कक्षा

Hindi

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

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /kək.ʂɑː/,

Noun

कक्षा • (kakṣā) f (rare, formal)

1. category (a group, often named or numbered, to which items are assigned based on similarity or defined criteria)
2. (neologism) class, course
3. (physics) orbit

   पृथ्वी सूर्य की कक्षा में है।

   pŕthvī sūrya kī kakṣā mẽ hai.

   The Earth is in orbit around the Sun.

Declension

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “कक्षा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

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

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kɐk.ʂɑː/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkɐk.ʂɑː/

Noun

कक्षा • (kakṣā) stem, f

1. any place surrounded by walls (as a courtyard)
2. balance
3. circumference
4. emulation
5. equality
6. orbit of a planet
7. painful boils in the armpit
8. periphery
9. private chamber or room in general
10. resemblance
11. rivalry
12. secluded portion of a building
13. similarity
14. surrounding wall
15. wall
16. (neologism) class, course

Declension

References

• Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “kakṣā”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.