पक्षिन्

From पक्ष (pakṣa, “wing”) +‎ -इन् (-in)

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /pɐk.ʂín/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈpɐk.ʂin̪/

पक्षिन् • (pakṣín) stem

1. winged
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 8.20.10:

     आ श्येनासो न पक्षिणो वृथा नरो हव्या नो वीतये गत ॥

     ā śyenāso na pakṣiṇo vṛthā naro havyā no vītaye gata.

     Come lightly like winged falcons, O ye Heroes, come to enjoy our offerings.

• Pali: pakkhin

पक्षिन् • (pakṣín) stem, m

1. a bird; any winged animal

   Synonym: वि (vi)

   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.48.5:

     आ घा योषेव सूनर्युषा याति प्रभुञ्जती ।
     जरयन्ती वृजनं पद्वदीयत उत्पातयति पक्षिणः ॥

     ā ghā yoṣeva sūnaryuṣā yāti prabhuñjatī.
     jarayantī vṛjanaṃ padvadīyata utpātayati pakṣiṇaḥ.

     Like a merry young woman Uṣas comes carefully tending everything:
     Rousing all life, she stirs all creatures that have feet, and makes the birds fly up.

• Monier Williams (1899) “पक्षिन्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 574.
• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “पक्षिन्”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 946
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “pakṣín”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 430