दक्ष

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit दक्ष (dákṣa).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /d̪əkʂ/,

Adjective

दक्ष • (dakṣ) (indeclinable)

1. dextrous, skilled, expert

   Synonyms: कुशल (kuśal), निपुण (nipuṇ), माहिर (māhir)

   वे कई कलाओं में दक्ष हैं।

   ve kaī kalāõ mẽ dakṣ ha͠i.

   He is skilled in many arts.

References

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

Marathi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit दक्ष (dákṣa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d̪ək.ʂə/

Adjective

दक्ष • (dakṣa)

1. clever; competent; expert; dexterous

References

• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “दक्ष”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• Shridhar Ganesh Vaze (1911) “दक्ष”, in The Aryabhusan School Dictionary, Poona: Arya-Bhushan Press

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From the root दक्ष् (dakṣ, “able, strong”), from Proto-Indo-European *deḱs- (“right (side)”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /dɐ́k.ʂɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ɐk.ʂɐ/

Adjective

दक्ष • (dákṣa)

1. right (side)
2. able, fit, adroit, dexterous
3. expert, clever, industrious
4. strong, suitable

Declension

Noun

दक्ष • (dákṣa) stem, m

1. ability, fitness
2. disposition

Declension

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “दक्ष”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0465.
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “दक्ष”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
• Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “दक्ष”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016

• Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 0190, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 0190
• Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 294