
  • જક્ષત્ (Gujarati script)
  • ਜਕੑਸ਼ਤੑ (Gurmukhi script)
  • ꦗꦏ꧀ꦰꦠ꧀ (Javanese script)
  • ជក្ឞត៑ (Khmer script)
  • ಜಕ್ಷತ್ (Kannada script)
  • ຊກ຺ຩຕ຺ (Lao script)
  • ജക്ഷത് (Malayalam script)
  • 𑘕𑘎𑘿𑘬𑘝𑘿 (Modi script)
  • ᠽᠠᢉᢔᠠᢐ (Mongolian script)
  • ᡯᠠᡬᢢᠠᢠ (Manchu script)
  • ဇက္ၑတ် (Burmese script)
  • 𑦵𑦮𑧠𑧌𑦽𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐖𑐎𑑂𑐲𑐟𑑂 (Newa script)
  • ଜକ୍ଷତ୍ (Oriya script)
  • ꢙꢒ꣄ꢰꢡ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆘𑆑𑇀𑆰𑆠𑇀 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖕𑖎𑖿𑖬𑖝𑖿 (Siddham script)
  • ජක්ෂත් (Sinhalese script)
  • జక్షత్ (Telugu script)
  • ชกฺษตฺ (Thai script)
  • ཛ་ཀྵ་ཏ྄ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒖𑒏𑓂𑒭𑒞𑓂 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *ȷ́ʰagẓʰ-, reduplication of the root *ȷ́ʰas- (“to laugh”); whence also हसति (hasati). Also compare Pali jagghati (“he laughs, ridicules”). See the root हस् (has) for more.

Pronunciation

Participle

जक्षत् • (jákṣat)

  1. present participle of जक्ष् (jakṣ); laughing
    • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.33.7:
      त्वमेतान्रुदतो जक्षतश्चायोधयो रजस इन्द्र पारे ।
      tvametānrudato jakṣataścāyodhayo rajasa indra pāre .
      Whether they are weeping or laughing, thou hast o’erthrown them, O Indra, on the sky's extremest limit.
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