उक्षन्

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Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

উক্ষন্ (Assamese script)
ᬉᬓ᭄ᬱᬦ᭄ (Balinese script)
উক্ষন্ (Bengali script)
𑰄𑰎𑰿𑰬𑰡𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀉𑀓𑁆𑀱𑀦𑁆 (Brahmi script)
ဥက္ၑန် (Burmese script)
ઉક્ષન્ (Gujarati script)
ਉਕ੍ਸ਼ਨ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌉𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌨𑍍 (Grantha script)
ꦈꦏ꧀ꦰꦤ꧀ (Javanese script)
𑂇𑂍𑂹𑂭𑂢𑂹 (Kaithi script)
ಉಕ್ಷೝ (Kannada script)
ឧក្ឞន៑ (Khmer script)
ອຸກ຺ຩນ຺ (Lao script)
ഉക്ഷന് (Malayalam script)
ᡠᡬᢢᠠᠨ (Manchu script)
𑘄𑘎𑘿𑘬𑘡𑘿 (Modi script)
ᠤᢉᢔᠠᠨ (Mongolian script)
𑦤𑦮𑧠𑧌𑧁𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
𑐄𑐎𑑂𑐲𑐣𑑂 (Newa script)
ଉକ୍ଷନ୍ (Odia script)
ꢆꢒ꣄ꢰꢥ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
𑆇𑆑𑇀𑆰𑆤𑇀 (Sharada script)
𑖄𑖎𑖿𑖬𑖡𑖿 (Siddham script)
උක්‍ෂන් (Sinhalese script)
𑩐𑩒𑩜 𑪙𑪀𑩯 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
𑚄𑚊𑚶𑚝𑚶 (Takri script)
உக்ஷந் (Tamil script)
ఉక్షౝ (Telugu script)
อุกฺษนฺ (Thai script)
ཨུ་ཀྵ་ན྄ (Tibetan script)
𑒅𑒏𑓂𑒭𑒢𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
𑨀𑨃𑨋𑩇𑨯𑨝𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *(H)ukšā́ (“bull, ox”), from Proto-Indo-European *(h₂)uksḗn (“bull, ox”).

Cognate with Avestan 𐬎𐬑𐬱𐬁𐬥 (uxšān, “bull”), Gothic 𐌰𐌿𐌷𐍃𐌰 (auhsa), Welsh ych (“ox”), Breton oc'hen, Old English oxa (whence English ox).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /uk.ʂɐ́n/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈuk.ʂɐn̪/

Noun

उक्षन् • (ukṣán) stem, m

a bull
Synonym: ऋषभ (ṛṣabhá)
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 9.69.4:
  उक्षा मिमाति प्रति यन्ति धेनवो देवस्य देवीरुप यन्ति निष्कृतम् ।
  ukṣā mimāti prati yanti dhenavo devasya devīrupa yanti niṣkṛtam.
  The Bull is bellowing; the Cows are coming nigh: the Goddesses approach the God's own resting-place.
an ox

Declension

Masculine an-stem declension of उक्षन् (ukṣán)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	उक्षा ukṣā́	उक्षाणौ / उक्षाणा¹ ukṣā́ṇau / ukṣā́ṇā¹	उक्षणः ukṣáṇaḥ
Vocative	उक्षन् úkṣan	उक्षाणौ / उक्षाणा¹ úkṣāṇau / úkṣāṇā¹	उक्षणः úkṣaṇaḥ
Accusative	उक्षाणम् ukṣā́ṇam	उक्षाणौ / उक्षाणा¹ ukṣā́ṇau / ukṣā́ṇā¹	उक्ष्णः ukṣṇáḥ
Instrumental	उक्ष्णा ukṣṇā́	उक्षभ्याम् ukṣábhyām	उक्षभिः ukṣábhiḥ
Dative	उक्ष्णे ukṣṇé	उक्षभ्याम् ukṣábhyām	उक्षभ्यः ukṣábhyaḥ
Ablative	उक्ष्णः ukṣṇáḥ	उक्षभ्याम् ukṣábhyām	उक्षभ्यः ukṣábhyaḥ
Genitive	उक्ष्णः ukṣṇáḥ	उक्ष्णोः ukṣṇóḥ	उक्ष्णाम् ukṣṇā́m
Locative	उक्ष्णि / उक्षणि / उक्षन्¹ ukṣṇí / ukṣáṇi / ukṣán¹	उक्ष्णोः ukṣṇóḥ	उक्षसु ukṣásu
Notes	¹Vedic

Derived terms

औक्ष्ण (aukṣṇa)

Descendants

→ Telugu: ఉక్షము (ukṣamu)
→ Malayalam: ഉക്ഷം (ukṣaṁ)

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