अक्षि

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Sanskrit

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Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hákṣi, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hákši, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ókʷs (“eye”), from *h₃ekʷ-. Cognate with Latin oculus, Ancient Greek ὄσσε (ósse), Old Armenian ակն (akn) and աչք (ačʻkʻ), Old English ēage (whence English eye).

Pronunciation

Noun

अक्षि • (ákṣi) stem, n

  1. eye
    • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.79.2:
      गुहा॒ शिरो॒ निहि॑त॒मृध॑ग्अक्षी असि॑न्वन्नत्ति जि॒ह्वया॒ वना॑नि।
      अत्रा॑ण्यस्मै प॒ड्भिः सं भ॑रन्त्युत्ता॒नह॑स्ता॒ नम॒साधि॑ वि॒क्षु॥
      gúhā śíro níhitamṛ́dhagakṣī asinvannatti jihváyā vánāni.
      átrāṇyasmai paḍbhíḥ sáṃ bharantyuttānáhastā námasā́dhi vikṣú.
      His head is deposited in a cavern; his eyes are wide apart; with his tongue he devours the wood without masticating; the priests approaching on food reverently offer him oblations among the people with uplifted hands.
  2. the number two
  3. (in dual form) the sun and moon

Declension

Neuter i-stem declension of अक्षि (akṣi)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative अक्षि
akṣi 		अक्षिणी
akṣiṇī 		अक्षीणि / अक्षि¹ / अक्षी¹
akṣīṇi / akṣi¹ / akṣī¹
Vocative अक्षि / अक्षे
akṣi / akṣe 		अक्षिणी
akṣiṇī 		अक्षीणि / अक्षि¹ / अक्षी¹
akṣīṇi / akṣi¹ / akṣī¹
Accusative अक्षि
akṣi 		अक्षिणी
akṣiṇī 		अक्षीणि / अक्षि¹ / अक्षी¹
akṣīṇi / akṣi¹ / akṣī¹
Instrumental अक्षिणा / अक्ष्या¹
akṣiṇā / akṣyā¹ 		अक्षिभ्याम्
akṣibhyām 		अक्षिभिः
akṣibhiḥ
Dative अक्षिणे / अक्षये¹
akṣiṇe / akṣaye¹ 		अक्षिभ्याम्
akṣibhyām 		अक्षिभ्यः
akṣibhyaḥ
Ablative अक्षिणः / अक्षेः¹
akṣiṇaḥ / akṣeḥ¹ 		अक्षिभ्याम्
akṣibhyām 		अक्षिभ्यः
akṣibhyaḥ
Genitive अक्षिणः / अक्षेः¹
akṣiṇaḥ / akṣeḥ¹ 		अक्षिणोः
akṣiṇoḥ 		अक्षीणाम्
akṣīṇām
Locative अक्षिणि / अक्षौ¹ / अक्षा¹
akṣiṇi / akṣau¹ / akṣā¹ 		अक्षिणोः
akṣiṇoḥ 		अक्षिषु
akṣiṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

Descendants

References

  • Monier Williams (1899) “अक्षि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0003/3.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 42-43
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