पक्षिन्

From पक्ष (pakṣá, “wing”) +‎ -इन् (-ín, “possessor”).

• (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:

     वृ॒ष॒ण॒श्वेन॑ मरुतो॒ वृष॑प्सुना॒ रथे॑न॒ वृष॑नाभिना।
     आ श्ये॒नासो॒ न प॒क्षिणो॒ वृथा॑ नरो ह॒व्या नो॑ वी॒तये॑ गत॥

     vṛṣaṇaśvéna maruto vṛ́ṣapsunā ráthena vṛ́ṣanābhinā.
     ā́ śyenā́so ná pakṣíṇo vṛ́thā naro havyā́ no vītáye gata.

     Come hither, O you Maruts, on your strong horsed chariot, solid in look, with solid naves.
     Lightly like winged falcons, O you heroes, come, 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 घा॒ योषे॑व सू॒नर्यु॒षा या॑ति प्रभुञ्ज॒ती।
     ज॒रय॑न्ती॒ वृज॑नं प॒द्वदी॑यत॒ उत्पा॑तयति प॒क्षिण॑:॥

     ā́ ghā yóṣeva sūnáryuṣā́ yāti prabhuñjatī́.
     jaráyantī vṛ́janaṃ padvádīyata útpātayati pakṣíṇa:.

     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