मक्षा

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• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /mɐ́k.ʂɑː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈmɐk.ʂɑː/
• Hyphenation: मक्‧षा

मक्षा • (mákṣā) stem, f

1. the insect fly

• Dardic:
  • Kashmiri: مٔچِ (mạci)
  • Indus Kohistani: māc̣hī
  • Pashayi:
    • Northeast Pashayi: mučək, mučag
    • Southeast Pashayi: mēček, mečī́k
  • Shina: مݜی (măṣī́)
  • → Proto-Nuristani:
    • Ashkun: mačī̃
• Pali: makkhikā
• Prakrit: 𑀫𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀺𑀆 (makkhiā), 𑀫𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀻 (macchī), 𑀫𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀺𑀆 (macchiā)
  • Central:
    • Sauraseni Prakrit:
      • Awadhi: माखी (mākhī), माची (mācī)
      • Hindustani: māchī, mākhī, makkhī, makkhā
        • Hindi: माछी, माखी, मक्खी, मक्खा
        • Urdu: مَاچِی (mācī), مَاکھِی (mākhī), مَکّھِی (makkhī), مَکّھِہ (makkhi)
      • Romani:
        • Baltic Romani: mačin
        • Carpathian Romani: makh
        • Romano-Greek: makí
        • Sinte Romani: mačlin
        • Vlax Romani: mắki, măkī́la, măkī́li
        • Welsh Romani: makhī
  • Eastern:
    • Magadhi Prakrit:
      • Assamese: মাখি (makhi)
      • Bengali: মাছি (machi)
      • Bihari: माखी (māchī)
        • Bhojpuri: माखी (mākhī)
        • Maithili: माची (mācī), माँची (mā̃cī), मखी (makhī)
      • Odia: ମାଛି (māchi)
  • Northern:
    • Khasa Prakrit:
      • Central Pahari:
        • Garhwali: माखि (mākhi)
        • Kumaoni: माखो (mākho), माँख (mā̃kh)
      • Eastern Pahari:
        • Nepali: माखो (mākho)
      • Western Pahari:
        • Bhadrawahi: मक्खी (makkhī)
        • Jaunsari: माक्वा (mākwā)
  • Northwestern:
    • Paisaci Prakrit:
      • Takka Apabhramsa:
        • Punjabi: makkh, makkhī

          Gurmukhi script: ਮੱਖ੍, ਮੱਖੀ

          Shahmukhi script: مَکّھ, مَکّھِی

          • Lahnda: مَکھِی (makhī)
      • Vracada Apabhramsa:
        • Sindhi: makha, makhi, makho

          Arabic script: مَکَ, مَکِ, مَکو

          Devanagari script: मख, मखि, मखो

          • Kachchi: મખ (makh)
  • Southern:
    • Helu Prakrit:
      • Dhivehi: މެހި (mehi)
      • Sinhalese: මැස්ස (mæssa), මැස (mæsa), මැහි (mæhi)
    • Maharastri Prakrit:
      • Konkani: māsu, māśi

        Devanagari script: मासु (māsu), माशि (māśi)

        Latin script: masu, maxi

        Kannada script: ಮಾಸು, ಮಾಶಿ

      • Marathi: मास् (mās), माशी (māśī)
  • Western:
    • Sauraseni Prakrit:
      • Gujarati: માખ્ (mākh), માખી (mākhī), માખો (mākho)

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “maksa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 5454