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Hindi
Etymology Borrowed from Sanskrit अक्ष ( akṣa ) , from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱs- English axis
Pronunciation
Noun अक्ष • (akṣ ) m Urdu spelling اکش
axle , axis die ( cube used in the game of dice ) ( geography ) latitude
Declension
Declension of अक्ष (masc cons-stem )
singular
plural
direct
अक्ष akṣ
अक्ष akṣ
oblique
अक्ष akṣ
अक्षों akṣõ
vocative
अक्ष akṣ
अक्षो akṣo
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
অক্ষ ( Assamese script ) ᬅᬓ᭄ᬱ ( Balinese script ) অক্ষ ( Bengali script ) 𑰀𑰎𑰿𑰬 ( Bhaiksuki script ) 𑀅𑀓𑁆𑀱 ( Brahmi script ) အက္ၑ ( Burmese script ) અક્ષ ( Gujarati script ) ਅਕ੍ਸ਼ ( Gurmukhi script ) 𑌅𑌕𑍍𑌷 ( Grantha script ) ꦄꦏ꧀ꦰ ( Javanese script ) 𑂃𑂍𑂹𑂭 ( Kaithi script ) ಅಕ್ಷ ( Kannada script ) អក្ឞ ( Khmer script ) ອກ຺ຩ ( Lao script ) അക്ഷ ( Malayalam script ) ᠠᡬᢢᠠ ( Manchu script ) 𑘀𑘎𑘿𑘬 ( Modi script ) ᠠᢉᢔᠠ᠋ ( Mongolian script ) 𑦠𑦮𑧠𑧌 ( Nandinagari script ) 𑐀𑐎𑑂𑐲 ( Newa script ) ଅକ୍ଷ ( Odia script ) ꢂꢒ꣄ꢰ ( Saurashtra script ) 𑆃𑆑𑇀𑆰 ( Sharada script ) 𑖀𑖎𑖿𑖬 ( Siddham script ) අක්ෂ ( Sinhalese script ) 𑩐𑩜 𑪙𑪀 ( Soyombo script ) 𑚀𑚊𑚶 ( Takri script ) அக்ஷ ( Tamil script ) అక్ష ( Telugu script ) อกฺษ ( Thai script ) ཨ་ཀྵ ( Tibetan script ) 𑒁𑒏𑓂𑒭 ( Tirhuta script ) 𑨀𑨋𑩇𑨯 ( Zanabazar Square script )
Etymology From Proto-Indo-Aryan *Háṭṣas Proto-Indo-Iranian *Háćšas Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱs- Latin axis
Pronunciation
Noun अक्ष • (ákṣa ) stem , m
axle , axis wheel , car , cart the beam of a balance or string which holds the pivot of the beam
snake terrestrial latitude
the collar-bone
the temporal bone
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants Pali: akkha
Prakrit: 𑀅𑀓𑁆𑀔 ( akkha ) Eastern:
Southern:
Marathi: आस ( ās ) , आंस ( āusa ) , आंख ( āṅkha )
Sinhalese: අක ( aka ) , අකුව ( akuwa )
Western:
References Apte, Macdonell (2022 ) “अक्ष Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985 ) “akṣa ”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages , London: Oxford University Press