इक्षु

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Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

ইক্ষু (Assamese script)
ᬇᬓ᭄ᬱᬸ (Balinese script)
ইক্ষু (Bengali script)
𑰂𑰎𑰿𑰬𑰲 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀇𑀓𑁆𑀱𑀼 (Brahmi script)
ဣက္ၑု (Burmese script)
ઇક્ષુ (Gujarati script)
ਇਕ੍ਸ਼ੁ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌇𑌕𑍍𑌷𑍁 (Grantha script)
ꦆꦏ꧀ꦰꦸ (Javanese script)
𑂅𑂍𑂹𑂭𑂳 (Kaithi script)
ಇಕ್ಷು (Kannada script)
ឥក្ឞុ (Khmer script)
ອິກ຺ຩຸ (Lao script)
ഇക്ഷു (Malayalam script)
ᡳᡬᢢᡠ (Manchu script)
𑘂𑘎𑘿𑘬𑘳 (Modi script)
ᠢᢉᢔᠤ (Mongolian script)
𑦢𑦮𑧠𑧌𑧔 (Nandinagari script)
𑐂𑐎𑑂𑐲𑐸 (Newa script)
ଇକ୍ଷୁ (Odia script)
ꢄꢒ꣄ꢰꢸ (Saurashtra script)
𑆅𑆑𑇀𑆰𑆶 (Sharada script)
𑖂𑖎𑖿𑖬𑖲 (Siddham script)
ඉක්‍ෂු (Sinhalese script)
𑩐𑩑𑩜 𑪙𑪀𑩒 (Soyombo script)
𑚂𑚊𑚶𑚰 (Takri script)
இக்ஷு (Tamil script)
ఇక్షు (Telugu script)
อิกฺษุ (Thai script)
ཨི་ཀྵུ (Tibetan script)
𑒃𑒏𑓂𑒭𑒳 (Tirhuta script)
𑨀𑨁𑨋𑩇𑨯𑨃 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Unknown. Initial ri-, i-, u-, and a- in descendants suggests older ṛ- in Old Indo-Aryan, but this is unattested.

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ik.ʂú/
(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈik.ʂu/

Noun

इक्षु • (ikṣú) stem, m

sugar cane (Saccharum officinarum), stem of sugar cane
eyelash

Descendants

Ardhamagadhi Prakrit: 𑀇𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀼 (ikkhu), 𑀉𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀼 (ucchu)
⇒ Ardhamagadhi Prakrit: 𑀇𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀽𑀬 (ikkhūya)
Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀉𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀼 (ucchu)
- Konkani: ū̃s
  Devanagari script: ऊंस (ūusa)
  Kannada script: ಊಂಸ್ (ūṃs)
  Latin script: us
- Old Marathi:
  Devanagari script: उस (usa)
  Modi script: 𑘄𑘭 (usa)
  - Marathi: ऊस (ūs)
Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀇𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀼 (ikkhu), 𑀉𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀼 (ukkhu)
- Hindustani:
  Hindi: ईख (īkh), ऊख (ūkh)
  Urdu: ایکھ (īkh), اوکھ (ūkh)
- Nepali: उखु (ukhu)
Northern:
- Kumaoni: (rikhu)
→ Tamil: இக்கு (ikku)
→ Tocharian B: ikṣṣu

References

Monier Williams (1899) “इक्षु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 163, column 3.
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ikṣu”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

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