अक्षि

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Sanskrit

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Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ-
    Proto-Indo-European *-s
    Proto-Indo-European *h₃ókʷs
    Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hákši
    Sanskrit अक्षि (akṣi)

    From Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hákṣi, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hákši, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ókʷs (“eye”), from *h₃ekʷ-. Cognate with Latin oculus, Ancient Greek ὄσσε (ósse), Old Armenian ակն (akn) and աչք (ačʻkʻ), Old English ēage (whence English eye).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    अक्षि • (ákṣi) stem, n

    1. eye
      • c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.79.2:
        गुहा॒ शिरो॒ निहि॑त॒मृध॑ग्अक्षी असि॑न्वन्नत्ति जि॒ह्वया॒ वना॑नि।
        अत्रा॑ण्यस्मै प॒ड्भिः सं भ॑रन्त्युत्ता॒नह॑स्ता॒ नम॒साधि॑ वि॒क्षु॥
        gúhā śíro níhitamṛ́dhagakṣī asinvannatti jihváyā vánāni.
        átrāṇyasmai paḍbhíḥ sáṃ bharantyuttānáhastā námasā́dhi vikṣú.
        His head is deposited in a cavern; his eyes are wide apart; with his tongue he devours the wood without masticating; the priests approaching on food reverently offer him oblations among the people with uplifted hands.
    2. the number two
    3. (in the dual) the sun and moon

    Declension

    Neuter i-stem declension of अक्षि
    singular dual plural
    nominative अक्षि (ákṣi) अक्षिणी (ákṣiṇī) अक्षीणि (ákṣīṇi)
    अक्षि¹ (ákṣi¹)
    अक्षी¹ (ákṣī¹)
    accusative अक्षि (ákṣi) अक्षिणी (ákṣiṇī) अक्षीणि (ákṣīṇi)
    अक्षि¹ (ákṣi¹)
    अक्षी¹ (ákṣī¹)
    instrumental अक्षिणा (ákṣiṇā)
    अक्ष्या¹ (ákṣyā¹)     		अक्षिभ्याम् (ákṣibhyām) अक्षिभिः (ákṣibhiḥ)
    dative अक्षिणे (ákṣiṇe)
    अक्षये¹ (ákṣaye¹)     		अक्षिभ्याम् (ákṣibhyām) अक्षिभ्यः (ákṣibhyaḥ)
    ablative अक्षिणः (ákṣiṇaḥ)
    अक्षेः¹ (ákṣeḥ¹)     		अक्षिभ्याम् (ákṣibhyām) अक्षिभ्यः (ákṣibhyaḥ)
    genitive अक्षिणः (ákṣiṇaḥ)
    अक्षेः¹ (ákṣeḥ¹)     		अक्षिणोः (ákṣiṇoḥ)
    अक्ष्योः¹ (ákṣyoḥ¹)     		अक्षीणाम् (ákṣīṇām)
    locative अक्षिणि (ákṣiṇi)
    अक्षौ¹ (ákṣau¹)
    अक्षा¹ (ákṣā¹)     		अक्षिणोः (ákṣiṇoḥ)
    अक्ष्योः¹ (ákṣyoḥ¹)     		अक्षिषु (ákṣiṣu)
    vocative अक्षि (ákṣi)
    अक्षे (ákṣe)     		अक्षिणी (ákṣiṇī) अक्षीणि (ákṣīṇi)
    अक्षि¹ (ákṣi¹)
    अक्षी¹ (ákṣī¹)
    • ¹Vedic

    Descendants

    References

    • Monier Williams (1899) “अक्षि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 3, column 3.
    • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen ‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 42-43
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