पक्ष

Borrowed from Sanskrit पक्ष (pakṣa).

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /pəkʂ/,

पक्ष • (pakṣ) m

1. faction, side, party

   Synonym: तरफ़ (taraf)

   पक्ष साथ-साथ लड़ रहे थे।

   pakṣ sāth-sāth laṛ rahe the.

   The factions were fighting amongst themselves.

2. aspect, quality
3. support, approval
4. lunar fortnight

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit पक्ष (pakṣa).

• IPA^(key): /pək.ʂə/

पक्ष • (pakṣa) m

1. (politics) political party

   Synonym: राजकीय पक्ष (rājakīya pakṣa)

2. fortnight in lunar month

• Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “पक्ष”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *pakšás (“side, flank”), from Proto-Indo-European *peg- (“side, flank”).

Cognate with Ossetian фахс (faxs, “side”) and maybe Latvian paksis (“corner of a house”).^[1]

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /pɐ́k.ʂɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈpɐk.ʂɐ/

पक्ष • (pakṣá) stem, m

1. wing, pinion
2. shoulder
3. the flank or side or the half of anything
4. the side or wing of a building
5. the wing or flank of an army
6. the half of a lunar month
7. side, party, faction
8. multitude, number, troop, set, class of beings
9. partisan, adherent, follower, friend
10. side i.e. position, place, stead
11. one of two cases or one side of an argument, an alternative
12. a point or matter under discussion, a thesis, a particular theory, a position advanced or an argument to be maintained
13. action, lawsuit
14. (logic) the proposition to be proved in a syllogism
15. any supposition or view, motion, idea, opinion
16. (algebra) a primary division or the side of an equation in a primary division

• पक्षिन् (pakṣín, “winged; a bird”)

• Pali: pakkha
  • → Kannada: ಪಕ್ಕ (pakka, “side”)
  • → Tamil: பக்கம் (pakkam)
  • → Thai: ปักข์, ปักษ์ (bpàk)
• Prakrit: 𑀧𑀓𑁆𑀔 (pakkha), 𑀧𑀁𑀔 (paṃkha)
  • Assamese: পখা (pokha), পাখা (pakha), পাখি (pakhi)
  • Bengali: পাখা (pakha)
  • Hindi: पंख (paṅkh), पंखा (paṅkhā), पांख (pāṅkh)
  • Konkani: पाख (pākh)
  • Marathi: पंख (paṅkha), पाख (pākh)
  • Mewari: पंखो (paṅkho)
  • Punjabi: ਪੱਖ (pakkha)
  • Romani: phak
• → Hindi: पक्ष (pakṣ)
• → Kannada: ಪಕ್ಷ (pakṣa)
• → Marathi: पक्ष (pakṣa)
• → Malay: paksa
  • Indonesian: paksa