क्षन्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

ক্ষন্ (Assamese script)
ᬓ᭄ᬱᬦ᭄ (Balinese script)
ক্ষন্ (Bengali script)
𑰎𑰿𑰬𑰡𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀓𑁆𑀱𑀦𑁆 (Brahmi script)
က္ၑန် (Burmese script)
ક્ષન્ (Gujarati script)
ਕ੍ਸ਼ਨ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌨𑍍 (Grantha script)
ꦏ꧀ꦰꦤ꧀ (Javanese script)
𑂍𑂹𑂭𑂢𑂹 (Kaithi script)
ಕ್ಷೝ (Kannada script)
ក្ឞន៑ (Khmer script)
ກ຺ຩນ຺ (Lao script)
ക്ഷന് (Malayalam script)
ᡬᢢᠠᠨ (Manchu script)
𑘎𑘿𑘬𑘡𑘿 (Modi script)
ᢉᢔᠠᠨ (Mongolian script)
𑦮𑧠𑧌𑧁𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
𑐎𑑂𑐲𑐣𑑂 (Newa script)
କ୍ଷନ୍ (Odia script)
ꢒ꣄ꢰꢥ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
𑆑𑇀𑆰𑆤𑇀 (Sharada script)
𑖎𑖿𑖬𑖡𑖿 (Siddham script)
ක්‍ෂන් (Sinhalese script)
𑩜 𑪙𑪀𑩯 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
𑚊𑚶𑚝𑚶 (Takri script)
க்ஷந் (Tamil script)
క్షౝ (Telugu script)
กฺษนฺ (Thai script)
ཀྵ་ན྄ (Tibetan script)
𑒏𑓂𑒭𑒢𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
𑨋𑩇𑨯𑨝𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *tḱen- (“strike”). Cognate with Ancient Greek κτείνω (kteínō, “kill, slay”).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /kʂɐn/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /kʂɐn̪/

Root

क्षन् • (kṣan)

to hurt, injure, wound
to break (a bow)

Derived terms

क्षणोति (kṣaṇoti)
क्षण (kṣáṇa, “killing”)
क्षणन (kṣáṇana, “hurting, slaughter”)
क्षणनु (kṣaṇanu, “a wound, sore”)
क्षत (kṣatá, “wounded, injured”)
क्षति (kṣatí, “injury, hurt, wound”)
क्षतिन् (kṣatin, “wounded, injured”)

References

Monier Williams (1899) “क्षन्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0325.
Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “क्षन्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
William Dwight Whitney (1885) The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 028

Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “क्षन्”, 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

Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 283
Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 645