कक्षा
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Hindi
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Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit कक्षा (kakṣā). The sense "class, course" didn't exist in Sanskrit and is a calque of English class, which means both "category" and "course, a group of students studying together".
Pronunciation
Noun
कक्षा • (kakṣā) f (rare, formal)
- category (a group, often named or numbered, to which items are assigned based on similarity or defined criteria)
- (neologism) class, course
- (physics) orbit
- पृथ्वी सूर्य की कक्षा में है।
- pŕthvī sūrya kī kakṣā mẽ hai.
- The Earth is in orbit around the Sun.
Declension
Declension of कक्षा (fem ā-stem)
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “कक्षा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- কক্ষা (Assamese script)
- ᬓᬓ᭄ᬱᬵ (Balinese script)
- কক্ষা (Bengali script)
- 𑰎𑰎𑰿𑰬𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀓𑀓𑁆𑀱𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- ကက္ၑာ (Burmese script)
- કક્ષા (Gujarati script)
- ਕਕ੍ਸ਼ਾ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌕𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌾 (Grantha script)
- ꦏꦏ꧀ꦰꦴ (Javanese script)
- 𑂍𑂍𑂹𑂭𑂰 (Kaithi script)
- ಕಕ್ಷಾ (Kannada script)
- កក្ឞា (Khmer script)
- ກກ຺ຩາ (Lao script)
- കക്ഷാ (Malayalam script)
- ᡬᠠᡬᢢᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
- 𑘎𑘎𑘿𑘬𑘰 (Modi script)
- ᢉᠠᢉᢔᠠ᠋ᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦮𑦮𑧠𑧌𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐎𑐎𑑂𑐲𑐵 (Newa script)
- କକ୍ଷା (Odia script)
- ꢒꢒ꣄ꢰꢵ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆑𑆑𑇀𑆰𑆳 (Sharada script)
- 𑖎𑖎𑖿𑖬𑖯 (Siddham script)
- කක්ෂා (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩜𑩜 𑪙𑪀𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚊𑚊𑚶𑚭 (Takri script)
- கக்ஷா (Tamil script)
- కక్షా (Telugu script)
- กกฺษา (Thai script)
- ཀ་ཀྵཱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒏𑒏𑓂𑒭𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨋𑨋𑩇𑨯𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Derived from a feminine form of कक्ष (kákṣa, “armpit, room”). The sense "class, course" is a neologism formed with influence from Hindi कक्षा (kakṣā).
Pronunciation
Noun
कक्षा • (kakṣā) stem, f
- any place surrounded by walls (as a courtyard)
- balance
- circumference
- emulation
- equality
- orbit of a planet
- painful boils in the armpit
- periphery
- private chamber or room in general
- resemblance
- rivalry
- secluded portion of a building
- similarity
- surrounding wall
- wall
- (neologism) class, course
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
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| nominative | कक्षा (kakṣā) | कक्षे (kakṣe) | कक्षाः (kakṣāḥ) |
| vocative | कक्षे (kakṣe) | कक्षे (kakṣe) | कक्षाः (kakṣāḥ) |
| accusative | कक्षाम् (kakṣām) | कक्षे (kakṣe) | कक्षाः (kakṣāḥ) |
| instrumental | कक्षया (kakṣayā) कक्षा¹ (kakṣā¹) |
कक्षाभ्याम् (kakṣābhyām) | कक्षाभिः (kakṣābhiḥ) |
| dative | कक्षायै (kakṣāyai) | कक्षाभ्याम् (kakṣābhyām) | कक्षाभ्यः (kakṣābhyaḥ) |
| ablative | कक्षायाः (kakṣāyāḥ) कक्षायै² (kakṣāyai²) |
कक्षाभ्याम् (kakṣābhyām) | कक्षाभ्यः (kakṣābhyaḥ) |
| genitive | कक्षायाः (kakṣāyāḥ) कक्षायै² (kakṣāyai²) |
कक्षयोः (kakṣayoḥ) | कक्षाणाम् (kakṣāṇām) |
| locative | कक्षायाम् (kakṣāyām) | कक्षयोः (kakṣayoḥ) | कक्षासु (kakṣāsu) |
- ¹Vedic
- ²Brāhmaṇas
References
- Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “kakṣā”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.