क्षि

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

क्षय् (kṣay)

Alternative scripts

ক্ষি (Assamese script)
ᬓ᭄ᬱᬶ (Balinese script)
ক্ষি (Bengali script)
𑰎𑰿𑰬𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀓𑁆𑀱𑀺 (Brahmi script)
က္ၑိ (Burmese script)
ક્ષિ (Gujarati script)
ਕ੍ਸ਼ਿ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌿 (Grantha script)
ꦏ꧀ꦰꦶ (Javanese script)
𑂍𑂹𑂭𑂱 (Kaithi script)
ಕ್ಷಿ (Kannada script)
ក្ឞិ (Khmer script)
ກ຺ຩິ (Lao script)
ക്ഷി (Malayalam script)
ᡬᢢᡳ (Manchu script)
𑘎𑘿𑘬𑘱 (Modi script)
ᢉᢔᠢ (Mongolian script)
𑦮𑧠𑧌𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
𑐎𑑂𑐲𑐶 (Newa script)
କ୍ଷି (Odia script)
ꢒ꣄ꢰꢶ (Saurashtra script)
𑆑𑇀𑆰𑆴 (Sharada script)
𑖎𑖿𑖬𑖰 (Siddham script)
ක්‍ෂි (Sinhalese script)
𑩜 𑪙𑪀𑩑 (Soyombo script)
𑚊𑚶𑚮 (Takri script)
க்ஷி (Tamil script)
క్షి (Telugu script)
กฺษิ (Thai script)
ཀྵི (Tibetan script)
𑒏𑓂𑒭𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
𑨋𑩇𑨯𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /kʂi/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /kʂi/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *tk-éh₁- (“acquisition”), from Proto-Indo-European *tek- (“to take by the hand; to receive, obtain”). Cognate with Ancient Greek κτάομαι (ktáomai, “to get, acquire”), Persian (šâh, “king, shah”).^[1]^[2]

Root

क्षि • (kṣi)^[3]^[4]

to possess, have power over, rule, govern, be master of

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root क्षि (2 c, 7 e)

Terms derived from the Sanskrit root क्षि (13 c, 0 e)

Primary Verbal Forms

क्षयति (kṣáyati) (Present)

Derived Nominal Forms

क्षयद्वीर (kṣayádvīra)
ऋभुक्षा (ṛbhukṣā́)

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *tḱey- (“to settle, dwell”). Cognate with Ancient Greek κτίζω (ktízō, “to people; to establish”), English home.^[5]^[6]

Root

क्षि • (kṣi)^[7]^[8]

Derived terms

क्षयतस् (kṣayatas)
क्षयत् (kṣayat)
क्षयया (kṣayayā)
क्षयस् (kṣayas)
क्षयाम (kṣayāma)
क्षितस् (kṣitas)
क्षियति (kṣiyati)
क्षियत् (kṣiyat)
क्षियन्ति (kṣiyanti)
क्षेति (kṣeti)
क्षेत्र (kṣétra)
क्षेपयत् (kṣepayat)
क्षेम (kṣéma)
क्षेषत् (kṣeṣat)
क्षेष्यत् (kṣeṣyat)

Etymology 3

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *gẓʰi-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gžʰi-, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰgʷʰey- (“to perish, destroy”).^[9]^[10]

Root

क्षि • (kṣi)^[11]^[12]

to destroy, corrupt, ruin, perish
to kill, injure

Derived terms

अक्षित (akṣita, “imperishable”)
अक्षितोति (akṣitoti)
क्षपयति (kṣapáyati, causative)
क्षय (kṣaya, “loss, waste”)
क्षिणाति (kṣiṇā́ti, 9 P)
क्षिणोति (kṣiṇóti, 5 P)
क्षित (kṣita, “wasted, decayed”)
क्षीण (kṣīṇa, “wasted, weakened”)
क्षीयते (kṣīyáte, passive)

References

Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “क्षि”, 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 29

Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “क्षि”, 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) “KṢAY¹”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 426-7
^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “kþē(i)-, kþə(i)-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 626
^ Monier Williams (1899) “क्षि 1.kshi”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 327, column 3.
^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “kṣā [2]”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University
^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[2] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 427
^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “k̑þei-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 626
^ Monier Williams (1899) “क्षि 2.kshi”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 327, column 3.
^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “kṣay [2]”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University
^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[3] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 428
^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “g^u̯hđei(ə-)”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 487
^ Monier Williams (1899) “क्षि 4.kshi”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 328, column 1.
^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “kṣay [3]”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University

[1] Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) “KṢAY¹”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 426-7

[2] Pokorny, Julius (1959) “kþē(i)-, kþə(i)-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 626

[3] Monier Williams (1899) “क्षि 1.kshi”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 327, column 3.

[4] Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “kṣā [2]”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University

[5] Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[2] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 427

[6] Pokorny, Julius (1959) “k̑þei-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 626

[7] Monier Williams (1899) “क्षि 2.kshi”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 327, column 3.

[8] Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “kṣay [2]”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University

[9] Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[3] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 428

[10] Pokorny, Julius (1959) “g^u̯hđei(ə-)”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 487

[11] Monier Williams (1899) “क्षि 4.kshi”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 328, column 1.

[12] Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “kṣay [3]”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University

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