अक्षि
See also: अक्ष
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- অক্ষি (Assamese script)
- ᬅᬓ᭄ᬱᬶ (Balinese script)
- অক্ষি (Bengali script)
- 𑰀𑰎𑰿𑰬𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀅𑀓𑁆𑀱𑀺 (Brahmi script)
- အက္ၑိ (Burmese script)
- અક્ષિ (Gujarati script)
- ਅਕ੍ਸ਼ਿ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌅𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌿 (Grantha script)
- ꦄꦏ꧀ꦰꦶ (Javanese script)
- 𑂃𑂍𑂹𑂭𑂱 (Kaithi script)
- ಅಕ್ಷಿ (Kannada script)
- អក្ឞិ (Khmer script)
- ອກ຺ຩິ (Lao script)
- അക്ഷി (Malayalam script)
- ᠠᡬᢢᡳ (Manchu script)
- 𑘀𑘎𑘿𑘬𑘱 (Modi script)
- ᠠᢉᢔᠢ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦠𑦮𑧠𑧌𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐀𑐎𑑂𑐲𑐶 (Newa script)
- ଅକ୍ଷି (Odia script)
- ꢂꢒ꣄ꢰꢶ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆃𑆑𑇀𑆰𑆴 (Sharada script)
- 𑖀𑖎𑖿𑖬𑖰 (Siddham script)
- අක්ෂි (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩐𑩜 𑪙𑪀𑩑 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚀𑚊𑚶𑚮 (Takri script)
- அக்ஷி (Tamil script)
- అక్షి (Telugu script)
- อกฺษิ (Thai script)
- ཨ་ཀྵི (Tibetan script)
- 𑒁𑒏𑓂𑒭𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨀𑨋𑩇𑨯𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Etymology tree
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
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɐ́k.ʂi/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɐk.ʂi/
Noun
अक्षि • (ákṣi) stem, n
- 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.
- gúhā śíro níhitamṛ́dhagakṣī asinvannatti jihváyā vánāni.
- गुहा॒ शिरो॒ निहि॑त॒मृध॑ग्अक्षी असि॑न्वन्नत्ति जि॒ह्वया॒ वना॑नि।
- the number two
- (in the dual) the sun and moon
Declension
| 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
- Dardic:
- Pali: akkhi
- Prakrit: 𑀅𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀺 (akkhi), 𑀅𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀺 (acchi)
- → Bengali: অক্ষি (okkhi) (learned)
- → Malayalam: അക്ഷി (akṣi) (learned)
- → Odia: ଅକ୍ଷି (akṣi) (learned)
- → Tamil: அக்கு (akku)
- → Telugu: అక్షి (akṣi) (learned)
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 [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 42-43