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Sanskrit
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Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *h₃i-h₃kʷs, a secondary present formation of *h₃ókʷs (“eye”), the latter whence अक्षि (akṣi, “eye”).
Pronunciation
Root
ईक्ष् • (īkṣ)
- to see, look, view, behold
- to gaze at, watch over
- to regard, consider, observe
- to foretell
Derived terms
- ईक्ष (ī́kṣa, “seeing, looking”)
- ईक्षते (ī́kṣate, “to see”)
- ईक्षित (īkṣitá, “seen, beheld”)
- ईक्षेण्य (īkṣéṇya, “to be seen, to be beheld; deserving of notice”)
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “ईक्ष्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0170/1.
- William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 09
- Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “ईक्ष्”, 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
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 203