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Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ক্ষু (Assamese script)
- ᬓ᭄ᬱᬸ (Balinese script)
- ক্ষু (Bengali script)
- 𑰎𑰿𑰬𑰲 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀓𑁆𑀱𑀼 (Brahmi script)
- က္ၑု (Burmese script)
- ક્ષુ (Gujarati script)
- ਕ੍ਸ਼ੁ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌕𑍍𑌷𑍁 (Grantha script)
- ꦏ꧀ꦰꦸ (Javanese script)
- 𑂍𑂹𑂭𑂳 (Kaithi script)
- ಕ್ಷು (Kannada script)
- ក្ឞុ (Khmer script)
- ກ຺ຩຸ (Lao script)
- ക്ഷു (Malayalam script)
- ᡬᢢᡠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘎𑘿𑘬𑘳 (Modi script)
- ᢉᢔᠤ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦮𑧠𑧌𑧔 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐎𑑂𑐲𑐸 (Newa script)
- କ୍ଷୁ (Odia script)
- ꢒ꣄ꢰꢸ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆑𑇀𑆰𑆶 (Sharada script)
- 𑖎𑖿𑖬𑖲 (Siddham script)
- ක්ෂු (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩜 𑪙𑪀𑩒 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚊𑚶𑚰 (Takri script)
- க்ஷு (Tamil script)
- క్షు (Telugu script)
- กฺษุ (Thai script)
- ཀྵུ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒏𑓂𑒭𑒳 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨋𑩇𑨯𑨃 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology 1
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *kṣú, from a zero-grade derivative of Proto-Indo-Iranian *gʰas- (“to eat”).
Pronunciation
Noun
क्षु • (kṣú) stem, n
- food
Declension
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Probably from Proto-Indo-European *ksew- or *skew- (“to sneeze”).
Pronunciation
Root
क्षु • (kṣu)
- to sneeze, cough
Derived terms
- क्षौति (kṣáuti)
- क्षव (kṣáva, “sneezing; black mustard”)
- क्षवथु (kṣávathu, “sneezing; catarrh, cough, sore throat”)
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “क्षु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0330.
- William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 030
- Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “क्षु”, 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
- Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “क्षु”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press