আখি

Assamese

Etymology

Inherited from Early Assamese আখি (akhi), from Magadhi Prakrit *𑀅𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀺 (*akkhi), from Sanskrit অক্ষি (akṣi), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hákṣi, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hákši, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ókʷs (eye), from *h₃ekʷ-. Cognate with Bengali আঁখ (ãkh), Odia ଆଖି (akhi), Hindi आँख (ā̃kh), Gujarati આંખ (ā̃kha), Punjabi ਅੱਖ (akkha), Nepali आँखा (ā̃khā), Romani jakh, Kashmiri أچھ (ạch), Kalasha , English eye.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.kʰi/

Noun

আখি • (akhi)

  1. knots or protuberances on a bamboo or a tree (caused by the outgrowth of a branch)
  2. (uncommon, poetic) eye
    Synonym: চকু (soku)

Declension

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