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Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ক্ষৈ (Assamese script)
- ᬓ᭄ᬱᬿ (Balinese script)
- ক্ষৈ (Bengali script)
- 𑰎𑰿𑰬𑰹 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀓𑁆𑀱𑁃 (Brahmi script)
- က္ၑဲ (Burmese script)
- ક્ષૈ (Gujarati script)
- ਕ੍ਸ਼ੈ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌕𑍍𑌷𑍈 (Grantha script)
- ꦏ꧀ꦰꦻ (Javanese script)
- 𑂍𑂹𑂭𑂶 (Kaithi script)
- ಕ್ಷೈ (Kannada script)
- ក្ឞៃ (Khmer script)
- ກ຺ໄຩ (Lao script)
- ക്ഷൈ (Malayalam script)
- ᡬᢢᠠᡳ (Manchu script)
- 𑘎𑘿𑘬𑘺 (Modi script)
- ᢉᢔᠧᠧ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦮𑧠𑧌𑧛 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐎𑑂𑐲𑐿 (Newa script)
- କ୍ଷୈ (Odia script)
- ꢒ꣄ꢰꣀ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆑𑇀𑆰𑆽 (Sharada script)
- 𑖎𑖿𑖬𑖹 (Siddham script)
- ක්ෂෛ (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩜 𑪙𑪀𑩗 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚊𑚶𑚳 (Takri script)
- க்ஷை (Tamil script)
- క్షై (Telugu script)
- กฺไษ (Thai script)
- ཀྵཻ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒏𑓂𑒭𑒻 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨋𑩇𑨯𑨇 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *dʰgʷʰ-eh- (“to burn”); distantly related to दह् (dah, “to burn, cauterize”).
Pronunciation
Root
क्षै • (kṣai)
- to burn, catch fire, take fire
- to singe, burn
Derived terms
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “क्षै”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 333/1.
- William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 29
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 430; 438
- Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University