कुक्षि

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See also: कक्षा

Sanskrit

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Etymology

From an old derivation of Proto-Indo-European *kuḱis (“(female) pubic hair; vulva”), preserving the original meaning "belly". Cognate with Ashkun kūċ (“middle”), Ashkun kuċúṭ (“calf of leg”), Waigali kūċ (“belly”), Prasuni kəċē (“scrotum”), Lahnda kukh (“side between hip and ribs”), Lithuanian kūšỹs (“pubic hair, vulva”), Latvian kūsis (“pubic hair, vulva”), Persian کس (kos, “vulva”).

Pronunciation

Noun

कुक्षि • (kukṣí) stem, m

  1. belly
  2. interior
  3. womb
  4. Abdominal side

Declension

Masculine i-stem declension of कुक्षि (kukṣí)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative कुक्षिः
kukṣíḥ 		कुक्षी
kukṣī́ 		कुक्षयः
kukṣáyaḥ
Vocative कुक्षे
kúkṣe 		कुक्षी
kúkṣī 		कुक्षयः
kúkṣayaḥ
Accusative कुक्षिम्
kukṣím 		कुक्षी
kukṣī́ 		कुक्षीन्
kukṣī́n
Instrumental कुक्षिणा / कुक्ष्या¹
kukṣíṇā / kukṣyā́¹ 		कुक्षिभ्याम्
kukṣíbhyām 		कुक्षिभिः
kukṣíbhiḥ
Dative कुक्षये
kukṣáye 		कुक्षिभ्याम्
kukṣíbhyām 		कुक्षिभ्यः
kukṣíbhyaḥ
Ablative कुक्षेः
kukṣéḥ 		कुक्षिभ्याम्
kukṣíbhyām 		कुक्षिभ्यः
kukṣíbhyaḥ
Genitive कुक्षेः
kukṣéḥ 		कुक्ष्योः
kukṣyóḥ 		कुक्षीणाम्
kukṣīṇā́m
Locative कुक्षौ / कुक्षा¹
kukṣaú / kukṣā́¹ 		कुक्ष्योः
kukṣyóḥ 		कुक्षिषु
kukṣíṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

Descendants

References

  • Bodewitz, H. W. (1992 January 1) “Belly, pelvis, buttocks or cheeks? Vedic kukṣī́ (dual)”, in lndo-lranian Journal‎, volume 35, number 1, →DOI, pages 19-31
  • Filippone, Ela (2020 April 9) “The Abdominal Sides as Containers: Some Indo-Aryan and Iranian Denominations”, in Iran and the Caucasus‎, volume 24, →DOI
  • Jamison, Stephanie W. (1987) “Linguistic and philological remarks on some Vedic body parts”, in Calvert Watkins (ed.), editors, Studies in Memory of Warren Cowgill (1929-1985), De Gruyter, →ISBN, pages 66–91
  • “kūšỹs”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
  • Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), Encyclopedia of Indo-European culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 507
  • Monier Williams (1899) “कुक्षि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0287.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume I, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 219
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kukṣí”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
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