तक्ष

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From तक्ष् (takṣ, to cut, to split) + -अ (-a)

Pronunciation

Noun

तक्ष • (takṣa) stem, m

  1. carpenter
  2. cutter

Descendants

  • Malayalam: തച്ചൻ (taccaṉ), തക്ഷന് (takṣaṉ)
  • Tamil: தச்சர் (taccar)

References

  • Apte, Macdonell (2022) “तक्ष”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]
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